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3,006 responses to “Talk Amongst Yourselves”
*pokes new tay*
Is this a new TAY i see before me?
Hmmmm…..
I thought it was 1 TAY post per week, not a freshie each day
Yes. Yes it is.
It’s a TRAP!
Don’t poke it, it might bite!
Does that make this TeusTAY?
Morning gamers! For those who didn’t get the memo yesterday, Mark is taking a couple of weeks off to spend time with his wife and sprog, which means you’re stuck with me and Junglist for the time being.
Later today I’ll be posting a video of a Counterstrike fan taking on a rifle enthusiast in a real-life shooting challenge (as an added bonus, one of their targets is a One Direction doll). Keep an eye out for it!
I kind of hope the Counterstrike guy wins that, if only because the mainstream media response would certainly be entertaining.
Morning Chris,
Does that mean you guys are gonna try wild new and different things with TAY and the like?
Also I’d say I hope they hit one in the balls but you know..vagina
A daily TAY was actually in Mark’s scheduling plan. Possibly erroneously. I’m chasing it up.
I KNEW IT, IT’S A CONSPIRACY
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET TO THE JOKES PAGE AT THIS RATE!?!?
D:
If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed…
Mohammed will never get to climb?
That mountain be hella lazy, and what’s Mohammed’s problem he got legs don’t he? Bitch ass Mohammad
Suddenly I’m in favour of this new development.
Good morning Chris!
I’m wondering if you’re deliberately trying out different strategies or just nobody told you that usually even though TAY appears again every morning at 8:30ish it’s usually the same TAY every day for the week instead of new ones each day. Change is scary! 😛
Also, I personally don’t mind if there’s a new one each day…less chance of making it to Dad Joke Page 6! 😛
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That’s Okay though, there’s nothing stopping Dad Joke Page 1 from occuring 😛
YES
@strange LOOK AT WHAT YOU WROUGHT AND DESPAIR
I refuse to look!
Thankfully I have loads of work to do so I may never have to look again. 😛
DOWNVOTE?
that hurts right in the heart muscle
*runs out like a teenage girl crying*
*puts on Miley Cyrus*
I guess you could say he was *puts on glasses* shot through the heart and your to blame darling
>:|
It seems this was a slight misunderstanding on my part — I’ll be re-posting THIS version from tomorrow onward.
I hope so you commander for sake… The Emp-…TAY is not as forgiving as i am!
We forgive you
Morning Chris!
SOOO…………… SteamOS, hey?……………. Anyone tested it yet? How is it?
Nope, too lazy to see if I can run it virtually. Cause no dual boot is silly. Silly Valve! Saying that though, if it runs XBMC & a torrent app, may look at using it on my HTPC/TV gaming computer thingame.
I will try it once:
ATI is support,
Dual Boot is Supported
aaaand
I can run all my games on it…
Until then my Win8 machine is pretty damn good at what it does XD
I’m actually currently building a gaming rig and i’m trying to figure out whether i should go with Win8, Win7 or SteamOS… Any recommendations?
I personally like Win8… Yes it has Metro, but there’s ways to get around that… As far as i can tell, it’s faster start up (on an SSD it’s ridiculous), and… well it’s newer :P….
I don’t know I tend to embrace new technologies so i jumped on Win8 early on,
And have never had an issue with it….
Actually, Window 7 has been bench-marked at better, slightly, for graphically intense gaming :o)
*sigh* fiiine…
GET OUT OF HERE WITH YOUR LOGIC AND REASONING WHILE I SIT HERE WITH MY TINFOIL HAT
note to self, re-install win7
😛
I sincerely apologise
Ill leave my logic at the gate in future
*smug grin*All my knowledge are based on cold hard facts*
*that i’ve never researched in my life and base purely on personal bias
Windows 8.1 is mighty tempting I must say.. I may look at upgrading to it when I decide on what is going to be in my next PC.
Yeah i’ve been keeping my eye on that too… though the idea of reformatting at the moment seems so daunting to me… though it is high time to do it again
Wait for 8.2, rumours I’ve read have it restoring the old start menu and making metro optional stuff that runs on the desktop
Win7 for most compatibility. Win8 if you don’t loathe metro.
So, never. 😛
Never say Never
I received an email this morning stating I’ve gained access to the closed beta of ‘Infinite Crisis’.
I’ve never heard of it O.o
Looks to be DC comic related.
Basically Lol with DC heroes on an Alterac Valley style map.
Ohh I see, cool. So players run past each other to kill a general, ha.
@rocketman did you ever get my email like requested man? Cause I haven’t seen any emails from you :/
All will be revealed in time.
Mwahahahah
Well it’s not a evil idea, I guess it’s a regular idea but there are no good laughs for normal ideas
Ah right awesome, just making sure I didn’t mistype my email when I gave it to @DC haha.
Because I want to find out what people think before I start tilting at windmills, I ask you to read this blog entry and fill out the attached survey.
http://shanewsmith.com/2013/12/working-for-exposure/
PS: Morning everyone! How y’all? This daily TAY is clearly part of some dastardly plan to eliminate Page Six, and make life all drab and awful for everyone. To combat these evil forces, I propose that we make every page of TAY Page Six (In Our Hearts).
Lets just have dad jokes anyway? Fuck the system I say!
But use protection.
See, that’s the spirit!
Huzzah, my weekend has finally arrived, now to go do work around the house, dang it.
But I did remember to check out one of my co-workers bands, I like the music, but the vocals aren’t my kinda thing.
Oh, I actually really like them. Cheers for the link.
No problem man!
Whoa! I knew you Australians were ahead of me when it comes to time, but you guys are ahead by a whole week? That’s pretty crazy-
What do you mean it was a accident
DON’T RUIN THE MAGIC FOR ME
I met a pirate once with a peg-leg, a hook, and an eyepatch, so i said “Wow, how did they all happen?”
The pirate said “Well, my leg was taken by a cannonball in a daring escape from Port Royal. We were escaping with our booty when a caravel shot at us and I happened to be in the line of fire before they boarded. I still managed to beat off four of the scurvy dogs and escape”
“My Hand was cut off in a duel with the nefarious pirate William Morgan, in an argument over who should get the plunder from a raid on the spanish armada. I had this hook placed by a surgeon”
“Oh yeah,” I said, “and the eye?”
“I was at a beach and a bird crapped in it”
“A bird crapping in it was enough to take out your eye?”
“Yarr, twas the day after I got the hook put in” #dadjokepagesix Hi @strangeThat one is worthy of @dc’s Patented Pirate Joke Repository™ or PPJR for short
By the time Port Royal was settled, no one used Caravels any more. Caribbean piracy was an 18th century thing and the Caravel was a 15th century Portuguese ship type.Hey, these pirates obviously loved the classics, man.‘IN MY ASS’ GAME TIME!
You know the drill – title of the last song you listened too followed by ‘in my ass’
Never never in my ass
Warmth of Love in my ass.
This… is just… SO perfect.
Miss Possible in My Ass
The son of Flynn in my ass
Tron Legacy OST?
You sir, are awesome!
Yeah I love the OST. Movie was meh but it seemed like a long daft punk film clip so I was okay with it
I actually didn’t mind the movie… wasn’t anything ground breaking, but i enjoyed it…
Have you seen the cartoon? Tron Uprising i think it is?
I loved that! extremely well put together
I need to watch that.. I really do
I really enjoyed it… Felt a lot more mature then you’d expect… Plus both Elijah Wood, Bruce Boxleitner and Lance Henriksen delivers some awesome voice work
Now this is unfortunate…. I was on a retro kick in the car on the way home last night and was listening to the Stone Temple Pilots….
Vasoline in my ass
Wow – there are some real gems this week. haha
The Village Green Preservation Society in my arse.
Shine on you crazy diamond in my ass.
I will.
Thank you.
No problem.
Hold you in my ass
We Exist in my ass
One by One in my ass.
Sorry putting a second entry just because it came on and i couldn’t stop laughing:
Getting away with Murder in my ass
(get it? IT’S A FART JOKE)
… I’M OVERTIRED LEAVE ME ALONE 😛
This song got me pregnant in my ass
True story: http://www.spectrumofmana.com/music.html
Moment of Calm in my ass.
Wild Eyed Boy in my ass
Star Wolf in my ass
This is going to be a bit awkward
Popcorn in my arse
The real trick being it was kernels when it went in
EDIT: Reply fail. so another joke for @strange: Someone asked me whether I was thinking of buying a new mattress. I told them I’d have to sleep on it.
walking dead season 2 spoilers on front page for those wanting to know (or not).
The fuck? Is the first episode even out yet?
Edit: Oh, it’s stuff that was already revealed. Carry on.
TOMORRRRRRRROW. I’m on spoiler alert from now.
Yeah, I won’t be posting tomorrow or going to Kotaku at all.
Tomorrow is my work-from-home day. Guess I’ll be focused on writing instead of TAY. 😛
Tomorrow!? :O That crept up.
I’ll have to set it to download while I’m at work then put my internet blinders on all day until I can play it 😛
Stuff & thiiiiiiiings happen.
You’re welcome.
*shakes fist*
Yah only minor stuff and things.
New TAY!? AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(I vote that new Survivor talk should go in this TAY *nods*)
I’ve watched every episode of The Walking Dead TV series. Now I can rest.
I even neglected my usual Monday night Treme watching to finish this marathon. D:
I’m glad you gave it another chance.
EDIT: Like me with Firefly! I hated it when I first watched it, came back a few months later and loved it haha
Favourite season was 4, followed by 2, 1 and then 3.
You monster. How could you choose TWD over Treme?
We’ll be watching it tonight, in all likelihood – I hope you are ready to discuss 🙂
I figured my mind was elsewhere and it was disservice to Treme.
Also wanted to finish series before Telltale’s new eps.
I don’t have my PS3 hooked up anymore, do we know if it’s releasing on Vita at the same time? Or do I have to wait like with The Wolf Among Us?
Not sure! @jimu might know?
The first one came out on Vita, complete with DLC, quite a while after the intial release on EVERYTHING ELSE.
Dunno if Season 2 is even confirmed.
Could be a long wait.
What did you hear about Wolf on Vita?
For anyone concerned:
Is the wolf among us on iOS the same as the console version? It’s point and click, isn’t it, so it could be the same?
I just won a pair of headphones! I can’t believe it, I never win anything. I entered the Yamaha Sounds of Summer competition in hopes of winning the main prize as one of the choices was a keyboard. I didn’t win the main prize, but I won a pair of HPH200 headphones, worth about $149.95. Woot!!!!!
Awesome. I just got my new steelseries 7h headphones a few minutes ago, we should totally be headphone buddies!
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes trailer is released tomorrow;
Set in the post apocalyptic ruins of San Francisco 15 years after the first movie. I can’t wait.I loved Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Really looking forward to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Is Marky-Mark in this one? :oP
At what point do the apes board a spaceship to get to the Planet of the Apes? Is that this movie? They didn’t show that in the last one.
I’d not get too excited, it’s actually about an ape woman called Dawn. She works in a chip shop & most of the movie is selling hamburgers, chips & battered savs to ape people on their way home from work
Sounds pretty great! If her chef is a Colobus Monkey then it’ll be this years must see movie!
So I was checking out release dates for XBone games, and accidentallybutnotreally bought the Tomb Raider Definitive edition. I figured I loved the game before, but only played through it once, why not have a second crack with updated graphics?
You were right to do it!
Nek minnit, it runs 720p upscaled. Oh man, I’d laugh so hard.
Even I laughed at this. I really hope not, considering CD claim that they’ve redone some models completely, and it runs at native 1080. But you never know!
I knew it!
So I rocked up to work about 45 minutes late and no one blinked. And they wonder why I do no work of any value.
I’ve done that a couple times and nobody worries. My boss sits on the other side of the office and my team know I work back a lot anyway.
SYDNEY TAY MEAT WRITE UP
MrGingerChris86 and I arrived at what is no longer Galaxy World to Find @cj and @powalen Resting against A pole, We then waited for everyone to show up we were soon joined by @mrtaco. Whilst CJ finished his breakfast we were joined by A large group of people including @rocketman @ser_nobulus and Steveo (I cant remember his name to tag). We then started playing arcade games, and were soon joined by the rest of the people including @alexpants @doc_what, @cakesmith and @rize.
Many games were played, and Cars were Bumpered – Including a massive Bumper car Traffic Jam. I swear, the one time they say you can only fit two cars through the hole it happens. Has never happened in all my time going there 🙂
After Arcade games we start walking to the Bavarian Beer cafe to find @mawt and his fiance.
@Masha joined us too Much food and beer was consumed. sooo much food. Mawt and I conspired to make this happen @batgirl and @batguy joined us during the rest of the beer drinking.
We then went across the road to a bar I had never seen called Mojo’s – Amazing Cocktails and Beer. awesome company. Steve-O managed to befriend some guys who ended up joining our table and joining in the fun. Many drinks were had, and there was a twitter image war with @freeze (https://twitter.com/FreezeSPreston/status/411778784807759872)
Everyone started leaving about 11:30. I Had fun and I hope you all did too 🙂
Love you guys muchlu
Just Cause 2 MP mod is launched!
http://www.techspot.com/news/55023-just-cause-2-multiplayer-mod-launches-showcases-chaotic-trailer.html
\o/
The more I think about it, the more I think Neal Stephenson’s Anathem is my favourite book of the last five years.
dammit, today’s off-topic article made me think of the Neverending Story…
poor Artax
now i’m all sad 🙁
So, according to my RSS feed, GOG have 50% off pretty much everything. Have at it, PC gamers.
The problem with GOG sales is that I’ve already bought every thing I want excitedly on day one for full price. *shakes fist*
Same here, I must own a fifth of their catalogue by now and I have practically everything I want
I’ve got way more GOG games than Steam. Most are adventures and old school RPGs. 😀
At least half of my GOGs were games I missed when they were new, most of the time it turns out I dodged a bullet but when they’re $6 odd it’s easy to write off a bad buy
My dad said to me the other day; “Sorry Son, i think i have to put down your dog”
i said; ‘wait what? WHY?’
he says: “Because he’s heavy”
#dadjokepage1
It’s funny because he’s misleading you about euthanizing your best friend for 14 years!Pixel’s dad sounds like a real jerk.
You know he started a band once? it was called 1023MB…
They never got a gig
No wonder you moved continents.
I know right?
When i still lived at home he used to work for Starbucks, but got sick of it and quit
Apparently it was the same old grindI think i’ll stop now before i start hemorrhaging 😛
Slept for 10 hours and still feel tired 🙁
Appropriately cheery viewing for the season
http://youtu.be/rg7xbeiZf5I
http://youtu.be/uMqMN9Bo0IE
It’s always good to know where they come from
Who needs a brilliantly made and amazing Robocop movie when there’s toys to be sold!
Ah, the Star Wars/Tinker Bell philosophy. I know it well.
By the way @shane, since I think you’re still doubting me, have another gift: https://soundcloud.com/blaghman/blaghsmas-2013-1
I picture your parents sitting worried in the kitchen, the sound of you recording this coming from your bedroom. Your dad reaches out and holds your mothers hand. “We’ll get through this together.”
It’s just a phase honey…
If you put out an album, I make this solemn promise that no other carols will be allowed in the house.
PS: I’m still totally doubting you *hopeful*
PPS: Ooooh FatShady!
PPPS: Listening again! Goofy grin cannot be put away.
GAS POWERED STIIIIIICK!
Edit – you made me google stuff and now i get it… i should probably watch that show 😛
I choose to not google the reference and continue believing that Rize is crazy.
There’s some kind of simulTAYneous dealie going on? Or did I just fall asleep for way too long?
Speaking of, I am so sick of pneumatic drills. Also hammers and grinders, but mainly the drill. Every morning, all friggen day long. Basically right outside my window.
*puts down drill*
*starts backing away slowly*
is it just me or are some people taking the Shooting Challange a little bit too serious?
I got it’s not a perfect test but still, it’s just a bit of fun…
Am i too touchy with these things?
It’s more the ridiculousness of a rifle at 20 paces. It’s been purposefully setup so the gamer won’t miss every shot.
Which makes perfect sense, i’m not trying to pick on that… some people just seems to be taking it really hard instead of just taking it as it is… fun… Yours was a valid question, don’t get me wrong
WHERE IS EVERYONE!!!??? WHY IT SO QUIET HERE????
MAKE ME UNPRODUCTIVE!!!!
OK, A GAME
On your left, a ravenous Catoblepas! On your right, a vicious Tarrasque! Which one do you run further from?
The vicious Tarrasque!
Correct. A Tarrasque can only be killed with a wish.
Pretty much “I WISH YOU’D FUCKING DIE YOU GIANT MONSTER”
Yep. There’s a reason why the Tarrasque is pretty much the biggest bad of them all.
Pretty much the personification of destruction
I’ve always been a bigger fan of the more calculated and complex villains. The ones who may destroy half the world but they always have a reason. Dragons are nice for that sort of thing.
The Tarrasque on the other hand is just wanton destruction and you had better damn well hope you can beat it to prevent a local apocalypse.
I think a Tarraque always has to be a villain’s plan, not an end in itself. It’s ultimately a big dumb monster.
cc @redartifice
My brother once played in a game where the Tarrasque was used as a kind of re-imagination of Sin from FFX, where it served more as a kind of mobile, self-defended fortress for the BBEG.
http://shanewsmith.com/2013/12/working-for-exposure/
That’ll keep you quiet for a few minutes. 😛
SNACKTAKU
Take one leftover pork scotch fillet steak.
Take mound of leftover bruschetta mix.
Combine.
Consume.
Verdict:
Three out of ten Shiggy dickpunches.
Twelve million Bishes out of five.
Eleven underlines and fourteen exclamation marks on the DC scale.
Sughly would eat twenty eight of these off the floor.
I’m confused. So one Shiggy dickpunch is worth four million Bishes?
They’re entirely different scales of measurement. They cannot be compared.
Just as you wouldn’t compare either one to the Sughly-Would-Eat-Off-The-Floor scale.
What about the ranking on @dc’s list?
I gotta edit these in.
I have no idea what any of these mean. I take it it was good right?
Not really.
What? No. Those scores are abysmal.
Yeah, only 28 on the @sughly scale? Why so low?
Smart phone update:
Today I worked up the courage to actually use it. So, so cool. I love it. Tried GPS and Google Maps and all that. It’s amazing. Played with the camera. Used the Nike + App. Added elaborate list-like details to my contacts. Maybe soon I’ll get the nerve to leave the house with it. Won’t be today, though. Day #2 of taking my old phone to the gym with me. XD
Also the nerd in me wants to compare this with the Star Trek tricorder, but I’m far too cool for that. *cough*
Such technology! Just wait until you get a phone call, it starts ringing, and as you lift it up it softens the ringtone for you. And then turns the screen off as you hold it to your ear.
*head asplodes*
When the phone rings that’s usually me cue to hide under the bed.
I was going to make a jab in my comment along these lines but didn’t want to be more horrible than usual 😛
It’s not horrible when it’s true. XD
http://www.appdata.com/ios_apps/apps/6788031/95-united-states
Instagram is behind twitter and fb my far and away most used app.
I’m one of those grumpy mofos who think Instagram filters ruin pictures. >:|
Then get is and take all #nofilter shots to prove us wrong!
Or just lurk.
Should’ve got an 808. Best phone camera in the forever, total opposite end of the spectrum to instagram 😛
NEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD
Hey pal, did you get a load of the nerd?
Pah, nerds don’t use iphones, that’s for posers. It’s android all the way for nerds
*Looks at Android Phone*
*Looks at Android Tablet*
O_O
*realises he’s on a gaming message board during work hours*
-__-
Welcome to the nerdocracy.:D
But wait, if a poser buys a poser product because it reminds him of something nerdy, what are we supposed to think??
I went with the iPhone because I already have an iPad and hundreds of apps I can install on this dealy. Plus I’m one of those people who actually uses iTunes and can get my music through the cloud. THE CLOUD. Also, I’m a poser.
That he’s an extra poser trying to look cool to impress nerds, probably in the hopes of getting free IT support. They should be chastised most severely
wow today is ridiculously quiet in here… WHERE IS EVERYONE?
*crickets*
Cricket?
Also, yeah, we’re all on the twitterz arguing about firefly.
I’m not. I agreed with you by favouriting your tweet and moved on. 😛
Partially true. Red is on Twitter kicking over everyone’s hypothetical sandcastles.
and laughing, you forgot to mention the laughing.
Oh, I couldn’t hear that over the sound of you crushing my dreams.
To be fair, a Firefly reunion show would be so desperately sad because they’d need to adjust the set to accommodate all their walkers.
Edit: relevant
Don’t you fucking start.
😛Adam Baldwin is in his 50s.
He also went wacko Tea Party for a while.
Yeah, I agree. I even went to the effort of composing a sonnet about it.
Then I realised I was in the wrong TAY…
So, a car repair bill of somewhere in excess of $200 (and hopefully under $1500) is how we’ll be ringing in Christmas. Fantastic.
What happened to your car?
The rear window stopped working, and so did the handbrake. The motor for the rear window will cost $200 to replace, and the handbrake’s problem is still up in the air.
Yeah it’s a bitch when that happens… my actuator for the drivers side window stopped working in my old car stopped working and that was similar pricing… Handbrake? just leave it in gear… well if you don’t value your gearbox 😛
That’s kinda why I like my old car. No electric windows here no sir, you must wind them up and down by hand like a true man!
Hey when my actuator (see above) gave in i could do the same… well maybe not by cranking a lever but by grapping with both hands and pull XD
Took me a second to figure this out 😛
I just assumed he was filming some sort of Hitchcock tribute?
Just crack the back door open a little, it’ll be pretty much the same
Yeah, except it’s stuck down 😛
Ahh that makes all the difference, you’d better lock the back door then
The motor in the back-right window of my parents Mitsubishi 380 died a couple of months ago. Mitsubishi wanted $300 for a replacement, scrap yards wanted at least $120 — both are way too much.
Took the door apart, screwed a length of metal into the interior of the door to support the window (because it fell into the door cavity) and… fixed. The window doesn’t work, but it doesn’t really need to work.
I hate electric windows, and I’m sorry to hear of your unexpected expenses.Is 4k ever really going to be a thing? Seems like most things are still straining for 1080p and by the time everything catches up 4k will be old hat.
i have a feeling it’ll be similar to 3D… Neat in the beginning but ultimately won’t catch on…
EDIT – by which i mean something else will have superceded it, something better and ultimately cheaper
Some people rush to embrace new technology but most take quite a while to upgrade their home entertainment. My guess is by the time people decide to upgrade from their current HDTVs there will already be something better than 4K that will be a significantly noticeable improvement rather than merely an incremental one.
Took a crazy long time for HDTV’s to catch on, so maybe?
The speed at which technology is advancing is working against it.
You have to remember, when plasmas came out, CRTs and, to a lesser extent, rear projection TVs had been around for decades. There were small advancements but nothing huge.
Now you have HD TVs which have only been mainstream for about a decade and a common household item for less than that (7-8 years using a figure I pulled out of my ass).
And that’s just in the “home entertainment” area. In the industry side, only a handful of movies have so far been filmed in native 4k. The equipment is expensive and if I recall correctly there are only a handful of 4k cameras available. Just look at how long it took the industry to adapt to digital (which a lot of people still dislike for various reasons). Cinemas are also notoriously slow to adapt technology because of the cost. So when they upgrade to 2k (which 99.9% of digital cinema projectors in use will be) they expect to get a good 15 even 20 year life out of it before having to upgrade again.
Maybe when the PS6 and Xbox Three get released maybe
Yeah, it’ll be a thing, sometime in the next few years. Just like 1080p was a thing for years before lots of things were even available in 1080p (and we’re still at that point, looking at you broadcast TV)
Right now the point of big expensive 4k tv’s is to build brand recognition + try to make them as advanced as possible, so when the smaller, cheaper, mass produced 4k tv’s come out the brand already has something to demonstrate what they can do and why you should buy theirs. (urgh, marketing speak, but it’s true)
4k will work unlike 3d because 4k takes absolutely no effort on the consumers part. Remember, in the end it’s only pixels, and the only thing that can possibly supersede it is more pixels, and there’s no point of going through it again for a long time. There can be new screen technologies, sure, but that and a resolution to display are pretty much mutually exclusive.
The most important metric being cheap. Give me an 80cm 4k tv for under a grand and I’ll have a new monitor
Indeed, 4K is pretty much a requirement for decent picture quality on screens 42inch and above. 8K is gonna need to come quick if everyone starts having 80inch screens.
I’ve been running stuff at > 1080p on my PC at home for several years now (1440p). Once there’s a good quality 4k monitor in the 27-30″ range at < $1000 I’ll probably upgrade again, because the extra resolution is worth it.
For computers and movies? Yes.
For television? I doubt you’ll find networks willing to sacrifice channels and bandwidth to broadcast in 4k anytime soon, when you struggle to find anything broadcast in 1080p (2k) and the majority of free-to-air high definition broadcasts are 720p.
To put that in perspective, we’ve had at least 20 years from the time 2k broadcasts first started (I think the 1990 World Cup was broadcast to some cinemas across Europe) and it still hasn’t become the standard. Personally, I doubt I’d buy a 4k TV within the next 5 years and while it’s likely to develop faster, there probably won’t be much native content even at that time.
Hello! I believe there was a group from here that was at Mojo Record Bar on Saturday the 14th of December. I remember 3 of the people who were there by name
Steve
Rebecca
And Lucas.
For reference, I was in the max payne suit being obnoxious.
REAL NAMES!!!!
:O
@steve-o_the_deve-o, @batgirl and @mrtaco, maybe?
Yeah, @steve-o_the_deve-o, @batgirl are who I confirmed.
I bought a beer for steve. Seemed like a bro guy, told me to come to this site.
mrtaco was also cool, he joined my posse to Kings cross.
Never heard of ’em.
Was that you who came with us to Kings Cross?
And had a PAX cosplay photo sharing session with Dante.
Nice. I was a bit on the drunk side that night. I didn’t get to really talk to any of the other people there. You guys were pretty cool.
@popdart5 Nendoroid Akagi available for preorder for a May release. Not sure if you’re at all interested.
Hnngh I’m still considering it. Not sure if I’ll take the plunge and buy it just yet. Maybe after Christmas.
It’s not out until May and HobbySearch don’t charge you on preorders until it ships (unless you cancel in which case they charge a cancellation fee after 14 days because they’ve placed an order themselves).
The Shimakaze they did sold out first day in preorders, they opened a second shipment preorder and that has also sold out already as well, so I suspect Akagi will be popular too.
Side note: I ordered a Rensouhou-chan while I was at it. I shall place it on my desk at work beside Soundwave and the severed head of Mario.
That Rensouhou-chan is utterly adorable. I’ll probably (aka definitely) get them now.
Sportsball ashes spoilers!
Three-Nil! The urn has returned down under!\o/I look forward to Stephen Fry’s tweets on the subject
I always forget how hot Beef Vindaloo can be.
Never QUITE enough. If it doesn’t make your eyeballs sweat its not proper curry I say
Isn’t Vindaloo Indian for “look at this silly white boy, getting something hot with no real flavour” :p
You’ve obviously never had a decent Vindaloo.
I don’t believe they exist :p
I have had some amazing home-made curries at my Indian friends’ houses. All of which were hotter than any vindaloo I’ve ever ordered and a hundred times more flavourful than any take away curry I’ve had too.
I’ve been to India. I tried a 5c coin worth of some cracker thing they had out for breakfast. Hotter than any takeaway meal you can get here. Flavour was ‘peppery’. 😛
tl;dr I lost >10% body weight (from 72kgs) and my father almost died.
Any Tex Murphy fans here?
New Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect trailer. This time showing some gameplay and exploring. Got to say, pretty psyched. 😀 http://t.co/ZPDrSvtJ6n
If you haven’t played the original it’s a FMV/3D hybrid. Pulpy FMV cutscenes with intricate 3D world to explore. Point and click adventure.
The Pandora Directive, the second FMV Tex Murphy game, is up there with the best adventures of all time.
Truly believed the 3D in Tex Murphy and Gabriel Knight 3 was the future of point and click adventure games at the time. (Obviously needed a lot of refining, but two games that brought the 2D gameplay to 3D.) Shame there weren’t more games like ’em. The ability to search locations intricately, etc.
Now I’m happy with Quantic Dream, it’ll still be good to have the old school puzzles in this one…
At first I thought you were talking about Mad Dog McCree.
Then I chose to continue thinking that.
Mad Dog McCree was kickass!! For its time anyway. Still fun to play though occasionally 🙂
I was always eyeing off the Wii game whenever I saw it in Toys R Us. Would’ve taken the plunge if it ever dipped far below the $50 mark it seemed to forever stay at though 😛
it’s on wii?! wow! I used to have it on pc many eons ago, but played it a lot in the arcade too
Yeah, there was some kind of a port for it. Possibly some kind of collection or something? Not sure.
All I know is that light gun games are far to thin on the ground and I want more.
If I had to construct a list of top ten adventure games of all-time, it would be:
(Not in order…)
– Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
– The Longest Journey
– Full Throttle
– The Day of the Tentacle
– Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
– Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
– Grim Fandango
– Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
– Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
– Heavy Rain
Everyone always seems to prefer LeChuck’s Revenge over Secret of Monkey Island. I dunno if maybe it’s because I played one more than the other that it’s stuck in my head more, but I always seem to find that I think more of Secret whenever anyone mentions Monkey Island. Don’t know if it’s actually my favourite or anything, but I guess it could be 😛
I just loved the atmosphere of MI2, that first island in particular. The music that played on the map. The pirates around the camp fire. So great. I think Curse of Monkey Island was pretty damn incredible too.
Pretty sure CMI is @sughly’s favourite too?
Where’s Anna’s Quest, DC?
😛Not released yet, Red. Not released yet. 😛 Also there’s so many great adventures, just cause something doesn’t make top ten doesn’t mean it’s not amazing. 😀
Don’t you know how lists work? If its not in the top 10 then it’s the worst thing ever!
I wanted to be a fan of Tex Murphy & also Gabriel Knight but for some reason they never quite managed to hook me
Aw, I hear that. Some classics that never really clicked with me too like The Last Express. We’ve all got our burdens. 😛
Did you ever play Killed Until Dead on the C64? How well would that translate to an android/ios device? I’d love playing that on a tablet or phone
Never had a c64, alas. Cut my teeth on a NES/Amiga one-two punch of Maniac Mansion and The Colonel’s Bequest. XD
KUD is well worth finding a C64 emulator for, damned fun little game. It’s a kind of mashup of the movie Murder By Death, Cluedo and a thriller movie pub quiz all wrapped up in an adventure game
Did just spend $200 on an mp3 player. http://www.mp4nation.net/fiio-x3-24-192-hifi-digital-audio-player-free-fedex-2-day-to-select-destination
😀 Also get another good pair of earphones. Can never have too many good pairs of earphones 😛
That should be some nice sound quality, from the brand.
Hello TAY
It’s supposed to be hot, but I am cold. I make no sense =P
Cos you’re hot then you’re cold, you’re yes then you’re no!
Well, I have to say that TrackIR is pretty swanky so far. I need to configure it a bit to suit my usual head movements and perhaps use it without glasses but its damned nice to be able to remove mouse based view control
Nice!
What games are you using it on?
So far I’ve only played around with it in arma 3. I only got it this afternoon so I’ve not had time to do much.
I do plan to use the tir2joy program to try and play a relatively simple game with nothing but my head but I imagine whiplash or a poor experience will result
http://31.media.tumblr.com/3fbc2d209cd6dc37f736bd4282f34935/tumblr_mu5o6mUCBi1rp073lo1_1280.png
Damn, I shouldn’t be laughing so hard at this…
I completed your survey, Shane.
I will accept royalties of 5% for my time. Thanks.
Fair enough. The survey is earning zero, so your cut comes to …zero. Thanks!
That’s no good.
What if you Kickstart your survey and I fund it — will $10 suffice?
Then I will send you back 50c!
Interesting.
@shane
I know its hypothetical but doesn’t getting a traditional publisher to bring out your work tend to violate pretty much every crowd funding terms of service?
I haven’t actually looked, to be honest. But I would be very surprised if that was the case. If you’re funding the creation of a project, it really doesn’t matter whether you seek a partnership with a traditional publishing/distribution model or do the same work by yourself, does it?
I am liaising with my publisher at the moment, and it might even turn out that they co-create this Kickstarter campaign with me. I’m not sure I see the conflict or issue either way, though…
Edit: I’ve checked the Kickstarter project guidelines http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines?ref=footer Is there a specific clause you can draw my attention to?
Reading through it not really, unless you start quibbling over what running a project entails.
I’ve never really had much involvement with crowd funding as I don’t entirely like the idea but for some reason I always thought the idea was to not be beholden to publishers terms.
I don’t know, but I think it’s fine — Obsidian criticised a publisher who tried to get them to use Kickstarter to fund development so that the publisher would not have to put forward any capital but still reap the same benefits.
Obviously that is a very shitty, counter-productive scenario but there was nothing that came out of it to suggest a publisher can’t be involved.
When you consider that small press like my publisher wouldn’t be providing capital in any circumstance, and that no publisher would take a look at a book until it’s finished (and has already incurred all its relevant costs of production), I think this is a different situation.
Yup — your circumstances are much more favorable above the scenario in that example, and it was implied that would be fine (even if quite despicable), so I would expect you to be more than fine.
Perhaps even dandy. 😀
Depends on the crowd funding IMO. Eg if it was funding to produce the first episode or a demo or the initial volume or a pilot or anything like that, then shopping it to a publisher later for funding an extension is basically implied. For game stuff I think as long as they’re up-front with their intention to do it or if the product simply couldn’t be made without extra publisher funding then I think that’s okay, i.e. as a backer, as long as my thing was funded and I get what I expected I don’t care how they go about doing that.
I’ve funded stuff on Kickstarter that technically *was* a publisher asking for money to fund stuff. The recent Kickstarter by Animeigo for a Bubblegum Crisis bluray set for example. Animeigo has been an Anime publisher for years, doing various niche titles. They used to do proto-kickstarters back in the day, where they would propose a show to pick up and offer it for order if they got enough orders they’d localize it, so Kickstarter is a natural extension of their old business model and I had no issues backing them.
@shane: Treme! Good episode. Don’t really have many thoughts on this one. (Not to say it’s bad or any thing, it was great. Just nothing to really comment on.) Love the chemistry between certain cast members though. *decisive nod*
La Donna is good at having ex-husbands. Good rapport.Antoine is a good teacher. I hope this new gig opportunity doesn’t mess that up.Davis and Janette, huh? And Davis open to having the ‘relationship’ talk – reminds us how much he’s grown.Is Annie gonna dump her manager?No Sonny…???!!!Albert is dying.Yes.
>:(
D:
Maybe?
No.
I don’t know. Can you repeat the question?
Best show — and people think Walter White is Bryan Cranston’s best role. Psht!
It’s like you two have your own little language that no-one else
cares aboutunderstands.It’s adorable!
Your face is adorable. >:|
…
Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound right.
So I was getting my hair cut today and the thought occurs that there should be something better to do wit the time other then stare at my ugly mug in the mirror. Are the any hairdressers with TVs or something?
I should start my own one. With black-jack. And hookers.
Shave your head over the sink, Max Payne-style!
Or half of it!
Aleph style!
Get unknowingly dragged to a fairly expensive hairdresser against your will, bridezilla style!
Umm. To answer the original question, lots of hairdressers I’ve seen have little cups with hotwheels cars and that in them for kids to play with. You could request one of those? 😛
Haha. I like this idea!
Shave it still its quite short and then selectively shave to the skin on either side of your head and write the word HAIR. That’d confuse the fuck out of people
See, women have the ColourBar where they get a haircut while being served cocktails.
D:
I’m going to all the wrong hairdressers!
I saw a kids one where the kids got to sit in racing car chairs and watch TVs while they had a haircut.
There’s a barber in Brisbane (I’ve only heard about this place, I mean, have you seen my hair? When was the last time I had it cut, amiright?) that is run by two young dudes who give you a beer when you walk in, usually have some TVs with sport/music on, ask what you want, do it, don’t talk and remember you for next time so you don’t have to talk again.
It sounds perfect.
Oh. my. gawd.
Dat idle repetitive chitchat. They may as well just play back a recording.
*Walk into hairdresser, sit down. I’m wearing business clothes at 5:20pm*
“So have you finished for the day?“
Well i just tried playing GTA Online for the first time in a while… I can confirm that everyone is still a dick that will kill you on sight and then proceed to blow up your car (with a tank).
Such a perfect waste of what could have been a great online experience.
Not sure what people expected…
To me It always sounded just like Red Dead Redemption MP and thats what we got.
I expected to be like this, just not as bad… but the fact that when your not getting shot to hell and trying to join a mission/race the matchmaking and lobby system is also just plain bad.
Wasn’t there some kotaku group that was playing together or has that fallen by the wayside now? You might get a little more coop and a little less dickishness
I’ve had a really average experience with it so far. Empty events and the world is boring if you try and play alone. I’ve been told it’s better with friends but I’ve enjoyed games like NFS: Most Wanted and Burnout paradise alone because the multiplayer encourages people to do their own thing but play together at the same time.
The singleplayer is great though. No big loss but I’d have loved to have a great experience online too.
I really need to finish the campaign soon especially with my favourite podcasts starting their GOTY deliberations.
See, I don’t quite understand people complaining about GTA Online in that sense.
DayZ I can understand that. But GTA Online, you’re criminals, you’re not exactly GOING to be friendly with each other. You’re going to be competitive. Sorry man, I just can’t agree with you at all. I play it regularly and find it to be one of the best online experiences I’ve had. I have 2 – 3 mates I play with online each time and we have an absolutely awesome time every time.
That being said I COMPLETELY I agree with you about the tank. I’m level 82 and I have a tank, but I don’t bust it out and troll people. I’m sick of people doing that. I do however, whenever I see someone doing that, get my tank straight away, head to that person and kill their tank immediately. I’ll tell people in the vicinity I’m not going after them, just the ‘tank bully’. People tend to appreciate that by and large. However, when you get some level 100 people, they usually have rocket launchers, so tanks become less of a worry at that point.
My only real advice is get some friends to play with, do the missions, play on a private server if you have to with friends, but it really is a great game, but it’s a game where it’s what you make of it. Predetermine it to be bad, you’ll get what you expect, but go into it looking for fun and you might be surprised.
Did they ever fix that thing with private/crew games where you’d get dropped back to a public one at the end of each mission? That ground my chances of playing it to a halt since my mate & I had to finish the mission, realise that once again we were not only in a public game but in different ones, quit out, reload and invite the other. We spent as much time fucking about reconnecting as we did playing. No amount of fun is worth that.
No i see your point about being criminals, that’s what the entire game is about so i can’t fault you on that.
Hmm maybe one of my gripes is because the map shows exactly who the other players are and where they are, making it too easy to repeatedly find and kill someone. I think they should have made it so you can see your crew/friends or people you make a temporary team with through some request feature. Also it would make stealth useful in the game too.
And going passive mode is broken too, you can still be blown up in your car, run over or shot in your car, with no way to defend yourself.
Anyway i agree the game is good; the ideas, depth and features are brilliant and yes with friends it can be an absolute riot and thoroughly enjoyable. Online It is definitely one to be played with friends.
Ps. God i hate that winning animation where the character pretends to jerk-off and throw it in your face. Reminds me of all the douche-bag ‘gym brahs’ where i live (note: I actually like the gym, just not the egotistical mentality of a small sect of people who sometimes occupy it)
Pps. Damn i can be grumpy sometimes… or tired, i think tired… bed sounds good.
Yep passive mode is indeed broken. But then, going passive mode is also a pain. People in passive mode should be removed and placed into another server, as they exploit passive mode in the middle of battles, with a 10 second countdown it allows abuse of this. I think a 60 second countdown with an actual timer above their heads would be a good idea, to show they’re coming out of passive mode.
But you’re right, by yourself is VERY limiting. The true fun comes out when you play it with friends, otherwise it can be a very hollow experience.
It can be fun with yourself. Everyone just assumes it’s most fun with friends because “oh yay I get to hang out with my buddies”. Just like real life, fun experiences can be had by yourself – find some random people, cruise with them, explore, etc.
Playing with a group of friends can also start gang wars and have you targeted for no reason other than people being dicks who like to break up fun.
Have you added anyone from here?
I’m keen to jump in with some pals, so add a bunch of people from here on your system of choice and you’ll find you’ll have a much better time.
You know what. I don’t think i have. Why didn’t i think of that before XD
*checks TAY list for psn names*
Ill add these later.
Not everyone is a dick. I’ve had my fair share of experiences where we just cruise around with people, do gang fights together, and they even help me get the most-wanted vehicle.
If people are being dicks, leave. Join another instance, or just start a Job – launch these from the Start menu and you have no excuse.
I’m tired as hell, but I can’t sleep! 🙁
So, bought the Day Z standalone on Steam today. I loved the mod and I have to say I’m VERY impressed with the work they’ve done. Obviously, being alpha it’s very bare bones. Very few zombies around, very few items, but the graphics are greatly improved, the zombies are redone from scratch and look great. Hand to hand combat still sucks arse, the inventory system is fantastic and much improved (like, a bajillion percent better) and I love how so much seems to have gone into common sense issues. Can’t find bandages? Tear up a shirt! Found a can of food? Erm. How ya gonna open it to eat it? Ok use a screwdriver! etc.
Anyone else get it?
I’m keeping an eye on it, how MMOey is it really? Is it feasible to play solo or in a tiny group? I get the impression there’s no option for a private server, is that correct? It’s not using the arma 3 engine is it? Could I get any more questions into one paragraph?
You should do some youtube vids of the gameplay to show off how its changed.
No private servers I know of, it’s all connected to a big hive, which is good. This stops people cheating like they did before. DayZ mod became a NIGHTMARE to play. If this is all server side, this will do away with most of the cheating which leaves legit players like me very happy. I’ve been running around a few hours now exploring new cities, new townships etc and its very very nice. Very nice indeed. Keep asking. There’s gonna be plenty of youtube vids coming up lol. I’ve got Uni on my mind otherwise I would believe me! lol
That’s rather buggered up the idea of suggesting a kotaku server then. I’ll keep an eye open but playing with random wankers really isn’t my style. Not unless they’re from kotaku anyway…
It’s still in alpha, I imagine you can still rent your own server or whatever it’ll just have to be connected to the main hive?
No idea how it all works, I didn’t ever get around to playing the mod.
Looking at some footage now and I guess private servers seem to be a thing, might be worth going for it, there’s bound to be some way to keep out tools
I added myself to the TAYNAMES list. I am proud of myself for not screwing up and ruining everything for everybody. \o/
Unfortunately, you can’t be called a TAYbie until you create a TAYbreak though. Sorry buddy 😛
I’m probably waaay late to the party here, but WELCOME! Every time I come back, there’s newfacesnames everywhere. Welcome, friend 😀You’re not really that late to the party. I have been viewing TAY for the better half of this year, but I didn’t create an account until mid-november. I didn’t actually start taking part in TAY discussions until last week. Besides, nobody really acknowledges you until you get a Gravatar account.
On another note, I should probably know what you mean by a “TAYbreak,” but… uh, I don’t.
Is it similar to a meat? Or did you just make that up right then and there?
I think the days of TAYbreaks are long past, though I believe @greenius was once king.
It was essentially a formatting error that occurred when posting a comment with erroneous text (not closing your tags was a good one) which left all text beneath said comment formatted in the style of whichever tag wasn’t closed.
So you could have multiple pages of italicized, bolded, underlined text due to one little broken tag 😛
Lamboooooo
OH GOD THE CURSE OF THE ITALICS PAGE… SO MUCH LEANING
It put a new slant on everything.
Racist.
For approval on TAYNames you need to send three photos to my personal email.
I want to write some stuff up but it’s still too early. I can’t make good with the words unless it’s some stupid hour of the morning, but for some reason this night is really dragging on.
When I’m like that but have an idea of what I’m going to write, I just write down keywords. Flesh it out a little and the next thing you know you’ve got a few thousand words
Nonsensical piles of keywords are just what happens when I usually attempt to convert my thoughts into words 😛
Call it poetry and apply for a grant, job done
STILL TYPING
…………………
Here, read a bunch of excessively verbose crap about 4D Snake:
http://aplacetoputmystuff.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/4d-snake/
Or if you like you can go down to the bottom and just grab a copy of it to play, since a couple of you (@stickman I think?) were interested in checking it out. Or ignore all of it entirely. That’s probably the best option.
I don’t know how to drive this thing.
Interesting. Still hurts my head, but interesting.
Cool, I started reading a bit. Added to my to-do list.
…and the powertools have already started.
God fucking dammit.
Installing The Walking Dead! 😀 😀 😀
Installed and ready to play when I get home! 😀
…After I’ve finished watching If You Are The One. But before the Nintendo Direct.
I have to wait until tonight/tomorrow by the look of things 🙁
I got the first Season (game ) for $13.00 on the 12 deals of christmas dealy, interesting so far, only played for about 20 minutes so far.
Is it just me or has Kotaku posted less gaming news since the holiday crew took over? There’s a story about South Park’s Australian classification going around other news sites and yet there is nothing on Kotaku, but I’ve seen 2 repeat articles in less than 24 hours (Transformers cover band & The evils of Photoshop)
not to mention that the “Evils of Photoshop” article is at least a month old
At the moment Chris is running the show. He still has his Lifehacker page to run as well so a lot of the articles will be US posts with maybe the odd cross-post from something that is relevant to gaming/gaming culture from Gizmodo or Lifehacker. I guess you could call it more a “moderator” role.
I imagine when Junglist comes on board you’ll probably see a few articles specifically written for Kotaku from him as he doesn’t have other commitments.
Also, it is a pretty quiet time of year as far as “news” goes.
Ah, holy shit, my sleeping/eating schedules have been proper screwed over by night shifts. 4 hours of sleep beforehand and 8 hours afterward, and I’m eating things that make even the laziest bachelor squirm.
There’s also the fact that I have no social life anymore, but that’s honestly no change from before so I’m good.
Also WALKING DEAD YUUUUUURRR
Sleep 3 hours before work, then 90 minutes after work.
You’ll feel better. I’m serious. It works. Don’t look at me like that. It does. Honestly!
Just watched an episode of Super Hero Squad Show. It certainly is something. Not sure they could have voiced Thanos more inappropriately. Borderline Ed Wynn territory.
As a marvel fan is it worth watching for a bit of fun though? or is it just rubbish?
It’s made for young kids. It’s not bad but very much targeted to them.
Fair enough… Eh, i might give it a try, i can be pretty juvenile when i need to XD
It is so kiddy and hyper-deformed/cutesy that it’s interesting to say the least. Basically they made each of the superheroes and supervillains hyper-stereotyped cardboard cut-out versions of themselves.
OH GUYS! NINTENDO DIRECT TONIGHT AT 1AM! Simultaneous JP/US/EU, so hopefully we should see some new stuff announced for early next year! 😀 (Don’t hold your breath, though :P)
Bravely Second localisation?
XenUblade news?
New Ninty IP?
New Metroid game right?
RIGHT!?
If this happens I will have no choice but to run naked down the street.
You have been warned.
and if they do, please let it be old school 2D or Retro’s style FPS, please no more Other M like entries
Screw Samus, she’s had plenty of attention.
NEW STAR FOX AND F-ZERO!
In Tropical Freeze Donkey Kong’s tie will be a slightly different shade of red.
Ugh, just when I was getting excited for that game.
Why do you hat innovation so much?
And Malibu Stacy will have a new hat
I predict it will be a desperate Nintendo begging us to buy a Wii U because it has Mario now! Nothing new will be announced but they might tentatively date some more bullshit that no one that doesn’t already own a Wii U will care about.
Also they’ll announce they’re taking yet another random Nintendo property out of the ice and reanimating its corpse for Smash Bros, and they’ll have a big build up to the reveal of some small, uninteresting extra thing they’re adding to that Donkey Kong game they already spent 20 minutes talking about.
It will all be narrated by Iwata, of course, and will thus be utterly soporific.
omg @jimu is on my 3DS friends list!
…wait…you’re level 50-what in Bravely Default????
I feel so inadequate. :'(
I’m level 0 😀
At least you have friends on your 3DS friends list… ;-;
Now that you’ve sent me into a guilt spiral, are you shouting the tim-tams and ice cream?
Now that I am also in a guilt spiral, of course.
Though I only have rum and raisin ice cream.
he’s my only 3DS friend *sniff*
probly doesn’t help that i haven’t added my code to TAYnames
I’m still working my way through the list. It helps to be added back too of course…
Higher now 😉
Best console review
I think I found a competitor.
A few questions about TellTale’s games:
Is the portable/mobile versions the same as the home console versions?
Can you play the Walking Dead without watching the whow, and likewise with Fables (but for comics)?
Yes, yes and yes.
Don’t ever watch the Walking Dead TV show.
It’s just awful.
I’ve got Walking Dead (game) on my iPhone & Vita and they’re great but being so, and I hate using this word, “cinematic” (gross) I found it more enjoyable to play on PS3 on my big TV.
I’ve never read Fables but I’ve heard Wolf Among Us stands on it’s own really well.
but… but…
*lip quiver*
I like Phil Fish so take what you will from my opinions.
Hipster.
Nah.
He’s a pretty cool guy.
Sorry, I cant agree with this
The TV show is solid GOLD :o)
Season 1 was alright.
But…
The TV show is nothing but people doing stupid stuff to advance the plot.But thats the beauty of it!
Lets face it, the whole concept of the show is absurd, its unintentional hilarity that makes this show that much betterYou, I like you.
I’ve never seen an episode of The Walking Dead TV show and I played and loved the game. It’s Zombies.
The Telltale series and the TV series are both based on the comics — there are overlaps between the two because they both use the same source material, but while the TV series is a direct adaptation of the comic storyline and characters with a few changes to keep suspense, surprise, make it more suitable for TV production, etc… the game is telling a separate story.
The show is equal parts flawed and brilliant, though. It can be frustrating to watch, but it’s still enjoyable. Don’t listen to Dan — watch it if you get the chance. D:
8bit -> 16 bit -> screw 32 bit -> 64 bit -> What the hell is a bit?
Ahh evolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit
I think he was asking about this one
Tagging @negativezero for Kantai stories.
So last night was really all over the place in terms of RNG for me. I managed to snag Shimakaze on a construction so now I have both of the super rare destroyers but the rest of my constructions were fairly uneventful. I actually ended up running out of steel so I started spamming the quick expeditions so that I could still repair my ships.I kept trying to power through 2-1 with my primary and secondary fleets but I was having no luck with the compass. I decided to go for broke and hyper stack my primary fleet with three BBs, two fleet carriers, and one heavy cruiser (Akagi, Kaga, Hiei, Fusou, Yamashiro, and Ashigara for the record). The compass finally swung my way and I managed to beat the 2-1 boss with only Fusou and Ashigara getting damaged.
I reconfigured my fleet and swapped out my damaged ships with Atago and Kiso so my fleet was a little bit weaker than before. I ran 2-2 and the compass must have been rigged because I went straight to the boss node without having to fight anything else. I may have crapped myself a little bit when I saw elites for the very first time. Thankfully the RNG gods were on my side and I got through although Yamashiro was nearly sunk and Atago was pretty banged up. Gaining air superiority at the start was so worth it and I was surprised that neither of my fleet carriers got damaged in either of the boss fights.
On a side note, those were two hilariously expensive runs. I wish I had more Kongou-class BBs because Fusou and Yamashiro burn up so much fuel. 🙁
I found that Fusou and Yamashiro’s problem wasn’t so much the fuel as it was the bauxite. Their planes always get shot down and have to be replaced. The Kongo-class use a little less fuel but more ammo I think. I’ve ended up hitting an equilibrium point where I can sustain running two BBs and a Carrier but the rest of the ships need to be cheap to run (cruisers or destroyers). Anything bigger and it chews so much ammo I can’t cope. But that’s only because I’m running 3 expeditions simultaneously.Awesome news on Shimakaze. Maxed out she’s I think the third-strongest of the Destroyers with crazy high avoidance, but at lower levels she’s even better because of her higher starting stats. Also great news on getting through 2-2. Those elites really are scary the first time. The good news is that 2-3 onward have a chance of dropping Kongo-class battleships and drop a lot of heavy cruisers which are great for modernization.
Last night I got my first ship past 60 – Hiryuu is miles ahead of everyone else. I haven’t been using Fusou and Yamashiro since I got my set of Kongo-classes, and now they’re no longer my highest-level ships. Got Yuudachi to 44 (11 more levels to go to get her to Kai-2) and Kitakami to 45 (my second highest-level ship and 5 levels away from her Kai-2 as well). I’m running a fleet of Yuudachi (44, flagship because I’m trying to level her to 55), Hiryuu (61), Hiei (44), Haruna (40), Kitakami (45) and Ooi (36).
Apparently there’s an easier path through 4-2 if you take a pair of destroyers but aside from Yuudachi I haven’t been putting much effort into my others, they’re still down in the 25-30 range where I left them after clearing 3-2. My plan once I get Yuudachi to 55 (by which point I expect that Ooi will be in the low to mid 40s and Kitakami should be past 50 as well) is to switch over to concentrating on Shigure, hopefully get her to her Kai-2 remodel at 60 as well. I imagine I should be able to clear 4-2 using Shigure and Yuudachi in the 35-40 range. Once I’ve got those two out of the way I’ll probably start working on Kiso because that Kai-2 remodel art is awesome. I’m also planning on starting to rotate around my BBs. Kirishima is already at 40 (I previously was running Hiei and Kirishima) but my Kongo is still down at 30. I’ll need to also boost Chitose to 12 before doing anything with Kiso, as my two Midget Subs are already in use.
Still trying (and failing) to get a third submarine. I-58 is avoiding me. She’s super hard to build (there’s only around a 6% chance of building a sub with the best recipe, and I-168 is common where I-58 is rare) and I’m wondering if maybe I’ll have better luck getting her as a drop. One of the nodes in 4-1 and 4-2 is a submarine fight and I-168 and I-58 both have a chance to drop from that fight so that might actually be better. Trouble is getting there and getting an S-rank on the fight. Yuudachi armed with depth charges is a killing machine against subs, but running the two torpedo sisters (their pre-emptive torpedo strike is better than having planes IMO) means I really don’t have room for a second destroyer for anti-sub warfare. I also can’t get depth charges to build when I make equipment. Managed to have it happen once out of about 20 attempts. I think I’d have better luck with Sonar.
With any luck the Christmas mini-event (they’re calling it a petit event suggesting it might only be 1-2 maps, maybe not high level requirement?) will have some nice rewards. Hopefully they set it up a bit like the November event difficulty-wise, if you’re able to clear 2-2 and handle 2-3 you might be high enough to push through an easier event map as well. We’ll see next week I guess.
Yeah running three BBs plus two fleet carriers was hella expensive and definitely not sustainable. I’m going to aim for an economical mix of 1 fleet carrier, 1 light carrier, 2 BBs, 1 heavy cruiser, and 1 light cruiser. It also enables me to swap ships in and out if they get damaged pretty easily. My primary fleet will probably be Kaga, Chiyoda, Hiei, Fusou, Ashigara, and Kitakami. Also you weren’t kidding about Kaga and her aircraft capacity as she can have so many more planes that any of the carriers that I have.I haven’t yet really attempted to construct submarines as yet as I’m trying to get more heavy cruisers and BBs for the composition quests. That’s why I’m really happy to get to 2-2 and 2-3 as not only do those ships have a higher drop chance but I also finally get the chance to sink the transport ships for the dailies and the weekly.
Hiei is my highest level ship at 18 but most of them are hovering around 15-ish so hopefully I’ll be able to get a few of them to remodel soon when they get to 25. I’ve modernised the crap out of Atago, Kitakami, and Ashigara as I’ve managed to get max torpedo and armour on all three of them and the results definitely show. Also remembering to grab all of the decent equipment on my ships before burning them definitely helps as my AA capabilities are much improved.
Apparently some time next year they’re intending to add some German ship-girls to the game. I guess they’ve already plumbed the depths of the IJN battleships unless they go into ships that were scrapped or never built, and once Taiho, Shinano and the three completed Unryuu-class are done they’ll have run out of Fleet Carriers as well (there are a number of IJN light/escort carriers not in the game yet though). I was assuming they’d stick with the Pacific War and if they had to go to non-JP ships they’d import American ones.
On the other hand, the tweet in question might have been referring to some of the long-range subs that travelled to Germany to exchange technologies, IIRC there were a couple of German subs which surrendered themselves or were seized by Japan after Germany surrendered in Europe which were re-staffed and operated by Japan toward the end of WW2 as well, so it might be referring to that.
It would be cool to eventually have them expand to all the WW2 navies though. If only for the amusement that putting Bismark and Hood in the same fleet would cause.
I can see them expanding out to the British fleet as there are a tonne of ships to add there. I’m not sure if they would be too keen to add the German ships but they might because as you said the Japanese did end up using a few surrendered German submarines. I think US ships are well out because a lot of people are assuming that they’re the unspoken enemy and it would be kind of weird for a Japanese game to use US ships. Even the few Australian ships might not make it.
The enemy ships do use guns that use inches instead of cm so clearly they are Americans 😛
Oh true I didn’t notice that. Also you might be on to something with German ships/submarines as apparently one of the event submarines speaks a few German phrases as it made a few trips to Germany during the war. It certainly would be nice to have a few more subs in the game.
Yeah, Hachi (I-8) has German phrases and has a particularly Aryan appearance (though to be fair, all the subs have bright, unrealistic hair color – Iku’s is blue and Imuya’s is bright pink)
Just finished episode one of season two of The Walking Dead, here are the choices I made:
Only read after you’ve played the episode. Major plot spoilers here.
(Also some end spoilers for The Walking Dead season one.)
Helped Christa. I figured she was as good as dead and choosing to help her at least gave her a shot. Want to play Clem as compassionate and taking to heart the lessons Lee taught her. She’s stronger in a group than she is by herself and Christa was her friend, this was an easy decision to make.
Killed Dog. Poor little critter. I must admit, I wanted to see this dog be part of the group, but after what went down. Oh man. Clem killed the dog, not out of malice though — just to end the little critter’s suffering.
Gave dying man water. Giving comfort to dying man, keep humanity in the face of apocalypse, etc. Also thought there’d be a stronger chance of getting answers by being all friendly like. Clem needed to know what happened to Christa.
Accepted Nick’s apology. This kid was a screw up and Clem empathized with him. She also was open with Luke about Lee and her back story. I feel like Clem needed to talk to someone too. Christa was pretty unresponsive at the fire and Clem had this weight on her shoulders. Just like Lee, I’m giving people the benefit of the doubt. Trusting people.
Saved Nick. Oh man, this was so tough. Mostly came down to the leg wound I saw Pete with. I must admit, a part of me found Nick the more compelling character, wanted to see what happened with that arc. Pete probably would’ve been better for the group in the long run, but his leg man. The bite. Arrrrgh. I dunno. D: Feel uneasy about this one, but would feel uneasy either way.
Also Pete was Nick’s uncle and looked out for him. In the urgency of the situation he might’ve wanted help himself but his actions in the past makes me think he’d want Nick to live too. Also the leg wound might’ve been survivable? Arm wound wasn’t for Lee, though. :'(
Made friends with Carlos’ daughter and told the doc that she had to grow up sooner or later. He didn’t take too kindly to that. Poor Clem.
Overall I liked it. The momentum is basically reset, but that’s not exactly a bad thing. This is a new story with new characters and I’m looking forward to seeing how it unravels. I liked the paranoia when interacting with this new group. Everything Clem knows about the world coming back: Are these guys cannibals? Can they be trusted? I ultimately decided to trust these guys, but there’s a feeling of doubt which I find great. They’ll have to earn that trust Clem’s given them.
Interested in seeing this new group dynamic play out too. Clearly there’s more to them than meets the eye, especially pregnant woman and the doctor as well. (Though that could’ve just been the protective father thing.) Wonder what happened to Christa’s baby too? :'(
In season one you were there as the group formed, you dealt with paranoia of outsiders from within the group. This time you’re the outsider and all that paranoia is directed at you. Crazy cool perspective change. Also we don’t know these characters back stories. They could be any one.
Also this 16 month flashforward would put it in the season four timeline of The Walking Dead TV series too.
Loved seeing the ‘Previously on The Walking Dead’ too, seeing the entire first season summed up.
Only thing I didn’t like about the ep? Omid and Christa making Clem clear the bathroom by herself. Don’t see why Omid or Christa couldn’t have gone with her. She’s still just a little girl. 🙁
Can’t wait to press on!
I’m not gonna read that. Just tell me if it’s good or not. And tell me if it might be best waiting for the whole season to drop.
Edit: Please. And only if you want to.
Especially this. It all hinges on you, DC! No pressure!
PressureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeI loved it. There’s a tone difference and the sense of momentum has reset, but that was to be expected. Well and truly on board for the season. I have some issues with it, but I had some issues with episode one of the first season too. (And consider the first episode to be somewhat the weakest of the first season.) These first ones really are to set the scene and all that, but I really liked it.
I’d love to play the whole season back to back and if you had the will power to do it, then go for it. I know I’d find avoiding spoilers for months to be torture though. XD Also I’m happy to play on release now that there’s The Wolf Among Us too. Hopefully they’ll start alternating now and it won’t seem as long.
I always click on spoiler tags. I don’t know why, even if I have no interest in reading them it’s just a thing — was about to click on yours after the first sentence… then I read the second sentence… and now I don’t know what to do! D:
Play the first episode is probably the correct answer.You crazy.
Uh oh.
UH OH.
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
We made all the same choices D:One day I’ll play a videogame and have no quarrels with bears.
Skyrim is not that game. I’m trying to use Light Armor more as it fits with my stealth bastard nature, and lets me run more. This is not a good match for the frozen north of the game that’s full of snow bears.
I stopped playing last night after being killed by the same bear 3 times.
At least you can hear these bears before they maul you…
RDR’s Ninja Bears still haunt me to this day…
“ooohh imma just pick up this purty pl-”
*WHAM!* ninja bear… out of no where
Oh gods yes.
I always describe wandering in RDR as “and suddenly, A BEAR”
I was just picking flowers and suddenly, A BEAR
Scoping out this bandit hideout,a bout to bring some thugs to justice and suddenly, A BEAR
That should seriously be the game’s tag line 😛
Red Dead Redemption and suddenly, A BEAR!
I gotta try and do this for my first Ranger in D&D, a bear animal companion with great Move Silently stat xD, even has his own cowl! NINJA BEAR STRIKE! 😛
Nah, go one better: http://dicemonkey.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/E665n.jpg
bahahaha that’s pretty amazing
I remember seeing this xD so good
Ohhhh my god.
and those cougers, they even took me off my horse a few times
did you ever find the glitch cabin? the one where infinite cougers keep spawning in, i have a photo of me and a friend standing on a pile of wood with like 200 cougers all around us.
Are you playing from a low level? Need more stealth. 😛
If you’re interested, I can tell you what I did with my build. I’m a stealth bastard myself, with a bow and dual-daggers.
I’m level 26, it’s more that I don’t have a companion atm (Married Lydia, need to find a new one).
I thought marriage still allowed you to quest together. I might be wrong on that.
It does, i just haven’t, I wanted to find a new quest buddy.
I have a wizard dude that I’m pretty happy with. I put him in glass armour so he casts spells long-range and is a big boost for when I go in with dags.
Also keep in mind the sneak glitch – if you’re been seen, you can only go back to being hidden by un-crouching and crouching again (assuming you have the perk).
Additionally, Throw Voice is my most-used shout. It’s amazing when max lvl.
That throw voice shout- I have been to the top of shearpoint, levels ago, but the bloody Dragon Priest there gave me grief. might head back there.
Also, do you have Volsung? The dragon priest mask? It’s delicious for a ranger/stealth.
@stickman I’m actually trying not to go pure stealth, as that gets me into trouble with Dragons and the like- I’m also putting time and perks into conjuration and one-handed. Where do i get Volsung?
@redartifice Sorry it’s actually Krosis. It also has highest base armour for Light.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Krosis_(Mask)
What do you mean, you get into trouble with Dragons? I can actually stealth up to Golden Dragons now, but I usually just ranged attack them.
@stickman that’s the shearpoint fucker I’m going to go for next. By trouble with dragons, I solely meant that they’re tricky to deal with with stealth alone.
Yeah, I just used arrows to bring them slowly down. By the time I was high-level where they gave me problems, I got the dragon shout which pins them to the ground. I’m still undecided if it’s harder or not … but …
Haven’t tried any stealth attacks yet, mostly because this one was asleep hanging up, so I couldn’t get close to stab him with dags.
@stickman I know what you mean, but every time I see dags I just hear Brad Pitt: “y’loike dags” from Snatch 😛
I find chaining power attacks and shouts together are generally enough to keep the bear from being unable to attack. I run a shield-warrior/cleric and I find the extra defence from a shield is pretty handy against bears.
I think I’ll just try run past. Or fast travel and find a new companion. Maybe one of the companions.
In the previous TAY, I nominated Emi Ibarazaki for my favourite video game character of all time. I gave an honourable mention to Grovyle from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness and Time.
Then I found this:
http://pkmnquotes.tumblr.com/image/53702866101I wonder whether I made the right choice.
Btw, first time trying to integrate hyperlinks and text, hope it works. And it didn’t. I reverted to the traditional model of hyperlinks and text being seperated.
here have a look at this
Fixed because Pixel break everyone’s minds when he tries to explain stuff 😛
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What?
yeah that’s what i feared 😛
I basically did the same code, but with [ instead of <. Now I know what I did wrong. Thanks!
No worries 🙂 we’ve all been there… Trial and error 😛
Hi Folks
Been really sick since Sunday and didn’t go to work, I did however play a ridiculous amount of games over the last 48 hours which was good (almost got my first ps4 platinum). Hope you are all well. Also U-Play passports appear to have become free so I can finally play AC4 on my ps4 without having to pay for a second U-Play thingy.
Hope you feel better. I still haven’t gotten a platinum for PS3 let alone PS4. XD
it’s for Lego Marvel Superheroes, really easy to get just time consuming, found the game really entertaining so it hasn’t felt like a chore.
Lego Marvel is AWESOME \o/
especially with 2 people…
how crazy are the deadpool cheats? I saw the trophy for collect 1 000 000 000 suds and thought shit, that’ll take a while, with all the Deadpool stud multiplyers I’m getting a multiplyer of 3840, usually get like a billion studs from 1 level, I only have Stan Lee left to unlock.
I think they were free since before ACIV was released.
well when I upgraded my ps3 copy to ps4 it told me $15 for the U-Play passport, checked again on the weekend it’s now free, weird
@dc
TWD s2. Clunky and irritating or smoother more intuitive controls?
All the refinements from The Wolf Among Us were there. Still feel there’s way more that can be done on that front too, but definitely a step in the right direction. Can’t help but think if you aren’t already on board then this season won’t get you on board either. There was one bug in the game though. Mouse disappeared during a pivotal conversation and I couldn’t click on the answer I wanted to. Reappeared in the next scene, but riled me up good and proper.
Mouse? You’ve lost me.
I’m sure you can play with control pad too.
Taking issue to a mouse in a point and click adventure is lunacy though. Monster. 😛
Why would a rodent be in the game as a character? Has the series jumped the shark (mouse?) already?
Talking mouse….sheesh.
A character from The Wolf Amongst Us is making an appearance in The Walking Dead? You know a show is going down the drain when they do a crossover episode.
Eh, whatever.
Won’t bother to answer your question next time.
Settle down. I was making a bad dad joke. I was genuinely interested in the answer as it’s the only thing I wasn’t liking from the first and I usually use the controller.
Sorry man. Just felt like the only thing you took away from my post was that I was an idiot who needed to be mocked. Knee jerk reaction. I know that’s not how it really is and I know that I’m not my usual self lately. Don’t mean to be a jerk. Blergh. 🙁
Turning into such a jerk lately. 🙁
DC – Don’t hat DC. 🙁
So, after the response to my blog post and survey, I’ve gotten a bit het up for this anthology idea, and have started running quick budgets based on the interim survey results.
I can pay reasonable rates to creators, and put together an anthology of around 320 pages (even mix of prose and comics) for around $3000. (Note: this counts around 75 pages by me, which obviously won’t be paid for). And I can pay very nice rates to creators for around $6200.
As Kickstarters go, those targets aren’t totally unattainable. If the fiery passion in the survey comments is anything to go by, I think there will be a few donations made purely to support the principle.
Of course, I’ll need to factor in fees, cost of fulfilling perks, etc, to the total goal, but overall, I’m feeling reasonably good about this.
One thing I hate about kickstarters? People running the things wasting money on perks! I feel like the only reward for backers should be backing a cool a project. I don’t need stickers and in-game credits and developer chats and the like. Haha! Always makes me sad when people running these things struggle with spending half their budget on fulfilling these side things. 🙁
Don’t get me wrong, though. I understand why they’re there. Necessary evil and all that.
Just would be nice if you could spend 100% of raised money on the project itself!
Good luck with it all, Shane! You deserve good things!
Eh, I see the perks as a way of thanking contributors for their faith. It’s really on the project organiser to make sure they can fulfill them effectively.
I tend to agree with this. It’s just a matter of sound project management.
Thanks, man. Appreciate it. I kind of hate that, too, and I’ve seen how these costs can multiply unexpectedly (e.g. Flamestar album). I think perks are important, though, and I’ve given a lot of thought to a range of perks that are digital-only, and would therefore incur minimal costs in delivery.
If/when it happens, I’m gonna budget this properly – I know Excel, and I’ll take advantage of that.
I like perks. 🙁
Its not as if in game credits cost much to produce. Kind of like that ‘Your name on a corpse’ reward for Stasis, chip in a few hundred bucks and one of the dead bodies you can violate for loot could well be your own! That’s the cool kind of reward
Agreed. Getting names and likenesses into stories are definitely in my plans! 🙂
Something something compromising creative integrity something. XD
Don’t mind me, I said the same to Hellscream before his Kickstarter. Just a personal preference I have. 🙂
Actually Tuckerisation has a long and storied history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckerization
Not a faaaaaan!
Broken Sword 5 had a reward tier where someone would be Nico Collard’s neighbour. The entire time the neighbour or the neighbours apartment was on screen I was pulled out of the game. Broke the immersion. I get that it’s a writing practice too, just not one I’m fond of. XD
Also felt the character was completely inconsequential and wouldn’t figure into the plot at all immediately. Was just fan service.
You and your “artistic integrity” and “standards,” bah.
I actually think it’s a lot of fun.
I did enjoy seeing Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart in Deus Ex: Human Revolution though. XD You know me, Red. I hate fun. 😛
@dc and buildings. @shane, make your book full of buildings and tuckerisations just for dc.
@redartifice All the characters shall be called DC!
@shane Instant bestseller: A story about DC the architect.
I totally get that perspective, and if my Kickstarter didn’t need the money………… 😛
Sorry man, I’m just being a grumpy! GET OFF MY LAWN! 😛
…no.
*kicks over pot plant*
*furrows brow*
I know a guy that draws pretty good comics.
@Shane
That was an honest offer by the by.
And not one of these “Give me monies” offers. I’d be happy to help out in any way.
Thank you, my friend. I will definitely keep you in the loop!
(But I will insist on paying you, as I would anyone else.)
@strange @scree
You’re the most likely people here to know the answer for this. My sister is a complete noob to sewing, but has repeatedly expressed interest in learning and for starters wants to pick up a simple, reasonably priced sewing machine. I’m considering getting her one for Christmas. Trouble is, I last touched a sewing machine when I was about 14 and haven’t got a clue where to start looking and what to look at. Advice would be appreciated.
Could be a good place to start http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/household/living-and-bedroom/sewing/buying-guide-sewing-machines.aspx
I specifically want one that’s good for a beginner though. Not necessarily one that is good value for money for someone experienced. That guide (which I assume is now useless being nearly six years out of date) approaches everything from the perspective of someone that already knows what the hell they’re talking about and I don’t really even have a point of reference.
From a purely amateur perspective, I don’t think sewing machines go obsolete as quickly as computers. In fact, the basic design has barely changed in a hundred years… A six year old list might well still be valid.
Mines completely identical to the 1905 model I linked down there. Over 100 years.
my Grandmother had one of those ancient ones that was attached to a table and you had to pump the pedal to make it go, we used to ask her if she wanted a new one and she always refused, even when her legs were riddled with arthritis she kept pumping away and sewing us stuff.
Grandmothers are the toughest beings in this existence I’m fairly certain.
followed closely by Grandfathers, mine was a tough old Scottish bastard who worked in construction so he was buff for an old guy, one day in South Africa a dude jumped out at him with a knife demanding money, he refused, the guy tried to stab him so he put his forearm in the way took the stabbing, knocked the guy out with his free hand, took his wallet and handed it in to the cops saying “this asshole tried to mug me, I’m going to get stitched up”. he was an awesome fella may he rest in peace .
@gutsoup
My grandfather always told me stories about how he used to sail with Captain Redbeard and his scoundrels, and that he could catch a 200 pound cannon ball…
Now there was a hardcore pops…
…
i may suspect he’s not been entirely honest with me
@pixel_the_ferret_viking
Your grandad’s story sounds legit to me, what a badass.
My grandfather ancestory comes from a line of vikings so that’s cool
I have all the respect in the world for this guy…
Pretty sure you have (may he rest in peace) the coolest grandfather here…
Well done sir 😛
I use one of these.
http://silkmothsewing.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/leviathan-singers-29k-4.html?m=1
Probably not recommended depending on what she wants to do.
That’s an awesome machine! All the old Singers were incredible. One day I’ll own one of the old Featherweights, one day.
If it’s a new, off-the-shelf one any of the models under about $300 are just going to make her frustrated and give up before she starts. If she’s serious about learning sewing, don’t buy from Spotlight or Lincraft, and definitely not from Big W or Target, buy from a specialist sewing shop because most of the time they’ll offer free lessons to help you learn how to use your new machine.
I have a Brother NS30 which we got for around $400 and had more features than I ever thought I’d need, but I’m already finding I’m using all of them so make sure it’s a machine that gives her room to grow as she learns more.
The best brands for starting new machines from all reports appear to be Janome, Bernina and Brother. Singer is only great if you’re getting a vintage or fairly old second hand model because they’re not as great as they once were.
If you must go cheap get a Toyota, they’re more reliable and sturdy than thecheaper models of “big name” brands, but you’ll have to get one of those from the like of Spotlight or Lincraft.
Oh, and for beginners I swear by a machine with a drop in bobbin as opposed to a front-loading bobbin. It’s way less intimidating.
I bought one off the shelf and learnt from there. I would suggest goimgiito a spealist sewing centre and asking them. i
Finally found a DayZ server that wasn’t looted to death. I am lord the creeps.
http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/705109836783792914/21F3CB1188E26BEE5D3CD668B90B6ECD93AF1E77/
http://news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/wife-catches-cheating-hubby-thanks-to-the-postman/story-fnet09y4-1226784730196
Awwwwwkkkwwwaaardddd.
Hard to feel sorry for the guy though.
Ha, I like how he had the balls to just outright say why he was there on the survey.
Why would he have given his real address? XD
Credit card, probably.
I found amusement in this article yesterday.
http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/daily-world/grandpa-who-won-romp-with-2-hookers-as-prize-dies-on-way-to-threesome
Just got linked this through some people at work:
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Xbox-One-24-Hour-Check-DRM-Returns-During-Killer-Instinct-Tournament-61114.html
Wasn’t this removed on the XBox One? This is potentially troubling :/
Eh, considering it was actually “a switch they could flip” it was always a possibility they could turn it back on once everyone had purchased their units.
Yeah I was mentioning that to Rapscillion on the week that they did the 180 on it, that it wasn’t really removed, simply “disabled”. I really didn’t want to be proven right though, cuz that really sucks for those that have already bought it when they weren’t going to previously due to that ‘feature’ 🙁
From wading into the comments (and not watching the video), the counterclaim was that the primary account on the box didn’t own the game, and it was tripped that way.
I’m no fan of DRM, but I’d want to see some more substantial evidence (or it would be far more widespread by now) before passing judgement.
Isn’t the deal once a game is on a box all accounts could play it?
And if you log in to a friend’s machine, it can be downloaded and played there with you signed in. If it’s this latter scenario with the box not owning it, then it’s just a big troll. If it’s the former, with the box / primary account owning it, then it’s a big problem.
Given all that then I’d say it’s the latter then.
Either way, it says it was in the middle of game-play. Any checks for ownership would be done when attempting to launch the game, much like “please insert disc’ on x360.
Reproducible by logging out the only account with a licence for the game. I’d want to see more evidence to see this claim substantiated either way. I hate the 24 hour check in DRM plan that was originally being forced, but it doesn’t sound like that. If there’s no credentials on the machine saying the game has been purchased, should it keep running?
Yes, it should keep running.
It checked for the license when it launched, it found the licence. Nothing should stop it functioning until it is re-launched again. This is what always-on DRM does (kicks you out if it finds a fault).
So by that system, with one account and one licence for the game, I could get that game running on 100 XBones at once, so long as I log in to start the game on each one.
@beavwa
Correct.
Although it’s not possible because you can’t sign-in to Live on multiple consoles.
That’s what I’m saying – sign in, launch game, log out, log onto next console, repeat.
Only one active login at a time, credentials existed on game startup. Game invalidates on log out to stop this.
More likely he’s purchased it on one console and then re-downloaded it on another. In that case the DRM requires you to be online to verify you have a proper license key. X360 works exactly the same way.
Like I said, I haven’t watched the video, but that does seem like the logical conclusion.
Yet Another Sydney Meat.
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/the-party-otaku-christmas-meat/
@freezespreston @35, @alexpants, @anonymous_pessimist, @batgirl, @batguy, @cakesmith, @cj, @effluvium-boy, @fatshadylive, @gingerchris86, @gorzilla, @harli, @hugo_the_hungarian_barbarian, @masha2932, @shiggyninty, @powalen, @novacascade, @ruffleberg, @rize, @blaghman, @markserrels, @rocketman, @sernobulus, @shane, @dc, @mrtaco @rize, @blaghman, @markserrels, @sernobulus, @mrtaco, @mawt also @freya & @trjn because I have no idea when you get back from Narnia.
(I stole this list from @cakesmith. I left @shane and @dc in because comedy.)
Tonight may be a little short notice for me to tell my wife. Or book flights.
“When: Saturday the 21st of December around 11:00am”
You clearly have plenty time! I EVEN MADE A POINT OF MENTIONING YOU FIRST!
If I could afford the flights on top of a night out at the moment I totally would.
Hey, at least you were invited! 😛
You are also invited! It’s an invisible invite!
Sadly I wont be able to make it, catching a plane out to Papua that morning. Have fun everyone and merry christmas.
That’s the day of my workplace Christmas party, so I’m out 🙁
Replaying The Walking Dead 2×01. Even better the second time. First time I kept on thinking at the back of my head how does this compare to first season, etc. Still loved it the first time, but second time through I appreciate it on its own without that stuff. (Relieved in the knowledge that it’s just as good as first.) Can’t wait to press on. Going to be a great season.
One thing I love about new season:
In season one you were there as the group formed, you dealt with paranoia of outsiders from within the group. This time you’re the outsider and all that paranoia is directed at you. Crazy cool perspective change. Also we don’t know these characters back stories. They could be any one.So good.
Are there Zombies in this one?
Cause zombies are… what do you call something that was overdone a LONG time ago but kept getting done again and again and again and again?
Also: Have you seen this? http://youtu.be/BviJYUz3Qz4
Most interesting stuff about zombie stuff is never the zombies. It’s the character stories, the group dynamics… the post apocalyptic urban decay. XD
Zombies are over exposed, sure, but good stories are good stories all the same.
I totally watched that movie. 😀
I like this. Season one was like nothing I’ve played before.
The scene in the shed when you get back.
Spoiler tags, man. Spoiler tags. XD
The stitches, you mean? Oh man! Poor Clem. That was pretty damn intense. D:Here are my thoughts on the ep here!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/12/talk-amongst-yourselves-256/comment-page-3/#comment-2304135
I dont know how!!!
< s > and < / s > without the spaces!
Or click the last button in the editing bar when making post! 🙂
Also I made the same decisions as you except the last one.
Will be interesting to see how the story splinters off from that plot point. Was Nick killed in your version?noD: Oh man, no going back, I guess!Yeah I miss clicked on the feed the dog part and didnt give him any. But Im assuming it went badly either wayPart of me is tempted to replay for the ‘right’ choice, but then the best part of this is living with the consequences. 😀
Things went poorly with the dog either way, I think. Poor Clem.So yesterday I got a letter about that car accident I had a while back. From the other woman’s company, saying I had an outstanding debt to them and they were going to sick the debt collectors on me.
Last I heard anything about the whole deal, I talked to my company about how a few things didn’t seem to line up and e-mailed through the stuff about it. Then promptly forgot about it all and haven’t heard from anyone since :/ Just called these guys up now and apparently they haven’t heard anything either. NFI what’s going on.
Hold on, have you ever admitted fault?
I say it’s not my fault, but in the eye of the law it is 😛
My main concern was that their “supporting documentation” didn’t actually have anything listed under new damage in their assessment, while there was a whole load of existing damage which included the rear bumper. The replacement of which was what racked up the $1k bill. Talked to my guys and they basically said there’s nothing that can be done about it because there’s no evidence of how damaged it was or whatever, and it’s since been repaired. Although it just occurred to me that there is some bullshit going on, because I just remembered that they listed brake light replacement as part of the repair, but the damn things were still lit up when the woman was parked at the lights afterwards. Bah.
Tip for next time: take photos of the damage to both cars. Very strong evidence for how much damage there was and makes it quite hard for either party to take the other for a ride. It’s quite common for people to get multiple bits of damage fixed at once and try and claim it all was from the one accident.
You owe personally, or company owes?
Sounds to me like her insurer should be the one chasing you.
Amazon still don’t seem to have any facility by which I could preorder a PS4 from them for whenever they next get a shipment. Instead they only list third party sellers who are terrible people that have a $300+ markup on the system.
Might be worth contacting them about it directly, see if there’s some sort of waiting list. I would think the PS4 would be a big enough item that if there isn’t a waiting list feature somewhere in there, they would add one in.
Also, do they post consoles internationally? (Or do you use freight forwarding?) Because I know there are some Amazon things that just aren’t available to we Aussies.
They went backwards and forwards on the shipping. I know @doc_what got his from them. I want a US or JP system because they’re Region A bluray. All my regioned BDs are from Region A. It’s a very minor thing really but basically I can’t trust my PS3 to last forever and I don’t want to be stuck with BDs I can’t watch. I could always get a US Xbone instead, but so far there’s been nothing on Xbone that I want and I couldn’t get on PC, so at this point I’m probably not going to get one at all.
There’s nothing on PS4 that’s urgent or anything but I’d like to get one squared away for some time next year, before Destiny releases as that’s the first thing I really want. So I guess I have until September. Maybe I’ll get a JP system.
They were initially selling them overseas then the decided to make them domestic shipping only. That was pretty early on.
I had to get my console sent to a friend who sent it on to me.
And I got a US one for the Blu-ray region A reason too.
Seems like the current stock issues are probably because they’re putting stock aside for the Japanese launch, and once that’s past things will stabilize. Maybe I’ll just wait and get a JP system from Play-Asia or similar.
Or maybe I should get a Region A BD player for a few bucks and just buy a local console. 😛
MY brother was telling me about a town he was in having them for sale without waiting… Possibly check country towns?
O.o
o.O
Getting fidgety waiting for my Gameboy + games to arrive.
Might go back and finish The Walking Dead: 400 Days in prep for season 2 \o/
Although I’m not sure I’m ready for the feels..
Never finished 400 Days? D:
Nope /o\
I was late to the party with 400 days, I only bought it about a month ago.
I played through the story of three of the characters, although all I can remember is cutting off someones foot (with a shotgun I think?) and sitting in a car while your buddy looks about in the darkness.hmm, with my memory that bad I may start from the beginning again.
Hopefully I can complete 400 days, s2ep1 of TWD and buy ep1 of The Wolf Among Us (heard great things) before my parcel arrives. Hooray for xmas holidays!
You’ll be happy to know there’s an elaborate ‘Previously on The Walking Dead’ at the start of season two with all the relevant plot points. XD
400 Days isn’t too lengthy, so you’ll be able to finish it in no time!
Don’t worry I’m the latest to the party I think, I bought Season 1 including 400 days on the weekend for $13 from the PSNs 12 deals of christmas thing
That’s a pretty sweet dealio for $13 🙂
I thought so too, hence my purchase. and playing it in the dark on my Vita with earphones was pretty atmospheric
Ohh nice, I imagine it would play well on the Vita. What episode are you up to at the moment?
I only had about a twenty minute go, so probly still 1 :P. I’m planning on getting stuck into it at some point, I”m planning on going through it pretty fast.
I owe an apology to my Secret SanTAY. You probably won’t get your present until after Christmas as I haven’t posted it yet. Sorry.
I guess you could say you are ontarg……..oh nvm
I almost didn’t upvote you because you didn’t see it through to the end.
Next time I won’t be quite so forgiving. 😐
So apparently we’ll have NBN by the 27th. Forgive me for having absolutely no faith in that, but one can hope.
Oh man, it must be awful for you to have to wait another 9 days.
😛
I’m getting it NEVER. You get no sympathy from me.
Only jealousy.This is why you’re so popular, Shane – your experiences relate to the everyman.
You know, me. 😐
Try getting it when I do which is…*mental calculations*
Never.
Wagga might get the NBN by 2027
Dude when i moved there the family i moved in with still had a 56k modem… YOU GOT A WHILE YET 😛
I think I still have one in a box somewhere, though it might be all for naught when the copper breaks down at the molecular level due to extreme age
the plans for the NBN in my area disappeared off the web site just after the Libs got in, no hope for me either.
NBN makes me so sad. It’s pretty clear that the libs plan all along was to sabotage it then shut it down or hamstring it so badly that it won’t actually work out. Luddites. 🙁
I’m looking at buying a house or apartment soon and the worst case scenario I can see easily unfolding is that I literally can’t get broadband at all, or I’m bumped back to 4mbit or so flaky DSL like the previous place I was at. Almost nowhere in Melbourne got proper NBN rollout and apartment buildings etc. that did often didn’t sign up. Pretty hard to find places with Cable too, unless you’re out in the outer suburbs and manage to luck out.
NBN was supposed to fix all this shit and uncertainty 🙁 Now it looks like my best chance is to find somewhere that has had iiNet fiber or TPG or something. 🙁
I have no idea why but Telstra wouldn’t even give us adsl in the mean time, despite being on a contract for adsl anyway. We’ve been making do with (free) wireless internet which whilst it’s nice to have something its still slow and unstable.
The saddest part is that they’re probably not even luddites, just insanely fixated on the concept of opposition and can’t bring themselves to implement their opponent’s policies no matter how good they are.
“Cure for cancer? Fuck that, labour proposed it! Lets build a bridge out of cheese!”
Today I’ve found motivation in the Blood Dragon OST, Beyond Good and Evil OST and Forces from Berserk’s soundtrack, thank you video games and anime, even after the credits role you keep me entertained.
Susumu Hirasawa <3
I had to google, I’m terrible with names, that dude has done a lot, Paprika, Millenium Actress and Paranoia Agent to name a few, damn my ignorance I had no idea it was the same dude, I’m going to do a lot of listening now
He’s pretty awesome. I was really sad that the new Berserk films don’t have him in the soundtrack, it felt like a perfect fit to me. Most of his stuff is done on an old Amiga. He’s a bit of a fruit loop honestly, but his music is very unique. If you want an interesting listen see if you can find a copy of his album Aurora – a lot of the Berserk soundtrack’s songs are derived from stuff on that.
this reminds me of a couple months ago I was watching Ninja Turtles and the voice of Leatherhead was so familiar I looked the guy up and it seems I recognised him from everything.
Jim Cummings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cummings
He is in everything from Disney to Marvel Characters and heaps of game voice overs, He’s in Skyrim, Kingdom Hearts, Lost Vikings 2 to name just a few,
I can’t even scratch the surface without filling the whole page up, check out the dude’s work it’s insane how much he is in.
so much stuff, He’s Dr Robotnik, Duncan the Horse from the Simpsons
Pretty much in every show I watched growing up.
He’s also cumming to Oz Comic Con Melbourne.
:O cool. He’s such a big part of my life and I didn’t even know his name until earlier this year………………….. I’m a jerk 😛
Haha. I was complaining about him on here just this morning.
well there you go, why what was he in? Or was it that he wasn’t in something for a change 😛
Super Hero Squad Show.
His performance as Thanos didn’t quite line up as one of the most powerful entities in existence. Still had his signature bumbling sidekick voice.
Normally I’m not a huge fan of game soundtracks but the Blood Dragon OST may just be one of my favourite albums o all time.
yeah, I’m pretty selective with game soundtracks outside of actually playing the games, sometimes though they really hit the mark and it’s hard not to appreciate the music by itself.
That whole Retrowave music style really appeals to me. Some of the stuff from Hotline Miami is awesome as well.
Power Glove (the Blood Dragon soundtrack composers) are from Melbourne.
I heard Power Glove were Australian, that’s pretty sweet. I’m really liking the retro stuff too, something about synths is awesome
Any idea where I can find the Hotline Miami soundtrack to put on my phone? I think there’s a steam version but not sure if easily transferable.
no, sorry, I tend to stream a lot of stuff these days, except bands i like I”ll buy their stuff.
*remembers when Audio Galaxy was a thing*
I’m old 😛
Own the game on Steam? The music is all normal, playable music files in the game directory. Might be in Ogg though so if your phone doesn’t support that you’ll have to convert.
Otherwise you’d need to go and obtain the tracks separately. Most of it is online for purchase in various spots. I ended up buying a couple of Peturbator’s albums after playing the game because I liked them a lot. His stuff is on Bandcamp. I imagine that MOON, Sun Araw and Scattle (the other major composers on the soundtrack) are also there. I believe that Jasper Byrne’s Hotline Miami stuff is also on iTunes but haven’t looked into that.
If it’s on iTunes I can’t find it. Might just be easiest to buy the game on steam.
Power Glove did Blood Dragon? I think I have one of their albums, wow that’d be some funky gaming set to it!
Been teaching people at work how to play proper Mahjongg
Productivity!
the fact that you know how to play it properly is awesome in itself
my god I”m butting into everyones conversations today, someone tell me to go awayIt’s not butting in, I wouldn’t put it up here if I wasn’t prepared to discuss!
I learnt at uni, used to play with the Japanese exchange students. they used to table-talk and cheat until someone who they didn’t think spoke Japanese busted them! Never learnt to score/do the betting though, we used to just play out the hands.
Just finished the new The Walking Dead episode. (cc. @dc)
General thoughts: Good, I liked it. Certainly better looking than Season One, though I think it’s behind The Wolf Among Us.
Spoilery stuff:
I tried to sneak away when Christa was being threatened. I figured my distraction would just anger the dudes, making them attack her (In a 6.6% Minority there. Whoops).Killed the Dog. I felt bad for it. It was starving, and I’m pretty sure it just watched me re-kill its owner. I don’t blame it for going dog.
Refused to give the guy water. Fuck him. He gets what he deserves. Prick.
Of course I accepted Nick’s apology. He’s an idiot, but he’s not Ben bad or anything. I really liked the line Pete said about playing a role around him. Made sense.
Went with Nick. I figured Pete was fucked either way, though when I think about it, I would have expected him to have told us to piss off if he was actually bitten. Hard to tell if his act would hold up then or not.
Other things: Totally went Passive-Aggressive against Rebecca. Of course I threw the Frisbee 3 times. Told thingummy straight away that I killed Lee when it was brought up, but I was a little sad he didn’t have a super over the top reaction. I laughed when I looked at the Risk like game, and it was “A game of Global Consternation” or whatever.
Here’s my thoughts from earlier, resposted:
Just finished episode one of season two of The Walking Dead, here are the choices I made:
Only read after you’ve played the episode. Major plot spoilers here.
(Also some end spoilers for The Walking Dead season one.)
Helped Christa. I figured she was as good as dead and choosing to help her at least gave her a shot. Want to play Clem as compassionate and taking to heart the lessons Lee taught her. She’s stronger in a group than she is by herself and Christa was her friend, this was an easy decision to make.
Killed Dog. Poor little critter. I must admit, I wanted to see this dog be part of the group, but after what went down. Oh man. Clem killed the dog, not out of malice though — just to end the little critter’s suffering.
Gave dying man water. Giving comfort to dying man, keep humanity in the face of apocalypse, etc. Also thought there’d be a stronger chance of getting answers by being all friendly like. Clem needed to know what happened to Christa.
Accepted Nick’s apology. This kid was a screw up and Clem empathized with him. She also was open with Luke about Lee and her back story. I feel like Clem needed to talk to someone too. Christa was pretty unresponsive at the fire and Clem had this weight on her shoulders. Just like Lee, I’m giving people the benefit of the doubt. Trusting people.
Saved Nick. Oh man, this was so tough. Mostly came down to the leg wound I saw Pete with. I must admit, a part of me found Nick the more compelling character, wanted to see what happened with that arc. Pete probably would’ve been better for the group in the long run, but his leg man. The bite. Arrrrgh. I dunno. D: Feel uneasy about this one, but would feel uneasy either way.
Also Pete was Nick’s uncle and looked out for him. In the urgency of the situation he might’ve wanted help himself but his actions in the past makes me think he’d want Nick to live too. Also the leg wound might’ve been survivable? Arm wound wasn’t for Lee, though. :'(
Made friends with Carlos’ daughter and told the doc that she had to grow up sooner or later. He didn’t take too kindly to that. Poor Clem.
Overall I liked it. The momentum is basically reset, but that’s not exactly a bad thing. This is a new story with new characters and I’m looking forward to seeing how it unravels. I liked the paranoia when interacting with this new group. Everything Clem knows about the world coming back: Are these guys cannibals? Can they be trusted? I ultimately decided to trust these guys, but there’s a feeling of doubt which I find great. They’ll have to earn that trust Clem’s given them.
Interested in seeing this new group dynamic play out too. Clearly there’s more to them than meets the eye, especially pregnant woman and the doctor as well. (Though that could’ve just been the protective father thing.) Wonder what happened to Christa’s baby too? :'(
In season one you were there as the group formed, you dealt with paranoia of outsiders from within the group. This time you’re the outsider and all that paranoia is directed at you. Crazy cool perspective change. Also we don’t know these characters back stories. They could be any one.
Also this 16 month flashforward would put it in the season four timeline of The Walking Dead TV series too.
Loved seeing the ‘Previously on The Walking Dead’ too, seeing the entire first season summed up.
Only thing I didn’t like about the ep? Omid and Christa making Clem clear the bathroom by herself. Don’t see why Omid or Christa couldn’t have gone with her. She’s still just a little girl. 🙁
Can’t wait to press on!
New thoughts:
Part of me thinks there’s no coming back for Pete and if he lived he might get to say goodbye to his people but still die. I feel a little bit of regret, but truly thought it was going to be one or the other and one didn’t have a bite so I went with them. Poor Clem. 🙁The Walking Dead TV series spoilers, season three:
Then again, Hershel survived a bite?Plot speculation for where season could go:
You don’t suppose the people attacking are Tavia’s group, do you? (From 400 Days!) Then again, sounds like there’s plenty of explaining to do within the group since they seem to have history… What if this is Telltale’s version of The Governor arc?More discussion here:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/12/talk-amongst-yourselves-256/comment-page-4/#comment-2304558
Speculation for next episode based on “Next Time” thing:
So, the obvious person for Clem to be like “I thought you were dead (or whatever she said)” about is Christa, but that seems too obvious, so thoughts on who it could be? I think the only other character who’s alive would be Kenny, but I guess we have months and months of unexplored content where almost anything could have happened.Additional things about the first episode:
The moment the camera looked down at the gun after the water bottle rolled off, I was like “Welp, bet something’s going to happen and Clem’s gonna need that.” God dammit Chekhov. Also, when using the fire, I burned the painting. I figured the log would just suffocate it, and Lee’s picture was too important.Totally didn’t watch the next time thing, so might hold off reading. D:
Hope you don’t mind?
Edit:
Re: additional things from the first episode:
I feel kind of mad at Omid and Christa for leaving Clem on her own. I think Christa holds an irrational blame at Clem for what happened to Omid (her gun and all that…) but there’s plenty of guilt to go around. They put her in this circumstance.I DO MIND. AND NOW I HATE YOU FOREVER!
Also, how freakin’ beautiful is the main menu screen? Pretty damn, huh!
(Not The Last of Us main menu screen pretty, but pretty all the same.)
My wallet wept: They’re re-releasing the two Macross Frontier movies on Bluray next year as part of a Macross 30th Anniversary box set, and the movies will have English subtitles. 🙁 First time ever, I think, since those fucksticks at Harmony Gold ruined everything and made it impossible to release anything Macross in English because of their Robotech bullshit 🙁
I liked Robotech as a kid 🙁
Robotech is why we can’t have nice things. Literally. 🙁
At least we still got Macross Plus I guess.
that’s cause like me you didn’t know any better, we’re chumps
Well that’s pretty cool, I need to watch them, when i was a kid we only got Robotech and it was Zulu audio, we had to tune into a radio station to get the english version, which ruined being able to tape things and then the South African Government decided for whatever reason that they would ban it. I liked what I did get to see and have only seen bit of Macross since then. Remember the Macross game on 8 bit systems? I had it on my turbo graphics, it was awesome
It’s great that they finally realized that English-speaking countries really like Macross but we can’t have it but by putting subs on the disc they can get extra sales.
I have the Macross: Do You Remember Love anniversary Bluray set and it’s still amazing how well that film dated. Haven’t seen either of the Frontier films yet (on my todo list) but might just hold off for this set.
and then I”ll come over and marathon it all with you 😛
If you want to come all the way to Melbourne I’d be happy to marathon it with you, for serious.
Robotech was awesome!!
In parts. Some of it was shit though.
Macross is pretty sweet overall although I’d sooner them deemphasise the music angle that seems to creep into all of the series I’ve seen
The music is the whole point though. The idea is that culture – expressed as music – is the strongest force that humans can muster and that it is what unifies us and brings us together, and that those without it will invariably be defeated by those with it.
It’s less of a major theme in Macross Plus though, just a sort of a means to an end. Macross Plus is awesome.
I’m a massive fan of Macross 7 and that show is all about the music. Amazing mid-90s J-rock stuff that’s dated extremely well (I could sit and listen to Diamond Calling on repeat for hours). In fact, aside from the vocal stuff in the original series, all the music in Macross has dated pretty nicely. Macross Plus has some of Yoko Kanno’s earliest and best soundtrack work (PULSE, Voices, the Sharon Apple stuff and After, in the Dark especially). Even Ai Oboete Imasuka from Do You Remember Love has stood the test of time, though the recording itself is dated. I actually didn’t like a lot of the music in Frontier at the time, but I’ve found that it’s really grown on me over the years.
It’s actually an interesting series because if you watch it chronologically you can hear the sort of music that was popular at the time each was made and it’s like a trip through Japanese pop music over time.
Hmm yes but it sort of feels like they still overdo it. Then again I dare say my relative dislike of pop isn’t helping matters, they need to do a metal version. I didn’t mind a few of the songs in Macross Frontier though.
Also Macross Zero was pretty sweet, it’s the only one I’ve seen where the mecha look vaguely plausible rather than basically magic space planes from the far future which for some reason have been built to look like american interceptors from the 1970s
To be fair, the VF1 looks like an F-14 because that was pretty much state of the art for operating from a carrier in 1982. Personally I think they still look badass. Wish the good models weren’t so expensive though, I’d love to obtain a YF-19 to go with my VF-1A but they’re rare as hell and cost $300+ 🙁
If you don’t like Japanese pop music at all then yeah, Macross is going to fall flat. Zero doesn’t really have a music focus at all though. I really liked Zero but the CG in it has dated very badly already 🙁
The CG may look a bit dated but the fact its stylised rather than trying to directly mimic reality will always keep it looking nice and fit for purpose. It’s not like watching Jurassic park and thinking “Damn, that tyrannosaurus really needs antialiasing”
Dear god.
http://www.jibjab.com/holidays
where do you find these things? I’m just as hermit like online as I am in real life, I don’t go places
Haha! I’m the same. I have my TV website. (TVline…) My movie websites (Collider, IMDb), My gaming websites (Adventure Gamers, Kotaku, Game Informer and Polygon) and my e-mail (Outlook) and alternate between them mostly. Wikipedia too. XD
Then there’s my secret shame:
BuzzFeedDude, you should get on the AV Club, that’s my TV website and it’s great.
I don’t much care for reviews and the like, more industry news. Not sure if AV does that?
Yeah they do, with a healthy dose of fantastic snark where required- Sean O’Neal is a minor god.
Snark, eh. I’ll pass. Not a fan of cynicism when it comes to my favourite shows. XD
It’s frequently hilarious though- here’s one from today: http://www.avclub.com/article/joseph-gordonlevitt-really-is-making-sandman-into-106567
it’s funny, i was a crazy interweb junkie for a few years and kept up with heaps of stuff, moved out of home and didn’t get a decent computer for ages and sorta lost touch, haven’t attempted to broaden my horizons much, too many video games to beat for that.
My wife just did one with me and the kids and sent it to me….
It’s terrifying.
Hello all. I will be quiet for a while as my pc now blantly refuses to turn on at all.
After eliminating power cable as the problem, it appears that my power supply unit may be the issue.
When enquiring about repair costs, I found out it was $70. I can’t afford this for a while so I won’t be on.
Unless someone can help me =P
Ummm, I might have a spare PSU sitting around somewhere.
Express post that shit to me right now!
=p Apparently there are different types and pc websites suggest you dont install it yourself
I’ve always installed my own power supply thingies. =p
Also, I’m still in Sydney, return late tonight so I will send it out then.
You’re in Sydney? Why not victoria?
I will give it a shot. What stats does it have? Mine was a 400 watt output.
You never invited me. ;_;
Also, I’m not too sure if I actually have a spare one. Might have already given it away. I’ll let you know tomorrow!
You should really be more than capable of installing it yourself. If you’re unsure of anything, you can always give me a ring or msg me online and I can walk you through it. Should only take about 5-10 mins!
Power supplies can be fiddly but are really quite simple. Everything is keyed to only go in one way but there’s a lot of cables to hook up and it can be a bit tricky getting everything in the right position if you have big hands and/or a small case. It rewards paying attention and being thorough rather than having any real technical skill
PSU’s should not set you back $70 unless they included labor to have it fitted. Or if it was a decent brand. There are plenty of no-name options that will work perfectly fine for cheaper. Guess it depends on how much juice your PC needs, and the kind of quality of hardware you have inside. I can get good no-name brand 550W PSU’s for about $25
Where can I buy one? I might be able to afford $25
where abouts in Victoria are you?
Not sure if you’d be able to get one for that cheap, but I can have a look. I get really good deals from a wholesaler that I’ve been dealing with for years. I can double check with them what I can get them for, and I may be able to have it shipped to you for around the $25-30 mark.
In the west
Not sure how far west you mean, but I had a look at a few places down that way, and they seem to have cheaper psu’s for about $35-$40.
I could possibly get one and send it to you for cheaper than that. The place I buy them from have an office in South Oakleigh too. Are you anywhere near that? I might be able to place an order with my contact up here, and arrange for you to pick it up from them there if that’s a possibility for you?
Footscray but I will be in the CBD tomorrow if that helps
well you’d know better than me 😉 I’m in Brisbane. I have no idea really what’s around melbourne.
MSY have a store in Altona North if that helps? They actually have several stores in Vic. check their website.. http://www.msy.com.au You can grab a Shaw 685W power supply from them for $18 atm.
Let me know if you have any questions 🙂
@welbot CPL is my go-to in the city.
@beavwa CLP?
@beavwa cheapest I saw on their site was about $39. Dunno if they show all their stock or not, but they’re not real cheap on most things from what I saw. Fairly average prices. Could be due to their location though. I’d suspect the rent in a cbd premises would be quite hefty.
@welbot there is an mln I could get too
I had a look at their site, but they don’t have any normal pc power supplies listed on their site. Not sure if they carry that stuff or not? Might be worth a call though
@welbot there is a centrecom not too far from my house but it will be 40 degrees tomorrow
Define appears to be PSU. Did someone tell you this, or did you come to this conclusion?
I came to the conclusion because when I turn on the pc,nothing happens
Define ‘nothing happens’. 😛
There’s plenty of things that can go wrong, and if you make sure which part it is you can avoid spending money in the wrong places.
No lights, no fan. A crackling noise when unplugging the power cable
Walking Dead Game Season 2 Episode 1 Impressions and Choices (don’t read until you’ve played it!)
Wow! That was great. Even better than I was anticipating, to be honest. What is Clementine now, like 10? 11? She is so awesomely battle-hardened now, it’s amazing. The highlight has got to be the end of the shed scene. Kill a walker, stitch herself up, groups barges in “STILL. NOT. BITTEN.” haha I loved it. I couldn’t NOT choose that option.The dog totally took me by surprise, too! I thought I was going to have a cute lil companion! D: I was so surprised at first that I failed the quicktimes and the dog killed Clem D: Bit her right in the neck… Also, wow the graphics have improved this time around in some aspects. The stitching scene was brutal!
I think the thing I love most about this time around is the camera angles. Whenever Clem meets someone new, the camera lowers itself to Clem’s eyeline, looking up. Makes everyone look menacing, even Sarah the special girl 😛 Really liked that touch.
ANYWAY, CHOICES:
– Saved Christa (93.5%)
– Killed the Dog (92.1%)
– Gave water to the dying guy (68.8%)
– Didn’t accept Nick’s apology (7.1%) – wow
– Went with Nick (55.5%)
Speculation for Episode 2:
The “I thought you were dead” person has GOT to be Kenny. Christa is too obvious a choice, I think. Could also be Molly, but I don’t feel like Clem would say that specifically, seeing as we never saw her “die”… then again, Clem wasn’t around when Kenny “died” either… I can’t remember if Lee ever said everyone else had died (though I guess it’s an obvious guess). I DON’T KNOW! I’m putting my money on Kenny (though to be honest I’m not exactly thrilled by that :P)SPECULATION BROS! o/
I think the painting that was in Clem’s backpack is the giveaway clue there.Made all the same choices except for the apology. I accepted. Guy’s been through a lot. (WE’VE ALL BEEN THROUGH STUFF. XD)So good, huh? Blaghs and I discuss more further up the page! 😀
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/12/talk-amongst-yourselves-256/comment-page-4/#comment-2304875
Edit:
Haha! Totally agree about the dog too. Expertly played on expectations. I thought that Sam would be Clem’s companion this season, taking Lee’s place… having something to care for. Didn’t see that bite coming. Poor thing.I kinda felt it was more fitting at the time to not accept haha She warmed up to him a little by the morning fishing trip. That night my Clem was all like “Help me you jerks!”, “Your Dad is horrible and didn’t help me!”, “Screw you pregnant lady, I’m leaving!”Oh man, Ben’s are the worst. (cc. @greenius…)
I played my Lee in the first season to be trusting and stuff, played Clem the same. Following his lead and all that. Also she was saying to Christa earlier that they needed to find a group, so was being as diplomatic as possible to these guys. Were you as mad as I was that they let Clem go into the bathrooms by herself? D:
Haha, I am exaggerating a little. I see Clem as very trusting but not liking it when others don’t trust her as easily. Like you said above, it’s cool to see the different sides of the “intruder” story!AND YES! Holy crap. How hard is it to use the same bathroom? After all that has happened. ESPECIALLY because I’m pretty sure Lee specifically taught Clem not to do that sort of stuff on her own (I may be misremembering?).
Walking Dead TV series spoilers and Walking Dead 2×01 spoilers:
Maybe stuff has happened between seasons? I remember having the same surprise in an early season three episode of TV show when Rick let Carl do something incredibly dangerous by himself. Still no excuse. She might be able to handle herself with a gun but that’s an unnecessary risk.
I’m hoping if we ever see Christa again she’ll take some responsibility for what happened. Maybe went in the other one for some alone time with Omid or something?
Also I love the idea that we can play the same character differently and it makes complete sense either way. Gives you that sense of ownership too.
You can’t own people.
Sure you can!
@greenius: Saw you’ve finished it on Steam. Choices! CHOICES!
@dc I wrote a reply to Blaghman’s comment a few hours ago but then deleted it without posting. True story!
@greenius: Aw, why’s that? :'(
I think she kind of shared out the responsibility evenly by continuing to look after Clem. But I wouldn’t expect too much from Christa: she’s lost Omid and her baby (presumably) – she’d be pretty broken if we ever see her again…Uh… maybe it’s just me, but
I thought that Christa and Omid wanted some special adult time, and that’s why they sent Clem off by herself…cc @dc
Did no one else get that vibe? Maybe I need to just get my mind out of the gutter.
Wasn’t so much their motivation, just that I would’ve thought Clementine would know better 😛Yeah, was way obvious this was the case on second play through. Missed it on first. You’re totally right, Shane.
This makes it more their fault, I reckon. Abandoning her to have special adult time.So I stumbled across this
“To help unlock the potential of the retarded child”.
The road to hell, etc.
@dc
I dunno! Reasons, man. Reasons!
Just didn’t feel like discussing.
That’s okay. Hope all is well.
You know me and comparing notes, though.
Which is why I was happy you had others’ notes for all the comparisons!
My choices were all in the majority.
Raisins?
Ewwwie!
I assume that you’re actually intimidated by my good looks, and so fear that whatever you say will be overshadowed.
@sernobulus I got the oboro muramasa on momohime’s story \○/
jelleeeee
Jelly. I can’t beat the demon cave where you fight multiples of the Red Oni and the Blue Oni. Those guys aren’t that hard but the Horse and Bull Onis end up wiping me out and if I get past them the fight with all four at once gets me 🙁
Do you have any of the whetstones? I used equipment that restores 2% of the life flame consistently. I also found jumping helped me a lot.
Best thing to do is memorise when they charge, stomp and use their tools.
Dammit, I started before you and you beat the game before me. Why are you so good at the game . *shakes fist*
Seriously though, nice. I’m totally jealous. I need to get back into Muramasa!
Been playing non stop almost. I just enjoy the combat
The Most Viewed/Commented sidebar really needs a bit of a redesign. I know TAY is popular but we really don’t need 3 instances of it in the list. Surely it can’t be that difficult to only include the most recent instance and keep the list ever so slightly varied.
It’s worst of all now that the newest one is getting more comments, it’s moved from the bottom of the list to the middle now.
Last weeks usually disappears on Wednesday morning, so I dunno why that one’s still there.
Probably needs to reach a certain number of posts and having two TAYs this week broke that. 😀
Why there be two?
Mark’s on holidays and Chris thought they were a daily thing. Mark schooled him on day #2.
What is it, Christmas? 😛
The 12 TAYs of Christmas?
Well the lists are most viewed & most commented so I’m guessing its pure numbers
Best to send these sort of comments directly to Ben (the developer) via the ‘Contact Editor’ button in the sidebar.
Bought Bravely Default, mainly to play over my holidays, it’s a pretty cool guy
@liondrive: How goes your TV list?
2 seasons of The Venture Bros down, finished first season of Fringe – that ending :0 – and 5 seasons of that other show down :3
Best cliffhanger evah, huh? Fringe that is.
Not gonna lie, it was a pretty good cliffhanger!
I got shivers when Spock was talking! I was like, no way is that Spock, then it was totally Spock (I like Spock alright?!)! And I’m very glad that that guy got cut in half trying to cross between world’s, I really did not like him (the character was good, I just don’t like the actor)Season 2 is shaping up to be really good aswell so far! And with the show that shall not be mentioned almost over I’ll have more time for Fringe! 😀
The thing with Fringe is that it constantly reinvents itself. If there’s a story arc you don’t like, give it time and there will be a new one. Really great its entire run.
Hopefully all the story arcs stay this strange and enticing! It’s been really clever so far, and I like how they explain everything making it seem plausible. If it keeps along like this I don’t think I’ll have any problems with it!
What? Jared Harris is awesome!
Agreed. His arc was amazing in Mad Men.
He was also a pretty cool Moriarty (in a film that was otherwise pretty rough)
Also, he’s dumbledore’s son!
He’s a good actor and everything, and always suits his parts, but there’s just something about him I don’t like all that much. It’s hard to put my finger on it though.
Whoo, first Platinum on my PS4,
Lego Marvel Superheroes, it was fun (something a lot of games seem to have forgotten about is being fun), except for the flying races, they were not fun, no sir not at all.
Now onto The Walking Dead The Game Season 1 (that’s right 1 not 2, I got it cheap :P)
Edit: Platinum Page Procurement,
Only games I’ve ever 100% were Xbox Live Arcade games and they all inevitably got DLC which invalidated it. *shakes fist*
ha, that sux I hate that, I think Burnout Paradise is on like 50 something percent for me even though i got platinum cause I didn’t get any DLC. Don’t you get the Platinum for The Walking Dead just from beating it, @jimu told me that’s why it’s his only one.
Oh yeah, that’s right. Except for 400 Days, DLC that adds a few optional ones. (That are easy enough to get.) I like how the trophy screen on PS4 breaks down the achievements for each game, showing the DLC separate from the main game!
The Vita does that nowdays as well, handy to slim the list down a bit if you’re looking for a particular trophy
Yeah, Im missing one in the DLC and still have the Platinum.
It popped as I finished the main.
Me too, only one I’m missing is
Two Out Of Three
Win A Game Of Rock/Paper/Scissors.
I’m missing see an old friend or something
Was unsure if it was the grandma who I saw as a zombie before as a human so backwards?You mean this one?
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/the-walking-dead/trophy/66523-Reunited.html
It’s real easy to get, and it’s right at the start of the chapter, but beware, playing through it again will overwrite your save, so if you’re happy with all the decisions you made the first time around, you’ll have to make sure you make the same ones again.
@evilmonkey
OI seem to have 3 save slots on Vita, maybe that way will be best?
You can do that on PS3, but it depends how the game integrates the new trophies.
That pissed me off (to the most minor degree that a missing image can piss one off) with Tomb Raider Legend, they added Anniversary as optional DLC but it was before the system started to tick off when you’d gotten 1000/1000 points and now I’m sitting there with TRL technically fully completed but not showing in my list of 100% completed games
LA Noire did that, too. 1000/1000 the whole game, and then they added the DLC achievements in, even though I’d not purchased it.
jimu’s list of 100% Trophies/Achievements:
The Walking Dead
List ends.
I don’t have all the achievements in The Walking Dead. For some reason the final achievement for the final chapter of episode 5 just won’t unlock even though I have finished it twice. >:(
OUCH! WD HATES you! 😛
You say you’re nasty pirates,
Scheming, thieving, bad bushwackers?
From what I’ve seen I tell you,
You’re not pirates! You’re just slackers!
Hmm, does the PC version of assassin’s creed 4 support mods by any chance? If not, a video mashup must happen
We’ll surely avoid scurvy if we all eat an orange.
So other than @jimu and @greenius, who else is bravely defaulting? Keen to Abilink! My friend code is 1650-2316-8634
Sure you can add me, since I’ve beaten the game I usually only idle for Norende upgrades.
Cheers!
Did you get the true ending yet?
I did the first ending, just working on the crystals for the billionth time :-/Is the true ending breaking the crystal and having a final battle with Airy? if so yes.Nah, that’s the OK ending, If you keep (UGH!) repeating the same task over and over again, Airy’s evil plan comes into fruition and you can fight the real end boss…also Airy…again!Seriously, the repetition brings this game down.
I love it, but jeez guys.
I turned it down to easy to I can just breeze through, but the last job guy just killed me anyway. :-/
Wats yer number?
(are we already fronds?)
4699-5900-1724
WE ARE FRIENDS!
I will be soon, got to finish Ys first. Probably will start over Christmas.
Coolo, will add you if I haven’t already.
I’m probably not until next year at this rate, but add me anyway!
I think I have you, if not I’ll add you tonight!
I have it, though I haven’t touched it yet. On leave after tomorrow though, so I’ll probably sink some time into it soon.
Iv’e got it red. 2079-6679-5086
Cheers, will add you tonight
Wow, Warframe is crazy fast-paced! A little hard to understand, and unlocking things takes a million years, but it’s crazy! Has anybody here played it, and if so, do you know which warframe is good for crowd control?
I have played warframe for twenty-seven hours. I usually only play the game when I listen to podcasts, though. Since my steam friends list has two people on it, – a guy from school, and some guy I played a match of Red Orchestra 2 with seven months ago that I haven’t contacted since – I don’t play any co-op. I should also mention that I have only completed like five mission total. (Podcasts make you worse at video games, studies show)
I suppose I can add you to my Warframe friends list if you want to play a game at some point. I haven’t invested any money in the game, so I sadly am not in a position to answer your question.
EDIT: Added some more info that I missed
I would add you, but I’m playing it on PS4 🙁 I never really play anything on computer. And yeah, I’m trying to avoid spending money on it either, just stocking up lots of credits to eventually unlock stuff that way. It’s taking forever though, and you can only buy blueprints this way rather than the actual item 🙁
Edit: it’s definitely at its best in multiplayer. Everything gets way more crazy when there’s more people playing.
WALKING DEAD SEASON TWO POINT ONE
Immersion breaking bug.This guy is waiting for Clem in every damn room of the damn house. He just stands there, totally still except for a little breathing. Freaked out when she butted into Sarah’s room and he was just standing there. Took me almost the entire conversation to confirm that it was a glitch. And then he’s been in every goddamn room since.
This 360 version is not well optimised. It lags like crazy, plus the aforementioned bug.
FINISHED.
@sernobulus, it may be okay to put aside despair. This wasn’t bad. (PS: message to you ends here. Don’t click the spoilers unless you have played)
Here are my choices.Tried to save Christa. Even though it meant busting up her lie that she was alone, she looked pretty much fucked.
Killed the dog. Mercy killing for my Frisbee buddy.
Accepted Nick’s apology. I don’t want that guy on my bad side.
Gave water to the dying man. I thought he would talk if I did.
Saved Nick. They showed Pete’s ankle just before I made the choice, and it looked like he might have been bitten.
Mentioned Lee every chance I got. Was honest and open and relatively polite whenever possible, though I did point out that these people left me no choice but to take the medical supplies. Regret not challenging pregnant lady about the paternity of her spawn.
Saw the watch, didn’t take it. Did anyone take the watch?
Took me about ten minutes to find the staircase in the house.
I didn’t burn the photo or the painting. I’m now glad I didn’t burn the painting, because I think it’s Kenny who’s not dead. And he’s gonna want that painting.
Poor Christa. I love that the game never actually says what happened to the baby. You just know 🙁
Overall, it was decent enough. Glitches and lag are f’ing irritating though. I bought the season pass.
Nah I didn’t take the watch either. Figured that that would come back to bite me somehow if I did… Would be interested to know if it affects anything down the line though!My thoughts are on the previous page!
I’m holding out for a) an XBone release or b) all eps released, whichever comes first.
But… discussions! Discussionnnnnnnns!
I had something similar with the PS3 version of AC3
https://twitter.com/Aliasalpha/status/264917805672050688/photo/1
Was expecting a lot more pre Nintendo-direct hype, anyone staying up for this?
It was all on Twitter!
Right. Tomorrow I will be announcing/revealing something about a passion project that I have been working on. I have insufficient courage to reveal it to people I actually know. I decided the logical thing to do was to reveal it to absolute strangers. Revealing this will either make it easier or harder for me to continue working on it. I hope for the former. I hope I don’t chicken out tomorrow. This will be a big thing for me.
Man, I feel really bad that Oliver’s planning on buying me something apparently pretty impressive just for going away and leaving me to deal with our housemate 🙁 It makes me sad that he feels like he has to. Telling me he loves me (in a totally not gay way!) at the end of our skype conversations is enough, but he seemingly doesn’t think so.
But yeah. The wheels are in motion to get her out of here. Can’t really talk about it but nobody does what she did to anybody I care about then brags about it and think they’ll get away with it. She doesn’t know that we know, but we do.
Urgh. Should probably get some sleep before it reaches 30 degrees at noon. Bleh.
All I can say is good.
I know it’s unsettling, but sometimes people just want to show appreciation more.
I dont handle anything like that well, so I know where you’re coming from. these days I just remember that I can’t control what other people do, and say thanks when things like that do happen.
Do you think he got you a Colobus Monkey?
Haha probably not 😛
@scree and anyone who likes Zelda and Dynasty Warriors or similar games
I’m sure there will be a kotaku article on this soon (if his isn’t a hoax)
There’s been a Kotaku article about it for an hour! :p
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/12/trailer-bonanza-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-from-last-nights-nintendo-direct/
Edit: I’m even choosing to ignore the articles posted at 1AM, since I know how screwy the CMS can be.
I like the look of a lot of those games ^^
But the comments frustrate me. =/
No way, they’re totally right. I hate games that are fun to play, and Zelda May Cry over there is so overdone!
Damn, you’re right. =P
They should make all new ips and make sure the colour palatte is bland
No, no, they need a gritty first person reboot of Zelda where you play as a Deku Scrub hunting down Link because he killed your family. Though everything may not be as it seems… The important part is that it’s a reboot. They’re immune to sequelitis.
haha I had a feeling that would be the case. Sneaky people hiding it under nintendo direct.
that could be cool,
I wonder if they got the idea from this
Rome total war mod with Zelda characters
Am I the only one who thinks of @freezespreston when I see Michael Shannon?
http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Trailer-Images-Michael-Shannon-as-General-Zod.jpg
I…um….
Thank you?
@freezespreston @strange @sernobulus @jocon @dc @AllOtherSunbros
Looks like the next-gen rumours for Dark Souls 2 were just rumours.
http://www.redbull.com/en/games/stories/1331624871911/dark-souls-2-slaying-the-curse-of-the-sequel
From the game’s director:
These guys, i like them!
I have no beef with that and I enjoy their honesty.
Totally forgot that new Walking Dead was out.
I really need to go back and actually play 400 daysI really need to go and replay from episode 3 after the game deleted most of my progress.It’s out, and it doesn’t suck! \o/
Hooray!
Guess I should actually do it, then.
Happy Anchorman 2 Day everyone.
NEWS TEAM ASSEMBLE!
I like scotch… scotchy scotchy scotch.
here it goes down,
down into my belly
or even better:
Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight.
My motto’s always been; when it’s right, it’s right.
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.
When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day.
And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.
Sounds like you have mental problems, man.
Yeah you got mental problems, man.
Yeah, he really does.
Man.
Afternoon delight.
Thinkin’ of you’s workin’ up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
Rubbin’ sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of rubbin’ you is getting so exciting.
SKYYYY ROCKETS IN FLIGHT
*BEEEEEEEuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu*
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
*woooooooOOOOOOOOP*
AAA-AAA-AAFTERNOON DELIGHT
I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.
Excuse me?
The… party. With the… with the pants. Party with pants?
Brick, are you saying that there’s a party in your pants and that I’m invited?
Good Morning everyone, today is a good day, I have 17 days off starting tomorrow, a big pile of unfinished games and for the next 6 days I have the house to myself during the day. Oh and I paid myself 3 weeks worth of pay yesterday. Soupersoup hype 😀
made a discovery last night when I decided to get back into Arkham Asylum;
when a game removes GFWL, it deletes all your saves. now thats just spiteful.
“YOU DONT LIKE OUR THING?!?! WELL THEN SCREW YOU. NO SAVES FOR YOU.”
anyway… point is, if you’ve got an attachment to your Dark Souls saves or whatever else, then I hope theres a way of backing them up. or they’re gonna be gone too when the GFWL thing shuts down properly next year.
With Dark Souls that just an opportunity to DO IT ALL AGAIN \o/…
…
/o\..
…
*breaks down crying*
See? Patty Hearst shit.
Did they ever figure out how multi was going to work without GFWL? Or is it just going to be a case of never playing multi again?
by the time GFWL is gone, DS2 will probably be out & nobody will care.
That’s hardly the point, where will the joy be in writing messages if you know for a fact no one will ever read them?
“I’m in trouble, please recommend this message
Please?
Guys?
Anyone??”
Well.. the save files I think are encrypted by GFWL based on your profile, so even if they stay I have no idea if you can even recover them even if you copy the files away from your computer to prepare for it.
I could be wrong though…
Yep, that’s how I understand it. Sucks, because I have some games I want to get back to; e.g. GTA4.
@scree @other melbourne TAYbies: We have a meat on Saturday right? Might be worth reposting details?
We do, I’ll be at Optic by about 11am, we’ll see what happens but nothing should stop me from attending this 🙂
We plan to be there!
I’m in town! I’ll be there!
I’m pretty sure you’re the reason we’re having a meat in the first place (or at least the excuse) so you better be there >:(
So my phone line at home has been out for the last 24 hours, meaning no internet. This is crippling to our entertainment options as it means no youtube, no extensive redditing, and my wife discovered that Xbox One achievements don’t unlock unless you are playing the game online – so she’s done several things in Dead Rising 3 that she has not been given credit for and is biting her nails wondering if those things will unlock once our connection is restored, or if she will forever lose them. She doesn’t even want to go back and play stuff on the 360 because she dislikes when her achievements show as being unlocked offline, due to fears that people will judge her as having illegitimately boosted or cheated to get them, and that this will discredit her as a gamer.
Apparently Telstra doesn’t even know what the issue is yet. They said it might not be fixed for a week. A WEEK. I think if she has to go one more day without internet she will lose her mind. She can do some browsing from her phone but we only have a 1 gig data allowance, so she’s only slightly better off than the time we had to wait a week for the internet/Foxtel to be connected after moving house.
Can’t you buy a data pack for the ph? tis but a salve, not a cure, but ports in storms…
I dunno, I think Telstra’s pricing system assumes that megabytes are gold-plated and hand-delivered by the royal mail.
I used the extra data for 6 months earlier this year, pricing aint too bad.
Grab a quick Vodafone prepaid pack or something with a lot of data relatively cheap?
Tell her not to worry, apparently all achievements that would’ve normally unlocked will do so when the connection is restored.
Also, I went through an extended period of time (think it was about 6 – 9 months) with no internet at home during which I unlocked about 10,000 – 20,000 (can’t remember how much exactly) worth of Gamerscore. I couldn’t give two shits if people think I cheated or not, I know I got them legit, and that’s what matters.
That’s a relief.
My wife is just overly strict with herself about her online conduct etc. because she’s had guys hassle her for being a “girl gamer”. She doesn’t want to give them any more ammo like accusing her of boosting. That stuff doesn’t affect me, I really am not bothered, but she is pretty vulnerable to those kinds of attacks and she feels the need to defend/prove herself instead of laughing it off because people online are fucking idiots.
Yeah, guys can be dicks. They like to trash talk, because they absolutely hate it when there’s the slightest chance that a woman could be better than them at something. It’s unfortunate, but it’s been that way forever.
And accusing her of boosting achievements, that’s just a joke. Just head over to http://www.xbox360achievements.org and you’ll find boosting threads for pretty much every game that has an online component, and the majority of posters in these threads are, you guessed it, male. There’s a difference between boosting, and cheating.
Guys need to get off their high horse, and give credit where credit’s due when someone is good at something, or better than them at something, whether they’re male or female.
My advice would be to just block all the arseholes, and put everyone that’s not as a “preferred player”.
I think that someone has blocked the arseholes of the arseholes because the shit just keeps coming out their mouths
While not quite the same situation, I’ve exceeded my quota for the month and Optus has knocked me down to 56 kbps. I’m not sure what’s worse, having no internet at all or having internet that taunts you with its slowness.
I think The Oatmeal has you covered there.
PS Plus for next month includes Borderlands 2 & Devil May Cry and Don’t Starve on PS4. I know @vonsack got excited at the thought of Borderlands 2. Available on Christmas Day 🙂
Speaking of Borderlands? I can’t wait for Tales From the Borderlands.
That does look pretty amazing… it’ll be interesting to see what they do with it
I’m wondering if it’ll be the usual TTG engine running in a borderlands style or if it’ll be a borderlands engine running TTG story. I think I’d prefer the latter but I have a feeling it’d be the former
Hypeeeeeed!
I’m keen for co-op if anyone else is.
So Abbott has come out and believes that all the Holden workers who will be out of a job soon should feel “liberated and able to move on with their lives now”
Everything this guy does is just an elaborate troll right? Someone’s going to jump out and point out all the secret cameras any minute now.
What the fuck? Seriously? This guy, man…
I thought I was equally disillusioned by both parties. I was obviously wrong.
Wonder how he’d feel if politics were abolished and he suddenly found himself unqualified for any other work…
the fool isnt qualified for his current work.
still I think we should all “liberate” as many liberals as possible at the next election & see how they cope with moving on with their lives.
As we all know, sadly, politics requires no qualifications. I agree he’s an unfit leader, but there’s nothing in his resume that formally disqualifies him… :\
Remember that time the news asked him about his response to diggers dying (“**** happens”) and he just stood there silently nodding and it was really super awkward?
Amazing.
See, I’m prepared to forgive him that, that comment was taken out of context and the reporter was trying to ambush him.
Oh, I understand that.
And I don’t really “blame” him for anything related to that.
But boy was it weird.
Agreed that was very ACA/TT style, and we know how that always goes…
I work in the manufacturing (related) sector in SA.
There are areas/businesses here that didn’t recover from Mitsubishi closing down. That was five years ago.
The idea that losing your job, in an industry that won’t immediately have something you can transition to, is liberating is absurd.
“Hooray! Now I have to choose between food and electricity! Ahh what the hell, electricity it is, we can always eat one of the kids”
Then there’s also now the plans to cut welfare payments down for unemployment… it’s like he’s REALLY got something against these holden workers that just went out of a job and not everyone is able to get themselves back on their feet, as Abbott said himself…
Abbott must think he lives in an episode of a sitcom, where when a character gets fired it’s ok, because they still manage to pay the rent and buy food and instead of being destitute and depressed they’re just open to new opportunities and suddenly they can fulfil all their lifelong dreams!
While he might handle the matter like a monkey handling its own fecal matter, I do agree with him not bailing out Holden because it’s just too uncompetitive in Australia to have a car manaufacturer here. Ironically now the Aussie dollar is finally starting to slip so it will start to get cheaper again to produce stuff here compared to Asia, but you shouldn’t bail out a company because they can’t remain competitive. Putting money towards retraining the staff that will be out of a job is the way to go, but the problem I have is that Abbott doesn’t have the know-how of how to get them back into the workplace and as I said, will likely piss them off further with comments like this. Subtlety and tact aren’t in the Liberal dictionary
It was a strange sensation when last week I agreed with him over Holden AND about smacking children, but it’s good to see that he’s still capable of showing me why I hate the smug, power-hungry git
Eh, in terms of subsidies the Australian car industry was one of the lowest subsidised in the world. One of the chief reasons other car companies could undersell Holden is the Korean/German/American governments mad their cars cheaper.
Doesn’t help that Holden wasn’t selling the right car for the market. There’s a reason the Mazda 3 has been one of the biggest selling cars over the last few years, not big V8s.
The free trade agreement with Japan and Thailand screwed the local manufacturers pretty heavily too as I think most Japanese car makers have off-shored their production to Thailand. But yeah, the fact that Holden and Ford were treading water for years and were almost always trading at a loss was a clear sign that something drastic had to happen.
Heck, when Toyota outproduced both Holden and Ford in the number of vehicles they built in the last few years you know something isn’t right.
Aren’t the majority of the Holden workers being given effectively a year’s notice before they lose their jobs? At least it’s better than Qantas who just give the sack out with as minimal forewarning as possible.
Agreed that Abbot is a massive prick. I feel bad that my preferences went to him but them micro-party deals.
They have decent redundancy payouts too. But unlike most other industries, most of the guys in vehicle manufacturing will still need to be completely retrained to get any kind of work anywhere.
There will also be significant flow-on effects to parts manufacturers who don’t have the same kind of perks.
Doesn’t help that there;s been a glut of training in SA the last year or two so a lot of the skillsets that production line workers have have been covered.
Also, many, many manufacturers have seen the writing on the wall and have diversified away from automotive.
The first part of his statement was “Some of them will find it difficult”. He didn’t say that people who don’t find jobs will feel liberated.
When talking about feeling liberated, he’s referring to the workers that find other jobs. If you were working for a company that has a shaky looking future, you were then given a year’s notice, a decent redundancy and can find another job (remember that he was talking about his $100M into regional manufacturing so this should make it a reasonable possibility), then you will probably feel “liberated”.
If that’s the case, I feel a little better about it.
Woke up this morning with one of our dogs sitting next to my head, her face about an inch away from my own. As soon as I opened my eyes she started licking my face. There are worse ways to greet the day.
Awww. 🙂
awww, I love when dogs do that, so adorable.
The breath they may have on the other hand… 😛
I wake up to one of our dogs farting yesterday morning… it was sleeping on our bed with it’s butt near our heads…
so YES, YES THERE IS WORSE WAYS TO GREET THE DAY 😛
On the other hands, this happened yesterday… he sleeps like that alot! don’t know why :P…
@popdart5:
While doing my daily grind in KanColle this morning I managed to build one of the elusive Depth Charge equipments that I’ve been failing to get for ages! Then I built 3 ships for the subsequent quest and got another Kitakami, a second Ooi, and I-58. Three sub fleet! Currently working on getting Chitose to 12 (currently at 10) so I can get a third midget sub for the first 10 levels on Goya.One thing I noticed though is that she(?) has a very disconcerting and slightly suspicious bulge. It could be just a strangely placed highlight but that’s not what it ends up looking like and now that I’ve seen it I can’t unsee. 🙁
That many subs with the torpedo-capable ships is going to be devastating. It seems this morning was a good day for the RNG gods.
Regarding that thing, I’ve never had a look at the sub art so I’m not entirely certain what you mean. I shall have to investigate it tonight and potentially be scarred for life too.
Once you see it you won’t be able to unsee it 🙁
Mother of god.
Yeah. 🙁 Every time my vision is invariably drawn toward it. I think it’s just the position of the side seam of the swimsuit and natural contours it’s following, combined with a poorly placed highlight.
So hello guys, you most likely didnt notice, but i haven’t been on for a while because i’ve not had internet for like, 2 weeks due to moving and stuff.
in my period of internet silence, i had a bit of a crack at some offline games that i had been neglecting. Got halfway through resident evil 4 HD, Got up to (what i’m pretty sure is) the last boss of Persona 4 Golden (spoiler for it below).
Adachi, beat his first form, and got a bit wrecked by the second form due to not having enough sp.What has been the happenings lately? We still talking about games and stuff?
It’s hot, and I don’t know what to play!
🙁
Under the sprinkler… GET OUT THE SLIP-‘N-SLIDE \o/
Skyrim and try to pretend you can feel the snow
@blaghman @cakesmith
Swung past Gametraders while I was in the Tuggernong area and they had a single copy of Bravely Default on the shelf. Stared at it for like 2 minutes and then marched right out of there.
Y’know…after buying it, obviously.
Started playing it last night, tis goodly. i think I have you, but 1650-2316-8634
I think it’s time I went through TAYnames again…
Hmm. My Secret Santa thing was posted from Tuggeranong…. 😛
Hahaha, either someone is quite careless or someone is REALLY trying to throw you off the scent 😛
Nobody in their right minds would go anywhere near the ACT unless it was important, so I think I can safely hypothesise that the person I was lucky enough to receive a very thoughtful gift from is a resident of that godsforsaken portion of the country.
Except I think everyone who lives there took part so my list hasn’t exactly been very narrowed. 😛
At least it’s narrowed to four, and I can confirm that I would never go anywhere near Tuggeranong, even in an attempt to throw you off the scent. So… #HELPING \o/
Except I can never trust you again after that @dc/Dark Souls incident….
Fair enough. I’m going to say straight up that it wasn’t me, and you can do with that as you will.
PS: It’s possible (though unlikely) that I learned something from that whole debacle…
This is the part where I tell you I already checked the handwriting against your Lesser Evil scribbles. 😛
Oh, @strange, if I was doing a truly secret SanTAY, I would have gotten someone else to write all the bits and pieces. I’m afraid the evidence doesn’t stand up – you’re just going to have to trust my word 😛
And this is the part where I tell you I also checked it against your wife’s, Blagh’s and BDKIAF’s handwriting samples I have on file…. 😛
@strange: You’ve got files? And people called me creepy for my list. 😛
@dc, I call them”files” in honour of you, but it’s really just a bunch of packaging from every parcel I’ve been sent shoved into the top shelf of my wardrobe. 😛
Started playing FFIX last night. This was my first entry to the series when I was a wee Riley jnr and probably my biggest gaming regret is that I made it to the final boss but never defeated him (same with FFX).
Oh man, the nostalgia. FFIX can be summed up by one word, charming. I love games that reward you for simply exploring the world that’s been created. I took my time with the opening section and found a dozen items I’d previously missed as a youngster.
The soundtrack is beautiful. My roommate came home and soon laughed and said that it sounded as if I was playing a kids game. I told him what it was and he too had played it as a younging. It was a bonding moment. My roommate looks like an Aussie Arnold Schwarzenegger so I found it funny he had played FFIX.
Looking forward to finishing work so I can go home and become a kid again.
i was thinking about this last night, but I think the Final Fantasy games with the overworld were the first “open World” games I played and fully explored.
I’d have to say the same. Though back then most of my ‘exploring’ was more me being lost and not knowing what to do, ha.
IX really is exceptionally charming, and a damned good game. A lot of people missed out on it because the release date was so close to the PS2 release.
Its aged fairly well too for a PSX game. The combat feels a lil dated, but its a FF game and its what you expect. Turn based brilliance.
I never really got into it the way I did with 7 and 8. Tried to go back earlier in the year (playing on Vita) and I lost steam pretty quickly. Never finished it back in the day because I had a second-hand copy and my final disc was scratched 🙁
I think it was a lot more light hearted than 7 & 8 which put a few people off, not saying that’s your reason, just sayin 🙂
I got about halfway through 7 before I gave up. I can appreciate its acclaim although I don’t think i’ll try and go back to it…maybe one day.
8 I’ve never played 😐 from what ive heard/read you either love it or hate it. It seems to be getting a bit more attention recently due to it coming on steam, might have to look into it.
I really liked 8 but it’s very flawed. By the time I got to 9 a lot of my problem was that I was into the next generation of systems. Pretty sure I played it after FFX, and by that stage I’d also diversified into other JRPGs as well and discovered the utter perfection of Grandia II’s battle system and the awesome appeal of Skies of Arcadia as some examples. I can’t recall how much later it was but I know which house I was living in and by that I can determine I definitely had my Dreamcast, PS2 and Xbox. Pretty sure this was before I got my Gamecube and got into Tales again, but it was just after I upgraded my PC because I remember playing FF9 emulated at first, after finishing Ocarina of Time via emulator, and that it was one I tackled after playing a fair bit of emulated SNES JRPGs (esp. Chrono Trigger, Seiken Densetsu 3 and Tales of Phantasia) and also after playing most of Xenogears and Chrono Cross.
So there’s a good chance I was all JRPGed out by that point and the whole Just Another Fantasy Game thing that FF had going on – a return to the way that the FF games felt before FF6, basically – didn’t really stand out. I remember not getting into the characters to the same way and being pretty disappointed at how they broke Triple Triad by adding too much extra stuff to it.
Yeah I know how you feel about getting over a type of genre. I disliked the first bioshock because I was so over the FPS scene, bought it months later and liked it a lot more.
How can you have gotten to the final boss of FFX and not beaten it. Once you get past Seymour Flux the game is practically on cruise control.
Uhh, maybe it wasn’t the last boss then. I was fighting jekt with his two floating totem things. I just figured he was the last boss since I was inside Sin…(from memory…bad memory).
Ah, yeah, now that I think about it Jecht was kind of tough, but Seymour flux was my breaking point – after him Jecht was still pretty easy. IIRC there’s one more boss after that but it’s basically scripted (I won’t spoil it for you in case you go back to it one day).
Maan I cant even remember who Seymour flux is haha. Was he the guy with the huge mean fish?
Sorry, its been years and years.
Seymour was the priest guy who kind of had a boner for Yuna. He revealed himself to have some pretty evil intentions with respect to Aeons and the Fayth and Sin and whatnot (I don’t remember what, exactly) so he wound up being killed off.
Except then he returned, a couple of times. He got bigger and more annoying each time. I think Seymour Flux was his middle incarnation, the main boss battle that takes place at the top of Mt. Gagazet. He had a move that auto-killed your entire team once he dropped below 10,000 HP – and of course you can’t do more than 9,999 damage unless you’ve unlocked the special limit-break weapons.
I think I finally got him by grinding until I found a Poisonball for Wakka, so he fell under 10,000 HP on his turn before he was able to use his total annhiliation move, and I was able to finish him off.
Part of the agony was a long unskippable cutscene as the battle started, which you wind up having to watch 15 or 20 times.
Yeah I think he’s the guy im thinking off, he had a giant fuckoff fish aeon that he sicks on you when you stop his and Yuna’s wedding (don’t quote me on that).
Those insta-kill boss moves are a bitch.
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AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Happy Anchorman Day
So, i got my christmas bonus \o/ (huzzah!)
which means that i will be able to afford 1 (one!) game… i’ve decided i haven’t gotten anything new for the 3DS lately…
What would TAY recommend, Pokemon X/Y or Zelda: a Link Between Worlds?
I like both franchises, so which one would you pick up if you had to pick?
Bravely Default.
Bravely Default.
I honestly have no clue what this game is about other then people keep mentioning the title XD
It’s an RPG in the style of old school final fantasies. It’s pretty and the combat is good and i started playing it last night. plus it has some cool friend features.
sounds pretty good… I’ll probably opt for Zelda on the basis that i never really played Final Fantasy that much (don’t hurt me) and never really did very well in RPGs like that 😛
ZELDA!
(I haven’t played either)
As one of the biggest Pokémon fans on TAY, I think the answer is obvious:
Get Zelda. No, really. GOTY material right there.you would rate Zelda over Pokemon?
Any particular reasoning?
other then i’m guessing Pokemon is just another “rehash” with spiffied graphics?
If you can only pick one… I’d probably recommend Zelda over Pokemon as well. Zelda is at it’s handheld best while Pokemon is just a good entry in the series (plus most of TAY has moved on).
Pokemon XY is good. Probably great. It’s got very little in terms of post-story content; your options are training/breeding more Pokemon and wi-fi battling, for the most part these tend to be pretty grindy with very small amounts of reward.
Zelda was simply an enjoyable experience from start to finish and I’m looking forward to playing it again.
Definitely Zelda, it’s my favourite 2D Zelda of all time. (Yes yes, I know it’s technically not 2D).
A pilot walks into an Airport bar and asks for some Salt and Vinegar chips. The barman replies
Nah, we only have plane. #dadjokepagesixatlast #hi @strangeA man to Qantas to court after losing his luggage
he lost his caseA catholic priest walks into an altar boy, the kid says “Bugger me.”
Repost from last page to share FFIX love \o/
Started playing FFIX last night. This was my first entry to the series when I was a wee Riley jnr and probably my biggest gaming regret is that I made it to the final boss but never defeated him (same with FFX).
Oh man, the nostalgia. FFIX can be summed up by one word, charming. I love games that reward you for simply exploring the world that’s been created. I took my time with the opening section and found a dozen items I’d previously missed as a youngster.
The soundtrack is beautiful. My roommate came home and soon laughed and said that it sounded as if I was playing a kids game. I told him what it was and he too had played it as a younging. It was a bonding moment. My roommate looks like an Aussie Arnold Schwarzenegger so I found it funny he had played FFIX.
Looking forward to finishing work so I can go home and become a kid again.
I maintain that the FFIX piano collection is the best FF piano arrangement album. The whole soundtrack has a more even, peaceful tone and transfers quite well.
I agree 🙂
It fits perfectly.
I was a little too young for FFIX at the time. My first was FFX. It’s a shame cause supposedly VI – IX were supposed to be the best ones 🙁
VI and VII probably have the most acclaim of the series but I thought X was still a great game. Blitzball was addictive! I’d spend gaming sessions just playing it.
If you’re interested IX still holds up fairly well today. It was at the end of the PSX generation and had an almost cartoony art style, which usually ages better than games that go for stella graphics.
If you use emulation you can usually push the graphics up a few notches to make them far less…aged? Mostly to do with increased res and AA.
I’ve never played anything but GBA emulated although i’d like to see how it looks 🙂
Did a quick google search and couldn’t find a good example. Might see if I have the ROM at home and see how far I can push it.
Oh cool, let me know how it goes if you get around to it 🙂
I could never work out how to play blitzball properly… i’m hoping i can work out how to not suck for when the HD port releases…
Ha, quite honestly I cant remember how to play it. But I had fun 🙂 Looking forward to the HD releases.
I put so many hours into blitzball. I wish they at least tried to make a standalone thing, or just make it even more in-depth in the game.
FFX’s minigames were fucking atrocious. I still don’t understand how anyone could enjoy blitzball, but at least it wasn’t as shocking as lightning dodging and the goddamn chocobo stuff.
FF7 had the best of those sorts of things. The Chocobo Racing kind of got old but the snowboarding was fun and the lesser things like the slap fight on the top of a massive cannon were miles better. And of course, FF8 and FF9 had their great card games.
Graphically, FF9 looks gorgeous still. Especially on a smaller screen (i.e. Vita). Some of the gameplay elements feel dated though. It’s hard to go back to random encounters now for example.
Whaaaat you didn’t like blitzball? Admittedly I cant remember how to play it but I remember I had a heap of fun with it. I even restarted the game because there were a few good players I missed recruiting. Each to their own.
I enjoyed the card game in FF9 but never really understood the rules. Yeah the random encounters are a bit of a drag but the iconic battle music still makes me smile.
Tetra Master was pretty great, though outcomes were never definite in many card fights even if the numbers made it look like it would be. But yeah, these days I can’t honestly say if I liked Tetra Master or Triple Triad (FF8) more. So much fun!
Triple Triad was better as a card game because there was no random chance element. Tetra Master, you can play the exact same card in the exact same position on the exact same board under the exact same conditions and not get the same result, which breaks the strategy of it. It’s still good, but Triple Triad was simpler and better.
I like both games for different reasons, but I can tell you right now that if you couldn’t manipulate the rules in Triple Triad region then it could go die in a fire.
A piece of rope walks into a bar and asks for a drink, the barman replies “we don’t serve your kind here” so the rope goes outside and twists himself up and roughs up his edges, he then walks back into the bar and the barman says “hey aren’t you that piece of rope from before”, the rope replies “I’m a frayed knot”
#derpydadjoke (told to me by actual dad :P)
So Lone Survivor was on the PSN’s 12 Deals Christmas thingy for $7.97 (after ps+ discount), I checked my funds on the psn and had exactly $7.97, it was meant to be 😀
Hm, decent price. I’ll probably play on PC, but it looks great for Vita.
I love my Vita, I get everything I can on it, I’ve got almost 30 games on it so far and people say it has no games. pffffffffffffft
Yeah it has a decent amount. I don’t want to get digital copies though, because my gf has a Vita too and we can’t share that way.
aaah, yep I was anti digital too but not for a good reason like you, just a preference, I think PS+ got me past it though cause they hurled dozens of digital games at me. Pretty convenient having them though, no fumbling over those tiny cartidges.
I love my Vita as well. It’s basically my go-to system now if I want to play something not on my PC. Still do most of my gaming on it sitting on the can though.
the other day my friend brought his ps4 over to download things (he can’t get internet where he lives), so we had 2 PS4s and 1 TV, I told him he should have brought a little telly over so we could play something, then I remembered remote play, tried out some online Battlefield 4 using my Vita and it was surprisingly great. Hooray for Vitas
For a few months, I have been working on the concepts for a series of fantasy books. I am still heavily in the concepts phase. Please remember that this series has an 8% chance of getting made. Please remember that these concepts are randomly strewn about. I present you… Impasse:
The series takes place on the planet Impasse, (beta name) located in the Malkyrte System. Impasse is a triangular dipyramid (screw physics) and as such has six continents. More on that later. Impasse’s moon, Sul, is a half-sphere and is a bizarre cornucopia of inexplicable energy. It is said that the other side of Sul is home to the Yarm. The Yarma is a religious institution worshiping the Yarm. The Yarma is spread across almost all of Impasse.Lore:
3rd November 1941 – George Kirsten wins the USA election.7th November – Pearl Harbour. The USA declares was on Japan soon after
11th December 1941 – Adolph Hitler does not declare war on the USA or Russia.
13th April 1943 – Japan defeated. The USA now controls the Japanese government.
16th April 1943 – Japan renamed Kirsten, in honour of the USA president, George Kirsten.
4th May 1943 – Germany now controls all of Europe, except the United Kingdom and Russia.
20th June 1943 – Canada becomes part of the USA. USA renamed to USNA. (United Sates of North America)
25th June 1943 – Coldest winter in Russian history. Russia seeks USNA aid.
26th June 1943 – USNA refuses Russian aid.
2nd July 1943 – USNA proposes deal for Russia. Under the deal, Russia will become part of the USNA in exchange for the foreign aid it desires.
3rd July 1943 – Joseph Stalin refuses the USNA’s offer.
4th July 1943 – Russian citizens revolt, seeking to accept the aid under new leadership.
12th July 1943 – Stalin is overthrown and executed. The head of the rebellion, Nikita Khrushchev, takes the leadership of Russia.
13th July 1943 – Nikita Khrushchev accepts the USNA’s offer. Russia becomes part of the USNA.
19th August 1943 – Manhattan Project completed.
28th November 1943 – President Kirsten proposes a bill to end secularism in the USNA. The bill is entitled the “Secularism Removal Act,” but the bill nicknamed by critics as the “Quell the Heavens Act.”
1st December 1943 – The USNA has a total of 10 nuclear bombs.
9th February 1944 – The Secularism Removal Act passes in the senate. Catholicism become the official religion of the USNA.
21st March 1944 – The USNA has a total of 50 nuclear bombs.
4th April 1944 President Kirsten proposes the controversial bill, “Maintain Order Amongst Lessers.” (MOAL) Under MOAL, all USNA nations would have to speak English and adopt Catholicism. Critics claim that the bill violates human rights.
16th May 1944 – MOAL fails to pass in the senate.
3rd July 1944 – The United Kingdom surrenders to Germany.
11th September 1944 – Several USNA senators are found murdered in their homes. President Kirsten selects the new senators.
16th September 1944 – MOAL re-opened in the senate for voting.
14th October 1944 – MOAL passes in the senate by a very slim margin. All of the senators that President Kirsten selected vote for MOAL.
2nd November 1944 – MOAL implemented across all USNA territories.
9th December 1944 – 83,000 Kirsteni citizens declare a hunger strike in opposition of MOAL. The hunger strike is ignored by USNA authorities.
18th December 1944 – 36,000 people die of hunger in Kirsten. Everyone else had abandoned the hunger strike. USNA authorities turn a blind eye.
4th January 1945 – Winston Churchill dies in a German concentration camp.
12th March 1945 – The USNA embassy in Kirsten burns down, killing everyone inside. Kirsteni rebels blamed.
15th March 1945 – Nuclear bomb dropped on Osaka, Kirsten. Osaka was believed to be the base of operations for Kirsteni rebels.
7th April 1945 – Kirsteni rebellion destroyed. Any living rebel leaders commit suicide shortly after. Interestingly, all rebels committed suicide by poisoning themselves.
1st May 1945 – To counteract George Kirsten’s presidency, several third-party groups are formed for the coming election.
3rd November 1945 – Due to the large number of third-parties, the votes are split in the election. George Kirsten wins, despite only getting 20% of the votes.
24th January 1946 – President Kirsten proposes a bill to end the two-term limit on presidents. Under the bill, a president could lead as long as he was continually re-elected.
3rd February 1946 – The two-term limit is removed.
30th June 1946 – The USNA begins planning for an invasion of Europe.
1st August 1946 – To prepare for a war with the German Empire, the USNA begins mobilising.
9th April 1947 – The USNA declares war on the German Empire, marking the start of what is known amongst some Europeans as “The Heroless War.” Russian soldiers are sent to the front lines.
17th August 1948 – The USNA captures London. The USNA now controls the United Kingdom.
12th March 1949 – The USNA captures Sweden.
29th June 1949 – The USNA captures Norway.
29th June 1949 – George Kirsten wins the USNA election. The large number of third parties continue to divide the vote. However, George Kirsten was more popular this year, garnering 34% of the vote.
14th December 1950 – The USNA captures Poland. The USNA keep Auschwitz open. The genocide continues. This is kept top-secret.
21st February 1951 – The USNA captures Belgium.
2nd March 1951 – The German Empire attempts to retake Belgium.
8th March 1951 – A nuclear bomb is dropped by the USNA on Brussels, Belgium to dissuade Germany from retaking it.
4th April 1951 – The USNA has captured all European territories, except Germany.
6th April 1951 – USNA troops breach the German border.
19th June 1951 – The USNA captures Berlin. Adolf Hitler is sent to Auschwitz.
That’s all I’ve got right now for the timeline. This is subject to change.
Basically, the USNA gets a global empire. Because of the radically different turn that technology took, the world in the 2040’s (unconfirmed date) is very different from the future our timeline (the one you and I are in) will have.Space travel is very advanced, as that is the direction technology took. Spaceships can be operated without the use of exterior forces. (computers) Spaceships have become incredibly user-friendly, and training is no longer required to operate.
Some technology never gets invented. This includes cellular phones, internet, advanced computers etc .
There are rumors of how colonies had successfully colonised and terraformed Mars. These rumors are later revealed to be false, as the terraforming tools failed and the colonies went dark.
The USNA government hid this information, and declared to the world that the Mars colonies had won independence. They start fusing countries together to make it easier to manage. One of these countries is Norweden. Norweden is just another country controlled by the USNA. The rebel group, known as the Pathogens A USNA commander compared rebels to bacteria in a speech, and the rebels adopted the name. During a transport to a military base, a fleet of six Jefferson MK6-E spaceship cargo stops in Norweden. The Pathogens hijack the spaceships. Originally intended for bargaining power, Selwyn Eklund (rebel leader) orders the rebels to flee Earth. All the supposed terraforming tools are on the ships. The ships head in nowhere in particular, hoping to run into a solar system.
The ships eventually stumble across the Malkyrte system. As soon as the moon Sul was spotted by the ships, the spaceships somehow operated on their own, and they started going in different directions. Each spaceship either landed or crashed on a different continent of Impasse.
Continents: There are six continents on Impasse. They are below:
Byanna: Byanna is a continent completely under the control of the Yarm. The Byannans live in a desolate desert. This is a direct contrast to Salvation, the cathedral of Byanna. The Yarm is controlled by Beryistum Fretheim. The Byannan people have no emotions, and their every act is for the good of the Yarm. The only people outside of Salvation that have freedom of mind are children. Once someone is 12 years, 7 weeks, and 3 days old, they will experience The Epiphany. During the brief moments of The Epiphany, the recipient will regurgitate unneeded organs, and all ill will towards the Yarm will cease to exist.In Byanna, all the villages work together by sharing resources. All the villages specialise in one particular good. All the goods are transported to Charity. A heavy tithe goes to Salvation. Allthough there is very little management, all Byannan adults know the system.
Charity: Hub Town for Resources
Compassion: Food
Faith: Water
Trust: Clothing
Resilience: Tools
In the story, Camryn Lindholm (12 y.o.) finds out about the Epiphany and flees her village. She must survive with only her wits, sickle, and her bizarre psychic powers that she does not understand. Over the course of the book, Camryn slowly becomes insane, driven by loneliness and fear. She starts believing her sickle is a real person, and starts talking to it. She begins to stop using her sickle because “it hurts Winston’s feelings.”
Esolatius (Ee-so-lay-sheous) – A land with no concept of a society. There are no governments. There are no towns. There are no families. Everybody makes their own caves with their bare hands. Sulistic powers have not been discovered, yet the people still worship the Yarm. A pregnancy does not significantly impair the mother, and pregnancy only lasts 6 weeks (subject to change). A citizen has evolved to have a convex back, and dog-like ears.
Kegrol (Ke-groll) – The land of the fish-like humans. The people can breathe both air and in water, although they lack lungs or gills. The faces are near-human but much more circular. The people walk with a hunch. The people have a bluish tint to their skin, and their skin is very tough. Kegrol features the Yarm. As you can see, this continent has gotten the least amount of attention. I will flesh out Kegrol after I have fleshed out the other continents.The Farlands – The unknown land. No society to speak of. No language. Due to a miasma in the air, all citizenry have morphed into the Zathura, (beta name) grotesque humans driven entirely by instinct. Not a repeat of Esolatious, trust me.Unnamed Continent – No name selected for this time. It probably wont ever have a name if the story goes a certain direction.When the spaceship crashed on Impasse, the only undamaged room from the crash was the VR Room, where Selwyn Eklund (rebel leader) happened to be in. Terrified of the world he was now in, Selwyn stayed in the VR Room, reliving his life in the town of Echo Sector Four, Norweden, where he fought for the Pathogens.
Although Selwyn attempts to recreate Echo Sector Four, elements of Impasse seep in, and Echo Sector Four slowly becomes corrupted and glitch-ridden. Selwyn desperately tries to fight off Impasse itself, but he is constantly pulled out of Echo Sector Four, for the VR can only be sustained if you believe you are where you are.
At some point the VR Room can no longer be sustained, and Selwyn is pulled ut of the simulation. He has to confront the world he is now in.
The continent itself is constantly plagued by rain, although there are no clouds to be seen.
Vena – A continent that overcame it’s environment completely. Vena is a future society where most things are possible. The government starts investing in space travel, and models the spaceships after the Jefferson MK6-E. A manned team lands on Sul. What they discover there will reveal everything and tie up any plot holes.As you can see, there is a lot of stuff here. Clearly, Byanna has a lot more going for it than the other continents, but that’s only because I am focusing on it more. This project will most likely never get finished. Hey, maybe I can sell the rights to @shane. I hope I didn’t screw up the spoiler tags.
Leave any criticism in the comments.
I have no money! \o/
There’s a great lot of detail in the world(s) you’ve thought up! My only comment would be that you need more main characters (or more mention of a singular main character) and story events featuring the character/s. While the background is important for you to keep in mind, 99% of that will probably not directly feature in your book.
For my work, I find that picturing the characters and the way they live their day-to-day lives, as well as how they navigate the dangers I put before them, helps me to build the world into a more convincing and cohesive organism. This might or might not work for you.
If you’re looking for suggestions on the best way to progress this, here’s my suggestion:
Put the background into a drawer, and write Chapter One of your book. It should be entirely about your main character and the stable disharmony of their life. It’ll give you a good feel for the direction of the story, for which bits of your background you’ll need to flesh out more (if only in your own mind), and will serve as inspiration to start writing and keep going!Passion projects are fantastic to hear about. They get me all excited 🙂
I’m keen to hear more. Got any sample chapters? Keep us posted! 🙂
That is true. I have been focusing more on the world than the characters. The thing is, since the characters are affected so deeply by the world itself, that it seems like doing the characters first is bad idea. Of course, that train of thought is folly, since the characters are far more important than the world-building. I have been struggling to divert my attention to where it needs to go. I have trouble getting myself into the minds of the characters and what makes them tick. Was Camryn insane before she fled? Did the insanity develop on it’s own?
There is one tenet of the character-building that I must keep in mind:
There are differences between males and females, but that is more determined by the world around them than inherent genetics. Byanna isn’t meant to be a sexist world, since everyone is repressed equally. Camryn’s characteristics are determined more by her age than her XX chromosomes.
I also have to try and remember what I was like at age 12. What was my outlook on life? How did I percieve the world around me? How would I have perceived the world if I was in Camryn’s situation? I certainly wouldn’t be able to murder people with a sickle, that’s for sure.
Thanks for the help.
If your story is set hundred or thousands of years down the track, having a complete history of every detail that happened to get to that point probably isn’t necessary and I suspect you can paint in some broader strokes (“US ends up taking over the world at the hands of a mad dictator”) rather than going in so deep. If what you were writing were set in 1960 or something while everything was happening, then you’d probably need to flesh it out more.
Also a couple of things that stood out to me:
– A US president annexing another country after defeating it at war and then renaming the country after himself inside his first term seems implausible unless he was elected with an overwhelming majority. Suggest that if you want to flesh this out more, you play on the fact that Roosevelt had Polio and was unable to walk for the entirety of his presidency (this is 100% true) and this was hidden from the American people. This might also be a reason for his party to be discredited completely for several elections, explaining your subsequent bit where there are many third-party candidates.– The Timeframe given for defeat of Japan is too fast. When they entered the war, the US was woefully behind Japan technologically and tactically, and in terms of experience (the pilots operating from the carriers that attacked Pearl Harbour were veterans already, having fought several years in China). The Japanese empire in 1941 was enormous and people don’t realize this. They had control of most of coastal China and South East Asia at the peak and it took a lot of fighting to dislodge them. Even had Hitler not declared war on the US, Japan basically fought the war in the Pacific alone and nothing would have changed. If you want the Pacific theater to be over quickly and more decisively you’ll need to come up with a justification for that, like perhaps the US developed the atomic bomb much earlier (explaining Germany’s reluctance to go to war with them) and those weapons were used much earlier in the war. That said this poses other issues, because Germany also had a nuclear program and if the US demonstrated a working weapon they would quickly put a lot of effort into duplicating it.
– Canada would never willingly join the United States. The US and Canada have fought several wars over this! Additionally it is part of the British Commonwealth, pretty much the same deal as Australia. Also, as part of the Commonwealth, Canada would still be involved in war with Germany in Europe as long as the UK is. Same as Australia.
– What is Russia doing during all this? They’re Russian. Even the worst cold snap in centuries killing millions wouldn’t make much of a difference to Stalin, just another statistic.
– Whenever I see Kirsten I think of former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten and this kind of throws me off. 😛
Yeah, I was worried that things were progressing too fast. The reason that I wanted the wars to end quickly was so that the space program could get a head-start and for humans to land on the moon by 1965.
I should have thought the Canada thing through, honestly.
The whole “japan renamed” thing was a bit of stupid idea. I am willing to admit that.
I guess the whole reason I did the whole Russia thing was for the USNA to increase it’s military dominance. I really didn’t factor in Stalin’s arrogance. I also think making Krushchev be a rebel leader was a bit of an overreach.
I suppose the whole reason I made the lore the way I did was that I wanted a logical way for the US to become such a world power. Turns out I forgot to insert logic. I always wanted to hammer the fact that technology went in such a different direction, but I didn’t even get around to explaining that part.
Since the Pathogen story was set in the 2040’s ballpark, I guess providing specific dates is overkill.
I also wrote most of this stuff when the internet was down, so I didn’t have access to historical dates and such. I didn’t even know that Roosevelt’s polio was kept secret until now.
tldr Your criticism is valid, and I can’t dispute it.
I think that the core ideas there are fine, you just need to justify how they can happen which might cause you to need to rethink or add some extra research in a few spots. But you can probably gloss over some of it if you set things late enough. Maybe the Canada thing is surmountable by changing it to a union of what’s left of the British Empire / Commonwealth and the USA? That would also technically bring Australia and New Zealand and technically parts of South-East Asia under US control.
The reason I brought up Russia is that US history from 1945 to around 1990 is largely dominated by the spread of Communism through Asia and eastern Europe, and the Cold War that followed. If the US is warring with Germany in Europe and the Japanese Empire is shattered, what happens in Korea and Vietnam? Does Communism never spread because Russia fails to become a major power?
Also one thing I left out: the whole No More Than Two Terms In Office thing isn’t a law, it’s just that no president (aside from Franklin D. Roosevelt) served more than two terms before being defeated at an election or stepping down, and so it had become an unspoken rule, but was never actually law. It was actually the opposite. The 22nd Amendment passed in 1947 restricted a president two a maximum of two terms. FDR actually was elected president four times, but he died a year or so into his fourth term. Since your guy would come in instead of or just after FDR he’d not have to pass that law. 🙂
Side note: FDR was an incredibly, incredibly popular president. I wonder if maybe your timeline would work better if your Kirsten was elected in the 1940 election instead of FDR?
EDIT: I hope this doesn’t come across as overly critical as that’s not my intent. Just bringing up some things you might want to have an answer to.
I like it, and would happily read it if it’s finished! If you need inspiration to get it done, can I reccomend NaNoWriMo? You just missed it, it usually happens in November, and the aim is to write a short novel of 50’000 words in the month, but you can write more than that if you wish, or indeed, after the month. They also run a “camp” in April, where if you sign up, you can choose the word count you wish to aim for (e.g. 30’000 words in that month, but if you discover it needs more, you can keep writing after that). I tried to do it this year, but I was really busy in November, but I plan on redoing it in April.
I kicked around a tonne of story ideas back in the day and even drew up whole maps and stuff and short histories of kingdoms and regions. I intend to get back to developing that world more in the future so hold on to your ideas and never let go. You’ve certainly got a cracker here (I’m a sucker for any type of alternative history :D).
http://collider.com/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-trailer/
New Planet of the Apes trailer looks incredible. I’m going to see this.
Looks great.
What, no ape ladies selling battered sav’s after all? Worst movie EVER!
SNACKTAKU!
So a roasted chicken with cheese on bread with wholegrain mustard.
I give it 12 @bish points out of 5.
Edit: I meant roasted chicken pieces dang it. I didn’t try and pull a cartoon sandwich with an entire roasted chicken between two pieces of bread. Although….
You ate the whole roast chicken? How’d you do that? Heck, I’m not even mad; that’s amazing.
Not quite but I did eat about half of it yesterday in one sitting though. Today was more the leftovers.
I figured, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for an Anchorman reference on the day Anchorman 2 comes out.
I uh, never saw Anchorman… so yeah, your references mean nothing to me. 😛
YOU, HOMEWORK, NOW!
I ate fiberglass insulation. It wasn’t cotton candy like the guy said… my tummy itches.
I drank a lava lamp once… it wasn’t lava
I ate a big red candle.
RON LOOK, I’M RIDING A FURRY TRACTOR!
LOUD NOISES!
I’m Brick Tamland. People seem to like me because I am polite, and I’m rarely late. I like to eat ice cream, and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks. Years later, a doctor will tell me that I have an IQ of 48 and am what some people call “mentally retarded.”
bones & all?
Nope. I don’t really have a craving to eat chicken bones (I know some people do but I don’t like the idea of it).
Call me insane, but I’m trying to install windows 95 onto my six year old laptop.
Also, My dad asked me how to print on windows 8.
I had no idea, until I remembered the ctrl+p shortcut.
I installed 3.11 for Workgroups last year on an old computer… not crazy at all 😛
There was still a lab of 3.11 workstations at a primary school when I was still doing school support a few years ago. No idea what they were possibly using them for.
That’s epic XD
i love playing around with Windows 3.10 and 11…
i mean come on, SKI FREE!
Ancient History?
Okay, you’re insane.
You evil monkey.
THERE’S AN EVIL MONKEY IN MY CLOSET
http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/Mojo_Jojo-Main.jpg
okay, that’s even better… nothing beats the Power Puff Girls \o/
Oh, I wouldn’t say that.
I’m still using win98 on a daily basis and I think you’re a pretty cool guy.
Although at the same time – ew, win95.
@dc Rick & Morty episode 3
If you haven’t watched any yet do it, it’s well funny
that episode was great, I was surprised at how far some of the jokes went, the strange 3 way relationship was funny (the bit where the dad hides in the cupboard cracked me up). Anatomy park was an awesome idea, funny how they personified (monsterified?) the diseases, I was in stitches when the dude yelled “hepapatitus A RUUUUUUN!!!!” not a line I was expecting, The humour is much more “adult” than the first 2 eps I thought, the show has the potential to be freaking amazing. Good find, thanks for informing me.I can’t find the eps in the usual place I find eps. D:
yeah they’ve been tricky to track down, I keep finding MKV files which are no good to me as my primary media player is my PS3.
I hope you didn’t read the spoiler if you haven’t seen it yet, my favourite ep so far.
Didn’t read the spoiler. Will track them down… in time… 😀
damn, I hope you find it soon, I don’t know anyone else who watches it and I wanna talk about it :P.
You have seen episode 2 though yeah?
Only seen pilot, alas. @benj watches, I think!
ooh If I had a licence I’d totally drive my car over and drop them off to you,
Note to self: sabotage any attempts gutsoup makes to get a licence.
@dc
when i get a licence I’ll be like 5 minutes from you at any given time (when I’m home). Might be time to look for a new place to live 😛
Edit: don’t worry it’s hard enough to get me to go places I’m invited let alone uninvited.
I hereby invite you @dc’s house. 😛
well @dc looks like I’m coming over, @strange invited me, you wouldn’t want to upset her would you 😛
I have a funny feeling dc regrets ever meeting me.
Haven’t seen it yet D: I’ll get to on Sunday though! I have a lot of tv to catch up on come Sunday 😛
Yes! yuuussss
I watched the first two the other night, i’m glad these are coming out quite quickly…unlike other shows I watch on youtube *cough* DBZ abridged.
awesome, such a good show, thanks again @dc for the heads up on it,
don’t worry dc you know I’m far too hermity to actually bother you.
Just had amazing christmas lunch…
Awesome Parma with good beer (I highly recommend IGP from Matilda Bay)
Won’t rival christmas lunch from a couple of years ago (HI @RIZE) but was pretty damn good
I don’t think it’s a gay drink.
mo-jito
… @rize you should come to melbourne because Mojitos
You should come to Canberra because our weather isn’t as bat-shit insane as yours.
… what’s the fun in that?… RAIN? SUN? SNOW? TROPICAL HURRICANE? WE HAVE IT ALL \o/
😛
Aaaand we have Ginger Beard.
Edit – oooohhh, i said a bad word
*looks around shiftely*
I often have Matilda Bay stuff, but I’ve never tried IGP.
RECOMMENDATION NOTED.
pretty damn amazing… apparently it’s a “Cloudy Ale” but i’ve ever only seen it on tap…
and before you ask, no doesn’t stand for Itchy Green Penis,
but Irish Green Pants… (for some reason the the bartender thought it stood for the first XD)
Have you ever seen an elephant in a strawberry patch?
Works pretty well, doesn’t it?I have now
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=elephant+in+strawberry+patch+photo&rlz=1C1GGLS_enAU318AU318&espv=210&es_sm=93&biw=776&bih=507&tbm=isch&source=iu&imgil=rNrylXVmJhQMPM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQU6ZV9MZu5koRiFdrZibFtKCug4bW466dZ_b0lsBNRYSMf5gjjqg%253B300%253B199%253ByBtLTgT-0dtXcM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Falbinophantblog.com%25252Fsave-the-elephant-joke%25252Fproof-that-white-elephants-can-hide-with-strawberries-exchange%25252F&sa=X&ei=vWSyUovJD8mkkgWx8oDAAg&ved=0CCsQ9QEwAA#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=rNrylXVmJhQMPM%3A%3ByBtLTgT-0dtXcM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Falbinophantblog.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2009%252F11%252Fstrawberry-elephant-300×199.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Falbinophantblog.com%252Fsave-the-elephant-joke%252Fproof-that-white-elephants-can-hide-with-strawberries-exchange%252F%3B300%3B199Can anyone else see a weird watermark running vertically down the centre of the page that says today’s date.
Edit: upon posting this it seems to have vanished. :/
That sometimes happens to me. Just refresh the page and it should be fine.
The first sign of the TAY madness…
That’s just the NSA’s spy program.
It’s the matrix.
cool, so does that mean…….. *attempts to bend over backwards in bullet time. falls and hurts back* nope
windows 95 is now installing!
Didn’t they just release windows 8? When did they release 87 other iterations?
And nobody asks what happened to the other 358 Xbox iterations?!
RROD
Did I miss the part where you explained your thinking in this endeavour? Is it some kind of weird costume party prop? 😛
I’m putting it on my 6 year old laptop for kicks.
I assume you will be kicking the laptop.
No, that would be if I installed Windows ME.
If you were installing ME I’d be charging you with crimes against machinery
If you installed ME, the laptop would be kicking you
His name is “Crazyguy”. Enough said.
OSR2?
It occurs to me that the beer i’ve drank might have gone more to my head then i thought…
…
\o/..
though i do apologise if i offend anyone with over energetic behaviourAn offensive viking? Why I never. 😛
*monocle falls to ground*
Hey y- *hic* oou… you know tha- *hic* that thing with the nuns and the mona-*beeeeelch* monasteries was just for fun right? RIGHT… *hic*… buddy?
*throws arms into the air, axe flies across the room, embedding itself in the wall*
Edit: Oh man just noticed the best comment on this: “If I feel stupid for liking this, then I don’t want to be smart.” 😀
Why can i only upvote things once? 😛
So I revealed my novel idea earlier today. Last night I teased the announcement. I re-read the announcement, and by the way it was worded… How many people thought I was coming out of the closet?
Why were you sitting in a closet writing this to begin with?
#helping
the tought honestly didn’t occur to me what so ever… TAY is full of people flagging ideas etc so i never even considered thatHahaha, you called it a ‘passion project’… I guess it fits, but my mind didn’t go there 😛
Now I did.
I was a little afraid you were keeping a scrap book filled with lockes of people’s hair stickytaped to the pages for a brief minute.
It starts with hair, then its nail clippings and before you know it, it’s vital organs…
Whenever @effluvium-boy isn’t on screen, all the other characters should stand around asking, “Where’s @effluvium-boy?”
I want that man to do a Christmas duet with @Blaghman. That would be epic.
It would most likely be a complete letdown.
I’m willing to take the chance.
That’s what I’m most experienced at. We should do it!
So I’ve dipped my toe into the ‘reviewing things that have been out for ages making the whole enterprise seem futile’ sea. I’ve done a review of those hand grips you can get for the PS Vita, they make a pretty impressive difference
Hey Sully, you know how I promised to kill you last?
I lied!
I’s be lying if I said I didn’t spend all last night watching that Arnie montage a few times.
not a half bad way to pass your time 😛
I don’t regret a second of it.
GO HOME PIXEL, YOU’RE DRUNK
*waves awkwardly and stumbles off*
Apparently Solid Snakes design was based from Jean-Claude Van Damme’s body and Christopher Walken’s head.
I find this combination hilarious.
Really? Walken has a pretty distinct look and it ain’t Snake.
JCVD’s body I can see. Short, muscular and proportioned.
Yeah I cant see the similarity either, not even in twin snakes or MGS2 does he look like him.
I’d love to hear Walken read Snake’s dialogue though haha. Heck, imagine the hilarity if Walken voiced Colonel Campbell *Snake, Snake! Snaaaake!*
Walken? How is he not Kurt Russell?
That’s what I thought. There are heavy nods towards escape from New York though, in MGS 2 he looks more Kurt than Chris, dat mullet.
Well, this is awkward. I was reviewing my notes for Impasse, and I noticed a discrepancy. In earlier notes, the god was known as the Yarma, and the religion worshipping said god was known as the Yarm.
In newer notes, the god is known as the Yarm, and the religion is named the Yarma. How I only noticed it now is beyond me. I guess I’ll have to update all my notes to reflect the accidental name-change.
I took Shane’s advice, and started to develop the characters. There was a backstory for the religious leader that I finished today. I had started the backstory three months ago, but never got around to it until now.
Inconsistencies in religion? That’s unheard of!
Well, Looks like South Park: Stick of Truth has been censored for us Aussies.
http://www.playerattack.com/news/2013/12/18/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-the-offensive-bits/
Pretty crap that it got censored but I like the way they censored it. I reckon it will be pretty funny seeing it popup on screen. =P
Sounds funnier than the non-censored version! 😀
To be honest…it doesn’t appear to be any great loss. I guess they’re lucky we have an ‘R’ rating now though or nothing they did would have got it classified here.
it looks like they are at least making fun of the situation.
I love this guy.
He’s sooo right… all the time!
EDIT: Page git
EDIT EDIT: Also – am I the only one REALLY digging Korn’s new stuff?? It’s just so rad…
Korn is sounding ok I guess, but not enough for me to get excited about them again. I’m keen to see them at Soundwave though. Hopefully they play a lot of oldies.
http://gematsu.com/2013/12/legend-heroes-sen-kiseki-sequel-ps3-ps-vita-2014-large-scale-mystery-title-tease God dammit, Falcom 🙁 We’re not even getting Trails in the Sky 2nd until next year and by the time it releases we’ll *still* be five games behind 🙁 Never going to catch up.
EDIT: I wonder if the “Large Scale Mystery Title” is a new Ys game
So, I somehow got Lance’s theme, Deus Ex’s theme,
and the Daylight theme from Katawa Shoujo stuck in my head simultaneously, the result was something horrible.
@shane: Six Feet Under finale spoilers.
Crazy good article about the show’s closing montage through the perspective of cast and crew.Thought you might be interested!
Thanks, man. Great article! Arcade Fire missed out though… How does that make you feel?
To be honest, I love that Arcade Fire song but the one in the episode is better suited!
Yeah, but they built it to the song. They would have custom built a montage for your song, too! 😛
Lyrically though. XD
Wow, great read. Thanks for that.
One of my favourite shows ever.
I came to the series late so I was lucky that I was able to binge on it over a few weeks. I was still in uni at the time and I enjoyed watching 3-4 episodes a day after uni or even not sleeping at all on weekends.
Michael C. Hall’s description of the music they used fits so well with how I imagine it too.
Hall: I just associate it with an image. I see Claire backlit by the sun, driving, right on the crest of crying. It’s that image — boom — it sweeps into me.That and ‘Breathe me’ also reminds me of the Prince of Persia 08 trailer. I didn’t like the trailer at first (i thought the song didn’t really fit) but now I kind of like it.
Now I want to watch the series again. One day I’ll do it.
One of those shows where I’d be happy to have my knowledge of it wiped and I can start fresh. Carnivale too.
I love those oral histories. The one Vanity Fair did last year for Freaks and Geeks was all kinds of amazing. Love to hear about all the elements from creative to technical. On set stories and how iconic moments came to be. So good.
I don’t understand what’s going on with all these different TAYs! Why are people changing things when I’m not looking.
Oh well. I went on a Sound of Music tour yesterday and ate delicious apple strudel.
Why are you posting in old TAY?
I DON’T KNOW!
In Salzburg then? I went on that tour, was amazing. Had great views. I’m ot the biggest fan of Apple Strudel though. I find it too…Appley.
Hey guys!
I replaced the PSU all by myself. Saved myself $50.
It was all thanks to your advice and encouragement. THANK YOU!
You can do it Scree! I believe in you!
Well she got my sarcasm earlier this morning without any prompting, so she’s proven her ability to adapt to any situation!
I don’t believe you …
w00t! well done! Not terribly hard is it? 🙂
Well, changing the bios and a few other things I wasn’t expecting (wires stopping the fan) happened. But yeah, I managed. =D
changing the bios? for a psu swap? why?
The PC was trying to boot from the CD drive
ahhh ok. It should have automatically timed out after a few seconds if you don’t press anything, and then boot from the next available boot device. Glad to hear you figured it out though 🙂
It looks a bit intimidating at first but its not much harder than hooking up a home theatre system, eh?
Long gone are the days when you had to really know stuff to put a PC together, no deciphering beep codes, no cables that could easily go in either way but would break your new equipment if you hooked them up back to front, no messing about with jumpers… yeah you kids these days have it easy…
Oh dear, I’m back in crotchety old man mode again…
I’m sorry. D=
Its about damn time they standardised things, it was pretty damned stupid in the old days to be honest
I’m sorry?
Well unless it was your fault you’ve nothing to apologise for.
Wait, WAS it your fault???
Oh well I’ll let you off since its your birthday and all
I’m sorry =(
I wonder how many different emoticons work after the words “I’m sorry”, I’m sensing a theme…
@aliasalpha
A lot?
@aliasalpha
A lot
Apparently quite a lot…
So it all works I take it? Good outcome.
best outcome \o/
Afternoon everyone 🙂
How are we all?
Currently listening to Slow Hands by Interpol 😀
Got my Secret SanTAY a present, and will be express posting it Monday 😀
What up?
Not a lot man you?
Also not a lot. Then we’re caught up. *decisive nod*
Miss you man
Hey Spaghett!
I’m OK, just preparing to take a nap before my night shift tonight.
Not really listening to anything at the moment.
My gift to my secret santa arrived yesterday but I haven’t got the time to send it to the recipient. Unfortunately that means that he/she will get it after Christmas or even in the new year. I hope he/she likes it especially with the awesome secret santa gifts that have been posted on TAY.
I haven’t received mine yet but I’m curious to find out what I got, I found it hard enough to buy a gift for someone else I’m sure the other person felt the same or maybe even had a harder time.
It was hard man, I had to enlist Sam’s help 😛
Today has been a good day other that the heat
Steak dinner with business partners for lunch
100% completed mark of the ninja
Met a new doggie in the office
Got my secret santay present, It’s a bit boring
Or at least boredingGuys… all the😀!
looks pretty cool! I loved the first one!
Nice. The animation and detail has stepped up a bit.
Woah, it looks great.
@sughly !!!!!!!!!
Noooo I can’t even watch it, I’m on my phone with not enough data! :'( in related news, Frozen is so-so
Well, I can add Assassin’s Creed Liberation to my list of games completed this year. Aside from a scant few slowdowns, I was pretty impressed overall both technically and gameplay wise. The gameplay was solidly assassin’s creedy but just varied enough to feel fresh, the environments were really fancy, lots of interesting puzzles (some that felt like they could be seamlessly dropped into one of the older Tomb Raider games) and a really good story. I’d definitely recommend picking up the HD version if you don’t have a Vita. Oh and if you actually like Assassin’s Creed, that’d help too.
I particularly liked the ending where you got faked out with the credits for the animus game that abstergo customers were playing rather than the Vita game I was playing. I nearly didn’t twig until I saw Warren Vidic being credited as I think executive producer. I also really liked how Aveline’s stepmother was the big bad, nice to see not only a well done female protagonist but also a well done female antagonistAfter all my expressions of concern about my pay situation at work, and not being paid for the public holidays, I finally heard something back from the boss today. A whopping $2 an hour pay rise starting this Friday. The $2/hr payrise will help keep me afloat til February, but still not gonna get paid for forced holidays. Really wish I could have an all out win situation with this shit, instead of taking the good with the bad :\
Sitting down with my eldest to watch The Dark Crystal (I picked up the Bluray today) for her first time. I’m probably more excited than she is. This was one of my favourite movies as a kid.
Isn’t bluray kind of overkill for such an old (though admittedly fantastic) film?
Weird coincidence, the episode of Mock The Week I’m presently watching just referenced The Dark Crystal…
Probably. But it was $6. It does look pretty good. The remaster has been done well and since it’s all puppets and mostly practical effects it all holds up great.
Mrs Shane vs The Walking Dead (Season 2, Chapter 1): All That Remains
SPOILERS
As with our escapades last season, I played, she directed.It was crazy obvious that Omid and Christa were going into the bathroom for sex. It was more than a vibe, for sure.
She played largely how I played. Except she didn’t try to help Christa. Dog scene made her sad. When she chose to kill the dog, I made her hit the button. Mwaahahaha.
It seems like most of these choices were pretty simple ones. Most of us seem to have played it similarly too, with the only real division being how we reacted to Christa’s predicament.
She didn’t get the weird silent interloper glitch I got in the house. Also, somehow she got the girl to pinky swear with Clem about being friends. I didn’t get that in my game – I blame the interloper.
She saw the watch, immediately knew she shouldn’t take it. DID ANYONE TAKE THE WATCH? WHAT HAPPENNNNNNNS?
Her choices in horrible, horrible clarity: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nqmprk4vvinp6b/2013-12-19%2020.25.21.jpg
Awesome! Was going to ask you earlier if you were going to do this for season two, but thought you might’ve waited until it was all released.
Hahaha, this morning she said, “Now, don’t laugh at me, but after playing The Walking Bad last night, I think we should put up a survival shelf. Just in case. You know, with cans of food and things.”
I reminded her gently that looting is the most fun part of any crisis, and we left it there 😛
Same thought honestly crossed my mind. Water, flashlights, canned goods, first aid kit, pepper spray. XD
I’m saving all the write-ups, and I’ll send them to Pixel-Otaku when the season is done.
I am considering playing Fallout this evening. I have a few questions. How good is the tutorial? Will I have to view a wiki first? I heard that it is easy to get lost in the first twenty minutes. How true is that statement? Is the throwing skill really as bad as people say?
Yay GOG!
It’s a CRPG. Of COURSE I need to read the wiki. Sometimes I ask dumb questions.
I’d say don’t just yet. Just make a character and dive in. It’s one of those games where the exploration and discovery is the biggest reward.
D: Too late. I just spent 30 minutes learning all the skills.
Haha. Fair enough. I’m probably a bit prejudiced as when I first played it Internet wasn’t really much of a thing and had to figure it all out on my own.
I’d just pick a few obviously useful skills like combat (small guns is probably the most versatile, boosts pistols and rifles) & stuff like science or lockpick. Then you can diversify as you go along. Probably the most important thing is to pick the right base stats, if you want to be a gunslinger then boost your agility, hackers need intelligence, diplomats need charisma
I don’t know what to play!
Someone recommend me something on ps1, ps2, ps3 or pc, and I’ll play it for an hour.
The original Tomb Raider
Dark Souls!
Ps1? Anything Crash Bandicoot.
Y’know, I might just re-install Crash Team Racing for kicks.
PS2? The Warriors.
Afraid I don’t have it. 🙁
Edit: Reply fail
Front Mission
Don’t have it. Sorry.
So I had an interesting experience with DayZ… one that taught me the perils of open world chat!
I was out at Balota Airfield, running around, was bored. I said to myself ‘I’ll go to Cherno…’, unfortunately, I have a habit of talking to myself when I’m playing games… (anyone else do this???)
Suddenly I heard ‘You’re not going anywhere mate…’ and three guys with what look like 1xM4 and 2x Pistols ran out from behind the hangar.
The guy with the M4 started yelling at me ‘GET ON YOUR KNEES! HIT F2!’ So, I did. Not wanting to die… after a little lag, I managed to put my hands up and was subsequently handcuffed by one of the pistol guys.
They all stood infront of me, lead guy with the rifle calls out
‘READY….’
I say ‘Cmon guys you dont have to kill me!?’ I press a few keys and my character flops to the ground…
‘AIM….’
I say ‘Come on! What did I do???’
‘FIRE!’
*CLICK CLICK CLICK*
They all start laughing at me, I’m lying on the ground. One of them called me a noob, another said it was too easy. I noticed I couldn’t see any hand to hand weapons on them. I had an axe in my backpack… if I could… If…. maybe…. hmmmm…. I press more buttons and…. ‘WERESMURF HAS FREED HIMSELF’ came up. I managed to stand up and start running before they realised I was free. I’m gathering they didn’t know you could do this 😀
I start sprinting, I gained some ground (did they not know to doubletap run!? were they playing me???) They were still following me, while running I hit tab, dragged my axe into my hands and hotbarred it. I stopped, turned around and called out ‘OH BOYS, DADDYS HOME.’ and ran in swinging!
They started trying to punch me, I killed the first two including Mr M4 almost immediately, the third I had to run after, pursuing him into the forest. I had to do it… I quoted Deliverance… ‘HEY BOY… IM GONNA MAKE YOU SQUEAL LIKE A PIG!’
After a while, with him hurling abuse at me (really crackly, hope they fix it), I ended up letting him go. He ran off into the distance towards the new city up north east beyond the airfield. I headed back down and saw some people raiding the bodies, they saw me. Tense for a moment and they all started waving at me. *whew* One of them started typing in open chat they saw most of it go down but wanted to see what would happen as they weren’t armed.
But now they were! With an M4 and a pistol… and they had ammo too that they’d found earlier!
And they’d let me LIVE TOO!!!!
If I dropped everything I owned and kneeled down…
🙁
Ahh I’m more and more tempted to get this game
Still in very rough alpha, but surprisingly stable. Food and stuff is hard to come by at the moment, guns are even rarer, but if you server hop to find stuff on low populated servers you shouldn’t have much trouble? They said they’re fixing it soon so loot respawns every few hours thankfully. Just glad zombies are no longer pc side generated (they used to spawn based on your proximity), now they’re server handled, each zombie exists in the exact same place for everyone.
So the mod had zombies unique to each player regardless of proximity? How did that work with ballistics? Say you were shooting at a zombie and another player was on the other side of it, did the bullet keep continuing on the server?
Okay, I’ll put it on my christmas list, it’ll be the cheapest thing on there so I may well get it. Is there a dayz kotaku team?
Originally, when a player entered the area, the zombies would spawn dependant on the player, other players who entered the players proximity would then see their zombies, but could also end up with other zombies spawning further around them due to their presence etc. It was a pretty good system, but unfortunately at times it ended up being a pretty horrifically random system too. Now it’s all server side and zombies spawn thanks to server settings, we don’t get magical zombie spawning, where one moment they’re not behind you and VOILA, you’re dogchow.
Oh well that sounds a lot more realistic, I like it already. A degree of realism in a survival game is always a nice touch and makes it feel at least moderately fair
Add me on Steam if you haven’t, names Weresmurf on there, we play nearly every day.
Shall do when I end up getting it
Sounds amazing.
Right, this is the route I took with Fallout. I am going for a sniper character.
34 year old female – Because why not?
Strength – 04
Perceception – 07
Endurance – 04
Charisma – 04
Intelligence – 06
Agility – 10
Luck – 05
Skills – First aid, doctor, small guns
Optional traits – Kamikaze, Bloody mess (No idea what this does, but all the other traits were detrimental)
Bloody mess is the best option to take as a sniper, it really needs no further explanation why lol.
Keep moving your perception up as your increase in level, and your luck to get those critical hits! But good start man!
So high perception, remarkable agility, small guns…
GO FOR THE EYES BOO! GO FOR THE EYES!!! RAAAAAAH!
Especially if you ever meet Deathclaws
Omg rofl we were talking about Minsk last week at Uni LOL. A few of us were talking about the BG2 rerelease hahahaha. Nice one 🙂
Oh one important tip, save a lot. There’s an extremely uncommon issue I ran into that cost me an hour or 2 of progress, you can’t order your companion to move (in 2 you can push them a square away) and they only move in proximity to you, I once went into a small building that was just big enough to trigger the companion to move up but he then stood in the door and the room wasn’t big enough to trigger him to move again so I was completely stuck.
It’s not the kind of thing you’d be likely to ever encounter, it was one small room in exactly the wrong dimensions but it was pretty annoying to have to reload an old save to escape my improvised cell. Turns out Ian doesn’t like being shot in the face as a gentle prod to move out of the way.
Okay, I’m off to bed.
Goodnight.
The Walking Dead season 2 (game):
Doge T.TSHORT HAIR :'(
The bit that got me was the otherwise empty room with a picture of a duck on the wall 🙁Two hours into Fallout. First impressions are reasonably positive.
-I realised that I forgot to name my character, so I’ll pretend that never happened and just call her Gale Sniperson.
-I saved the village of Shady Sands from Radscorpions
-The Attack Points system could do with a bit more transparency
-Nice integration of the Pip computer thingy into the HUD (Haven’t been told the name for some reason)
-Some of the FMV has become a bit dated
-I wish you moved faster
-For some reason, you walk faster if you aim to talk to a person. Because of this, the fastest way to get around the town is to run from person to person
-The bartering system is awesome, but I kind of wish I knew what the RRP is before I sell it for a random number of bottlecaps
Good Morning all!
Happy Steam Winter Sale Day :oD
that’s today?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO /o\
If anyone is interested in the BioSHock series, grab it now.
Infinite is up for $19.99 but the triple bundle of 1+2+Infinite is up for $19.00
It ‘s cheaper on Amazon, you just need a U.S. account, the Bioshock bundle (1+2+Infinite) is $14.99 as a Steam download code.
Morning everyone.
The heat last night was horrible, I had so much trouble sleeping. Ugh.
Also, Melbourne Taybies don’t forget there is a meat tomorrow, time to meat up is 11:30am
Yes the heat was pretty damn dreadful :\
even the dogs hated it
Sid struggled through the heat. I feel bad because I can’t really soak him as it dries his skin out =(
Yeah it sucks… we give our dogs frozen water bottles, and they love them… just lays there and licking at the ice
Mum was giving Sid ice blocks. I was listening to him crunching them enviously
Ice Blocks are awesome!
We actually bought an icecube tray shaped like doggie bones… it was recommended to us to put 1 part chicken stock(salt reduced) with 3 parts water in it… the dogs LOVE it
Might do something like that for Sid
Happy B’day @scree!
it’s your birthday?
I’M A TERRIBLE PERSON FOR NOT KNOWING THIS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY \o/
WOO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY @scree! \o/
How did you find out?
hahah I know all! 😉 (was actually a reminder from my outlook calendar)
outlook…Oh that thing I never use!
I’d assume either an elaborate system of levers and pulleys, or using his memory.
Or, if you’re Facebook friends, the people posting “Hippy Barthday” onto your wall were probably a giveaway.
Happy Birthday @scree
Congrats @scree and commiserations for all those times you heard “This is your birthday and christmas present in one”
I never actually got that. Rather people would forget my birthday. I don’t like to make a big deal out of it, too close to Christmas.
But thank you.
Thank you
Happy birthday, scree! Hope the year treats you awesomely!
HEYGUYS…
does anyone know where to send Kudos noms in Mark’s absense?
Is it the same ol’ place?
@chrisjager, this one’s for you!
I thought last week’s was the last one for the year?
was it? aaahh fair enough oh well…
I’m not 100% certain.. worth asking Chris. I vaguely recall reading something in last weeks saying it was the last one. Whether or not that meant just by Mark, or ending it for the whole year I’m not actually sure.
Yar, Mark indicated I needn’t worry about this. Kudos for all!
Doesn’t the kudos winner get a prize of some sort, that’ll be a lot of prizes this week
lol Mark’s already a looooong way behind on the prize front 😉 He still owes me two!
Sod it, lets do our own!
Mine is @scree for getting into the PC self repair game
oh yeah, how did that go @scree? did you find a PSU?
i tried finding one at work but no dice :\
Well I am on my PC right now.
derh! i should have read just a tiny bit higher up on the page… THAT’S AWESOME WELL DONE I’M PROUD OF YOU \o/
I was pretty proud of myself. Not sure if I should be embarrassed by that
of course not! be proud!
you can now do more then some ‘technicians’ in the Harvey Norman chain XD…
they’d just go “yep that’s broke” and send it off for repair… (@rize should be able to attest to this he worked the same place i did)
It’s a new skill, that’s always worth feeling good about
Dice wouldn’t help, so that’s probably not such a bad outcome 😛
why not? IS THAT NOT HOW YOU COMPUTER?
I nom everyone who made me feel welcome in my first foray into the TAY world :o)
I nom you for taking the plunge into TAY
I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T TAKE PART!
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY.
And for having a birthday today! It’s a sign. All the Kudos for Scree! \o/
I feel that’s a little unfair on others
I don’t see how.
😛Secret SanTAY… who’s still waiting for theirs? I’m trying to find out if my SS recipient has gotten theirs without spoiling the secret.
I don’t necessarily expect to see mine any time soon 😛
I’ve just heard that the post office is closing for two weeks, so it may not be ’til next year for me.
Still haven’t heard whether mine has received theirs either!
I’m waiting on mine, but that’s okay, because I still haven’t finished putting together what I’m sending out. Worst at this!
I have received mine! My SS was kind enough to ROT13 their handle on the end of the handwritten note. I may have already guessed based on the delivery origin and signature (also the first time I’ve ‘read’ ROT13 without having to translate it back)
I have mine
I think i need to stop whinging about my money situation on here XD… i just want to point out, i do it to vent, not for pity…
and then some guy that i’ve never talked to before asked in an article yesterday if he could add me on steam.. and then proceeded to gift me games…
i now feel both warm and fuzzy because of his kindness but feel bad because it was a result of me whinging….
but i just want to point out that both @evilmonkey and @toxicsludge are pretty freaking rad guys!
I know them feels. I do the same thing. Then people gift me stuff and I feel bad =P
You have a money situation?!! D:
*Throws gifts at screen*
ye-…. no… no i don’t D:
there’s a reason why we’re forced to move in with my 2 brother in laws 😛*throws house at screen*
…
TAYYYYYYYYYYY, my screen is broken.More seriously, hope it works out soon, my friend! Money troubles are the WORST 🙁
It’s certainly cause for way more stress then it should…
i just keep reminding myself that no matter what i’ll always have my beautiful wife and wonderful dogs… as long as i can keep providing for them, the world is OK
*mental hug*
you have no idea how much it helps just coming in here and being all light hearted, and being able to laugh… really honestly alleviates a lot of stress…
you guys are all awesome!
’tweren’t nothin’. We were getting on pretty well together yesterday, with our Anchorman quoting, I had a great time. Incidentally, I saw Anchorman 2 last night, I thought it was good, but not as good as the first, sequels rarely are.
The way I see it is, I made a new friend (God knows I need more of those, only got one in real life), and I was giving said friend a gift, because I believe that everybody should get something at Christmas. Besides, that had been sitting in my inventory since the 2011 Holiday Sale.
I hope things get better for you real soon my friend, I know what it’s like to be down on your luck.
Also, can you let me know if you got it, it’s gone from my inventory, so I assume you did, but could you just confirm.
By the way, I still have stuff in my inventory, with no-one to give it to, so if anyone wants anything just let me know.
Still got
Serious Sam Classic: First and Second Encounter, Frozen Synapse, and three coupons for 10% off Toki Tori 2.
Oh yeah, and a gift key each for The Binding Of Isaac and Sanctum.
yes i received it, you’re a god amongst men!
Seriously i’m blown away by your generosity…
I can always use more friends! god knows i need them too… making new friends as an adult is hard… applying tactics that worked as a kid doesn’t work anymore… no one wants to share my transformers toys with me when i bring them to the pub :\
Which pub, I’m there.
I completely agree!
I moved from Tas to Melbourne 11yrs ago, only really made some good friends about 5yrs ago
If you happen to be in Melbourne, I’d be more than happy to catch up for a beer :o)
bahaha as a matter of fact i moved to melbourne 2 years ago 😀
I’ve been in australia for… 7? years now… and yeah, making friends ain’t easy…
We should totally catch up for a beer… i’ve been chatting to Scree about doing a meat in Jan at some point after i’ve finished the move, so we should totally get together then!
Just gimme a time and place :o)
(Me and my better half will be away in Tas from Jan 8-14 though)
No worries i’ll give you a shout out when it happens \o/
Added to The list
There is a meat tomorrow at Fed Square if you’re willing
I’d love to but have Christmas visit commitments all weekend.
@wizz-fizz
No problem! I’ll just remember it for next time. >=D (I am kidding, it’s fine)
Just walk up to someone an say “You look interesting, will you be my friend?”. If they’re weird enough to say yes then they’re either serial killers or worth keeping
@pixel_the_ferret_viking or anyone who knows someone who suffers panic attacks
http://sometimesmagical.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/supporting-a-loved-one-through-ptsd-or-panic-attacks/
again why can i only upvote once? this is an amazing article! thanks for sharing this
I will save that comic to my phone as a point of reference… that’s amazing
This is how you do it:
1. Create 4 other email adresses.
2. Create 4 Kotaku accounts using those email adresses.
3. When you want to upvote something more than once, upvote it yourself, then use the four other accounts to upvote it more than once.
bahaha not a bad idea, but that just leaves it ripe for abuse, so i wouldn’t do that on principle…
damn i’m too nice on the internet 😛
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com.au/
That’s also well worth a read, I find it a bit triggering in places when she’s talking in detail about depression but even with that its almost always funny as fuck
Dropping in to say apologies to my Secret SanTAY, I’ve been stupidly busy (hence minimal Cakesmith TAY posts this week) and haven’t had a chance to send off your thing (plus I’m almost as bad as Mark at sending things. @rize and @redartifice can confirm) this week like I had planned to. Will be sending it off on Monday but that does mean it may/will be late /o\
It is coming though.
That’s what she saidThis seems like an appropriate time to say “OH SHIT I HAVEN’T SENT MINE CRAP DAMN IT TO HELL AAAAAAAAHH!”
My SanTAY will unfortunately be experiencing the same delay. Going to the post office is hard 🙁
I’ve only sent mine off today.
Steam Xmas Sale is live!
And here’s me not being able to log in at work because I can’t remember my password.
RIZEROXORS1988
all capitals…
#helping
Capital numbers too.
…
…1988?
And I’ve already made my first purchase
BY THE BEARD OF ZEUS! and on pay day as well.
This is not good.
I must be good and pay my bills, I must be good and pay my bills.
http://www.daveramsey.com/blog/20-things-the-rich-do-every-day
AKA Why Rich People Are Just Better People Than The Filthy Poors.
I’m not particularly religious so the follow up article to that list kind of annoyed me. The over-emphasis on God and Christianity and how he’s thanking God for his good fortune is a little strange considering he did a lot of hard work himself to improve his situation.
Its America, they’re so marinated in religion that many of them almost don’t notice it
Besides the fact most of those numbers appeared to be pulled from somewhere dark, a lot of them are caused by the fact that they are rich. You eat better then you have money, wow didn’t see that one coming.
You have the time and energy to go to the gym, that lazy poor labourer never goes out to do any exercise.
I’m not an aggressive person. Sure, I shout a lot & swear & rant about stuff pretty much non-stop, but I’m never physically aggressive toward anyone.
so when I say that I’ve never read anything that has made me want to punch the author in the neck so badly as that article, you know I mean it.
@masha2932
Do you have Monaco? No?
Well, you do now! 😀
I gifted it to him about 4 hours ago… That’s the one downside of the wish list / gift process on steam.
D:
Ah, well.
No harm done. 🙂
Sorry. Seems like a game that plays best with a group, I’m looking forward to trying it 🙂
Hit me up if you need a heist buddy
Same!
No harm done? NO HARM DONE?!!
I’ve lost everything now that i have two copies of Monaco :’-(
Thanks for the thought Crazyguy. That was very kind. I’ll gift it to someone else in your honour 🙂BEAVWA MORE LIKE SANTWA!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
#Yuletide
Wow, thanks Beavwa.
oooohhhh I still have a copy of that game, maybe I should give it to @masha2932
Anybody else interested?
I am
SOLD!
@pixel_the_ferret_viking
Not sure if you’ve been following this, but if not, closed beta applications are live:
http://www.nosgoth.com/
i have sort of been following it, but i’m VERY skeptical about adapting this universe to an MMO… i’m hoping it’ll surprise me though
Yeah, I would have rather had a new Soul Reaver game.
YOU! I REALLY LIKE YOU! 😛
this guy gets itI love… carpet.
I love… desk.
I love… lamp
Downvotes are bugging me lately. They were given on another website by complete random people, but they still bug me due to reasons:
– One was a reply giving advice to a dude going to Japan. I told him to learn some basic commands, take Google Translate with you. I said people are reluctant to speak English, and you’ll have to use pointing and holding up fingers etc. Especially people >30 yr old and outside of Tokyo. I got -4 within an hour.
– Another was telling a guy that DSE still has Wii controllers half price; I got mine for $10; and $47 ain’t bad for EB games considering no one else has it cheaper. -1
I hate it when people are blatantly wrong on the Internet, but to get downvotes on the truth and personal experience is just a kicker.
downvotes is one of those gimmicks that seem harmless enough… but i take it really hard everytime i get one, even though i know i shouldn’t XD…
same with upvotes… if i don’t get any i think “aw people didn’t like that” and if i get more then 5 and it goes green i get super excited…
…
man i’m weird 😛
No, I think the same way. Upvotes especially in TAY context, since everyone is much closer together in a cuddly sorta way.
One forum I’m a member of apparently had to turn off downvotes (they left up’s) because of the shitstorm they caused.
wow that’s insane… i’ve downvoted a couple of times, but i generally reserve it for “wow, i really don’t agree with that” or “man, that guy is a total arse-hat”
Well if you’re weird, then so am I. Let’s be weird together…….
Errr… that probably didn’t come out right.
OR… it came out exactly right 😛
EMBRACE WEIRDNESS \o/
I’ve reached the point where I feel sad if some of my posts don’t get downvotes. But then, I’m a jerk.
Are you happy now????
😛
I said some! *waddles off crying*
Check your post and my reply again. Coincidentally, it works without an edit!
There, there @Blaghman.
gave you an upvote, feel better now?
I tend to think of upvotes as “well I gave someone a chuckle” but downvotes make me feel like I’ve been accidently racist or something
Lol, last bit entirely. Especially on TAY and other areas where I’m genuinely trying to be nice and make friends.
The worst downvote is a @dc no vote.
I considered downvoting as a joke but if you are feeling that way I figured it was better not to.
The worst thing with downvotes is when somebody says something that isn’t nice happeneing to them. Either sick or puppy is sick, or they just broke up or something. Upvoting makes you look like a jerk (Woooo sick puppy \o/) but downvote makes you look like your annoyed (Why are you bring such downer stuff up in my TAY)
Doesn’t really bother me, but can understand why it can. Certainly when there is just the vote and no comment
Yeah, just vote and no comment is pretty B.S. If you felt so strongly to downvote, you can spend the 10s to explain why.
But I’m cool with downvotes for lulz (with a lulz-y explanation), I’m not an emotional wreck. 😛
Sometimes I get paranoid if every comment in a thread has an upvote except for mine.
Then I realize I upvoted everyone else.
downvoted because im a bastard sometimes.
You asshole. 😛 You took my green box away from me! Let’s get him, @pixel_the_ferret_viking !
*gasp* NOT THE GREEN BOX >:-(
I fixed it
Yay, so kind.
I’ve been trying to not talk too much about it on here and i’m not about to start now…
But following up on what i said to @dc on the last page, i just want you all to know that being able to come here for a bit of joking around and general quirkiness has helped me greatly in the last month…
On the homefront it’s been quite tough (not turning this into a whinge fest, but just saying) and you guys have been able to keep me sane…
So thank you to you all.
You’re all mega-super awesome and i’m glad to be part of this community (though i rarely show up in person, or partake in gaming, sorry about that :\… hopefully that’ll be better soon too)
I really appreciate you all, and i just needed to get that off my chest…
You’re one of my favourite people here, Pixel. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Hope good things come your way soon. Your posts always cheer me up too when I’m feeling down, for what it’s worth. 🙂 (So it goes both ways!)
dude, you’re one of the main TAYers! TAY wouldn’t be the same without you!
ALL THE FEELS FOR EVERYONE!
Sick.
Sick.
hug?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
come ooonn… coooooome oooooooooooooonnnnnnn
*runs after DAN!*
You’re the only viking I know, hence you’re the best and most awesome viking I know. #truestory
When there’s only one candidate there’s only one choice!
win by default is still a win \o/
#opportunist
You are green. GET HYPE. 🙂
EXCITE GET \o/ 😛
i’m just glad that everyone agrees that everyone is awesome!
*Give Pixel a hug* You are awesome 🙂
naaaw thanks man, so are you!
GAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!
I love you too.You’re awesome too… and i honestly respect you hugely as a person! you rock!IT’S FRIDAY! IT’S 9:30!
IT MUST BE DAN AND KARL’S ZEITGEIST THYME*!
Listen as Dan talks of his hidden love of themed bathrooms, the pairs plans to retrofit a failed amusement park and Karl’s criteria for a new co-host on his syndicated Austereo show.
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com/2013/12/20/dan-karls-zeitgeist-s04e08-zeitgeist-world/
LISTEN AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!
*Time spelled in this manner to spread the holiday cheer. If you add some Thyme to your Christmas goose, your guests (and taste buds!) will thank you!
Fun fact: poo germs take less than 5 seconds to get through 8 layers of toilet paper.
I heard this once, and have no reference to back it up.
That might be when using cheap toilet paper that your finger goes through
Also if I saw a scary military guy talking to my girlfriend there’s a good chance I’d cower in the corner and not go over until he leaves. (Possibly with girlfriend, but that’s the price you pay. :S)
You’d just never talk to either of them again 😛
In all honesty (cause usually I’m a sarcastic jerk) I’m consistently amazed by the artwork you use each episode. It’s freakin’ awesome!
I wish I could claim the art but it’s all Karl.
From brain to screen, it’s all him.
So tonight was BOARD GAMES at Grill’d again. A friend of mine was playing the new Halfbrick game on his iPad when I rocked up and I was saddened to know that, once again, no immediate support for Android. 🙁
But yes, BOARD GAMES ruled the night. We played some King of Tokyo and my alien/robot monster did alright although double whammy from the bay and the city monsters killed me. We then played a loooooooooooooooooong game of Village which is kind of like Lords of Waterdeep. I tried to maximise my church membership and market trading but apparently travelling is king as I came last and I was the only person to not travel. Also not enough of my family died so I didn’t get any points there. 🙁 The game was still fun but I would have rather played a few different games than just that one for two and a bit hours.
Only @scree can read the following spoiler, because it’s a secret
Happy Birthday, Screei did a bad thing /o\
i’m sorryLinguistically speaking @Lucifer9783 was saying that only Scree would be CAPABLE of reading it, if permissions were supposed to be set, it should have read “Only @scree is allowed read the following spoiler”.
I think you’re in the clear mate.
Dang, I got lawyered.
I can’t help it, I’m a pedantic bastard by nature
Calling me a lawyer is a bit low though
OOLLLDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY OLD DAY, @SCREE!!!! 😀Happy CAKEDAY @SCREE *free birthday hugs*Thank you.
This is the right response right? Earlier someone said happy birthday and I just nodded.
Are you Steam Friends with me? If you’re not you should be. The Steam Sales have begun and my Santa Hat is polished.
You should check your emails before you do anything rash 🙂
Just got those. Thanks!
How do you polish a cloth hat?
Foolish youngling, clearly it is a hat made from Santa’s skin
It is a secret, terrible tradition involving processes beyond the realm of most human comprehension. I would tell you but the answer would likely drive you mad.
Oh I’ve gone long beyond mad, knowledge might drive me back the way I came
It’s my sister’s birthday tomorrow and my mum just dropped over an elaborate cake and cupcakes to store in my fridge. I’m not sure I have the will power to be in the same house with this cake and not eat it. D:
Just ruck up with cake smeared all over your face and a confused look…
then when they say something go “i have NO idea what just happened”
Now, Homer, don’t you eat this pie……
Steam sales distraction?
Haha! Nah, I think I’ve played every thing I’ve wanted to play this year!
I work in I.T. for a uni. Some kid just asked questions about the supplied network, saying he uses specific stuff while doing casual jobs to supplement his income. Lol, why would you say that ….
That monster!
I’m not sure if you understand, or anyone else does, so explanation! He’s getting money whilst using the free university network. A big no-no.
So running a business on educational networks? I’m pretty sure that’s a bad thing…
i instantly thought bitcoins or doge coins or something like that 😛
yeah, Valve have horrible debt collectors, better get that out of the way first
Reply failopolus to @evilmonkey
I didn’t know there was a steam group for Kotaku Australia until now.
easiest way to find everyone 😀
Oh I didn’t know either
I might have to go look it up
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/kotakuau
and joined :o)
okay okay, I’ll join! Damn this being social is hard work, clicking a whole button…
*sighs* yeah people might even start
*shudder* talking to you
What does it say about the fucked up state of my brain where that kind of feels like a threat? At least if they do it when I’m not in the mood for it.
i know the feeling 😛
Get the feeling of being left out when no one’s talking to you and then when they finally do and you’re no in the mood 😛
And if you try to turn them off like you can do when it’s the internet, the police come after you and call you a murderer…
I joined last night.
Haha i only found it like an hour ago too 😀
Just a word of warning: I have sunk 108 hours into the Just Cause 2 demo. I expect to rack up many more hours with the title, as it was become the premiere podcast game for me.
Well since people were interested my secret sanTAY arrived yesterday
https://twitter.com/Tigerion/status/413568462657974272/photo/1
Was an interesting party game called quelf, looks like it could be lots of fun with a cool group after a few drinks. Basically all you need to do is follow the instructions on the card. Haven’t had a good look at them yet but there are 5 different styles of cards each that are a different type. Depending on which colour you land on determines which card you get. So far it sounds liek a classy game similar to trivial pursuit.
But the cards are a bit different, scattergories kind of thing where you have to name eg. Sports teams with an animal as a mascot and it goes around until somebody can’t think of 1 within 10 seconds. So are just straight questions but other are rules that once played you need to follow. The example one I saw was “Whenever you laugh you need to snort like a pig”. If you fail then you take the penalty at the bottom of the card (move back x spaces) and the first person to get the the finish (and answer the question) wins
Woot for boardgames, more like BORED GAMES amirite?
Is it bad that might first though was “That would make an amazing drinking game!” ?
No, drinking games are AWESOME! (provided you’ve got people to play them with).
have you ever drunk Baileys from a shoe?
Mmmmm, creamy.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-19-the-banner-saga-much-more-than-youre-expecting so this is looking like it’s turned out way better than I expected it to, which is exciting. Glad I backed it.
It was a bit concerning when they release the combat system as free to play with cash shop but it looks like that was just testing and review and a bit of additional cash on the side.
But it looked good from the start and the let’s play demo stuff they had on the kickstarter page looked cool. Something to look forward to next year
So far of all the Kickstarter stuff I backed aside from Project Eternity, this looks like it’s turning out the closest to what I hoped.
Still kind of upset that Republique ended up ditching support for the platform I backed it for (not compatible with iPad 1) but at least I can give my copy of that away.
Republique is supposed to be coming out on PC early next year, maybe it’d be worth messaging them & asking for a code for that instead of ipad
The tier I backed it at entitles me to copies on both.
EDIT: But I backed them because of their initial pitch, which was an iOS game for iPad (iPad 1, mind you) which would do things PS1-style, with pre-rendered CG backgrounds and 3D characters. That isn’t what they made 🙁
TAY,
I can either get a PS4 for cheap in America right now, or build my own PC. I’ve typically been a console gamer all my life, so I’m tempted to get a PS4 as I’m in America right now and can get it plus one game for about $515, or I can use that plus a bit more money from Christmas presents to build a PC (and if I go down that route, I can post the specs here and you guys can help me about because I’m new to this). I have a ton of games that I bought for PC, but will probably
only be able to download the Fallout games that I got when I joined GOG when they had that promotion. I’ve been having problems with Steam on my laptop lately, which was just used for a few games, and there’s no point building a PC if I can’t access Steam. I’ve also had trouble connecting to PSN a while back. Something that is going to influence my decision are whether you can connect a PS3 to the monitor and use headphones with it.
What do you guys think? PS4 or PC?
Hmmm, that’s tough. It’s always good to have an amazing computer that can play the latest games. But it’s good to play some of the latest games too that will never come to PC. (Uncharted, inFamous: Second Son, The Order, etc.) I’m sort of leaning towards PC though! Maybe hold off on the PS4 until those great games are actually released on PS4?
Really depends on preference… if you’re not too keen on Steam, and you like the convenience off consoles, i would personally go that route…
I’m mainly a PC gamer at the moment, but that’s because i like steam :P…
If most games you like come out for both anyway, go with what you feel is right… keeping in mind while steam can be cheaper for games, the initial fork out for a decent gaming rig can be quite high compared to PS4…
Is there region restrictions on the PS4? because if there is that could be an issue when returning to aus…
Yeah, no region restrictions, except on PSN regions.
Are you permanently in America?
Because if you’re bringing it back to Australia, I think there are warranty issues regarding electronics purchased in other countries… someone with more know-how can correct me, I’m sure.
I’ve got no other opinion, though, as it’s a pretty personal decision 🙂
Yeah, I’m coming back, and it probably will void the warranty, but I’ve never had an issue with consoles before, but it moght be worth looking out for. Thanks for reminding me.
Warranty aside the only difference is going to be that the system has a Region A BD player in it instead of Australia’s Region B. May or may not be an issue for you. Otherwise it’s a universal power supply (110-240V, 50-60Hz), system has optional (which should mean zero) regioning on games and you can link any region’s PSN on it, so it’ll work fine.
My suggestion though is to unpack it while you’re over there and ensure it powers on and runs. The bulk of hardware issues on PS4 have been completely DOA consoles. If it works you should be good.
EDIT: Bear in mind that there is not going to be any stock of PS4 in Australia that’s easily available until February, so worst case you might be able to bring one back here and then sell it at or above what it cost you locally if you change your mind.
Sounds to me like you can’t be bothered working out any quirks with PC. PS4 may be better for you.
As for the monitor – if it has a headphone jack you can plug into this. Or plug in USB headphones. Orrrr…. buy an adaptor and output video over HDMI and sound over component.
Are you sure you can just walk in and get one?
Because when I was there a few weeks ago lots of stores had PS4 boxes with prices on them but when I asked if they had any in stock they said no.
You can connect pretty much all modern consoles to a monitor easily with HDMI these days, but sound you might wanna research. I don’t know if the PS4 has AV out, but that’s how I used to get sound to my headphones (through an RCA – headphone converter).
Personally, I’d go with a PC because of how handy they are outside of games and the fact that there’s nothing that killer on the PS4 just yet.
I think thay have limited stock. I was in the store a few days ago and one guy bought one, and the man just went to the back room and just brought one out.
Did you ever try to access your steam account on a friend’s computer? It might be a laptop specific issue.
Okay weird idea, did you clear your internet cache (control panel / internet options / delete button under browsing history), there might be some messed up file in there that is confusing steam. Probably not but worth a go
I tried it on another computer in the house (a mac) and it didn’t work. I’ll try the cache thing when I get back.
You can plug headphones into the PS4 controller and switch the audio to run through the headphones only.
I was asking about connecting headphones to a monitor which the PS3 is displaying an image to, but I knew this about the PS4, and it’s pretty cool. Do you know if chat works through the controller as well?
If you use the iPhone style headphones (so, 3 segments at the bottom with an in-line mic) you can chat through that. The headphones that come with the PS4 are a bit shit, but they do the job.
I’ve finally changed the background on my phone after owning it for over 8 months. Wow, everything feels so new!
Also I dunno why it took me this long – I’ve been planning to change it since the first day when I set a default background ‘temporarily’.
I’m kind of digging the default iPhone 5s background so far and I’ve had it for a week. Have plans to use a HD still from Frankenweenie though. Maybe.
Which one is that? I changed to the wooden tiles one and it looks great. (different phone to the one described in OP)
Space and stars with bluish green nebula. Looks awesome. XD
Ah yes, that’s cool too!
http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/19/5225926/republique-exordium-review-connected
Polygon review of Republique. I’m not a fan of Polygon’s reviews, but I make an exception for Danielle Riendeau. Her stuff is usually pretty damn good!
Afternoon delight
*walks off*
I’ll always associate that with Arrested Development. *shakes fist at Anchorman*
Iiii’ve never watched Arrested Development
*ducks behind a rock*
Me either.
same =P
It’s because AD made the funnier joke about it.
Oh, man, such a slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwww day at work today. I’ve spent most of the day writing some interim results for my survey, which will close tonight at midnight.
At that point, I’ll just update what I’ve done, insert some finalised pretty charts, and publish it.
Word count comes to around 4500 words. :\
In related news, I’ve been crunching some more detailed numbers. Once the estimated costs of fulfilling perks are considered (based on a rough estimation of how much business each individual perk does), I’ll need to raise between $10,000 and $11,000 in crowd funds to get this book made and pay the rates advocated by sample respondents.
I think I just got given another code for windborne. Seems to be a kinda minecraft buildy kinda game
If anybody has had their eye on it and wants to see if the code works let me know
@sernobulus
ZOMBIES \o/
thanks man!
Enjoy =D
DayZ Diaries:
I awake for the first time in a long time in Chernarus, during daytime. I’ve been out for so long that I’ve forgotten how to do everything. I stand there for a good minute getting used to moving my body again; I stand, I crouch, I lay down, and I roll. Do I have pockets? My clothes indicate I do, but no matter what I can’t seem to access them.
No matter, since I have once again refamiliarised myself with the concept of moving about, I run straight ahead, towards the future, forever twirling! And I would have kept on going but for a dastardly meter-high wooden fence. I try to bring my legs up over it, but it seems I have slept too long, and they are too heavy to lift. Whelp, that’s okay, I could use the exercise. I jog into a few nearby houses and finally find an axe. As soon as I pick it up, I get visions shooting through my head; images of a bearded man, swinging around an axe, yelling about how he’s a medic? Flashes of a past life, perhaps?
I walk out of the house to see a man running around wildly. He spots me and runs over.
“Friendly?”
I don’t know how to answer that. I try to speak but no sound comes out. So in an attempt at communication, I start leaning left and right rapidly.
“It’s Caps to speak, by the way”
I stand still for a moment to absorb this information, before deciding to run away at full speed. Conversation is an action taken upon by two parties, and I don’t think I’m ready for that commitment yet. I mean, we had just met! And you’re practically asking me to marry you! I can’t handle that sort of relationship, guy.
So I kept running.
I ran, thinking I was at Komorovo, when I was actually in Kamyshovo, and ran, thinking I would hit Balota, when all I got was a bunch of forest.
I ran for so long. And that’s when I noticed I was an asian female character model.
That’s how DayZ sneaks in in December to be Forest Running Simulator of 2013.
Alias’ Interesting Link Roundup Time!
Developer forms group to fight YouTube copyright claims
Former CIA director says they should execute Edward Snowden, Ed should have learned the most important lesson, don’t tell criminals they’re naughty or they’ll murder you…
Day vs Takei! Felicia Day takes George Takei’s gaming virginity
The Co-optitude episode is awesome, But not as awesome as Grant Imihara playing Magic :p
Long week at work. BUT IT’S OVER.
Shane I have been reading that thing I’ve been meant to be reading for the past four months. I’m a bad person.
The very worst. It’s not yet too late (but it will be soon) to make changes! 🙂
Either way, I hope you’re enjoying it, man! Free early preview.
Why we should all stop watching The Walking Dead
AMC are apparently screwing @dc’s mate Frank Darabont out of money because they have shady accounting practices.
Guess that means we should stop watching Mad Men, too… but I’m not quite ready to go that far just yet.
*doesn’t click to remain blissfully ignorant*
Speaking of Darabont, any one besides Red watch Mob City yet?
First season finished on Wednesday. I’ve only seen two out the six eps so far. (They were aired as three, two hour episodes.)
I have doubts about the legitimacy.
Err, that was the wrong link…
Let’s try this again!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94191085&postcount=1087
EDIT: I mean, it HAS to be a joke right? RIGHT?!?
really? this is a thing?
and just as i had gained faith in humanity again
Psst, that was from the first incorrect link that I was linking to someone at work.
…ah
Also a satirical article.
Always proof before you post friends.
Faith in humanity restored?
Because they’re totally original games that have never been done before right?
Which game is it?
Zelda: Link Between Worlds
HA! What a dick, that was so fun!
(Unless he’s joking, then carry on)
SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
http://villagecinemas.com.au/events/disney-princess-film-festival
Yeah, we’ve got that at Event Cinemas in Brisbane next year too. Tempted to see Beauty and the Beast for the first time on the big screen. But that would make @blaghman happy and you know how I feel about that! D:
http://www.eventcinemas.com.au/events-promotions/events/disney-princess-film-festival
Well you could see it and then say that the ballroom scene felt stilted and try hard and how much you prefer pixars new planes movie. That should ensure he isn’t happy afterwards
But yeah I think BatB will be the first on my list to see
DOWNVOTE FOR SUGGESTING SUCH A THING!
Deserved!
I think my opinion on these are irrelevant to wether I’m seeing them or not.
PSA: Last day to download Winamp from the official website. RIP.
Paul Rudd is Ant-Man
http://marvel.com/news/movies/2013/12/19/21669/paul_rudd_set_to_star_in_marvels_ant-man
Oops disregard. I got confused with Paul Reiser for a second.
I would be keen.
Mid fight: *turns to screen*What is it with all the shrinking and growing? I mean am I big or am I small? ANTS AREN’T BIG! Make up your mind.
Maybe he joins the army.
I started playing Uncharted 3 last night. Enjoying it so far. Mum also seems to be
The middle bit gets really annoying. You should be able to tell the exact point I’m talking about where everything goes downhill suddenly 🙁 It eventually picks up again toward the end though.
Tip: there’s usually a power weapon like a sniper pistol or similar hidden in each annoying kill room so if you start struggling, look for that. Instant kill on most of the dudes, even the hardened ones.
Great game, can’t wait for Uncharted 4!
I kind of hope they’re doing something different with it rather than just more Uncharted though. I really like the series and everything but I’d love to see them do more new IP stuff or at least do something new.
NOTHING LIKE LAST OF US!
Because I can play Uncharted no issues. The Last Of Us makes me feel so unwell.
I agree. But I still haven’t played Uncharted 3, so my knowledge of what the series is doing may be lacking.
Uncharted 3 frustrated the shit out of me and left me regretting having played it. I really didn’t like it. Objectively most of my issues with it are issues which the other two games had as well, it’s just that there’s a huge bit of filler in the middle that exacerbates the rest of the game’s flaws and massive ludonarrative dissonance.
Yeah, based on opinions I feel like if I ever play Uncharted 3, I’ll be dropping it right down in difficulty, and fuck the bullet sponge enemies.
>_> it’s what I did
Uncharted 4 better have at least one go-kart race in it at some stage or so help me. And I’m with you, I would love to see them do something new for PS4, then later down the line revisit Uncharted.
TLoU is better
Trolololol (but honest)Golden Abyss is awesome if you have a Vita, still awesome but a lot less playable if you don’t
I really detested Golden Abyss. To much gimmickry shoehorned in simply because they could (had to?). Especially annoyed me that every single goddamn time you came across a beam he’d stop in the middle and had to balance.
The balance was a trifle repetitive I agree, most of the extra features were stuff I mostly liked though
I’ve had a think about it, and I reckon I can honestly say that above all else, the thing I’m most excited about with Destiny is hearing some new music come from Marty O’Donnell’s. To me the guy is a genius, and the last that I’ve heard from him was Halo Reach in 2010. The little snippets in Destiny’s trailers sound great!
The even better thing is that because it’s a new universe he has more creative license to come up with new themes and everything. Maybe a bit of a call back to his stuff in Myth?
I liked that some of the Reach stuff had a bit of Oni in it, even if I wouldn’t have liked Oni’s music without the attached game.
And @nomad, yeah, I love Marty’s work. Listening to Halo 4, its soundtrack was good, it was well put together, and it ticked all the boxes, but the guy that did it didn’t seem to put anything differentiating into it. It could have been the soundtrack to anything.
Yeah I get that. I still thought it fit 4’s theme really well, and I think Davidge is going to make his own theme for the Reclaimer saga.
@negativezero I feel pretty bad now, I’ve only heard his Halo work. Did he also do Marathon? I’ll try & get a hold of their soundtracks.
Didn’t do Marathon 1’s music. Marathon 2 and Infinity don’t have music aside from their opening credits songs (by a group called Power of Seven), they rely on ambient sound only.
Marty O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori were actually contractors, working as a company named Total Audio doing advertising jingles. They got into games when they did the sound design for Riven, and the guys at Cyan were really into playing Marathon around the office at the time and Marty ended up reaching out to Bungie, who contracted the pair to do the music and sound work for Myth and Oni. They ended up re-negotiating the contract a few days before Microsoft purchased Bungie, and as part of that O’Donnell became a Bungie employee.
I think the only other game soundtrack he worked on aside from those was Septerra Core. Side note: Steve Downes (Master Chief) also voices a minor character in Septerra Core.
From memory, Marathon isn’t him, but I really like its theme song. In a cheesey way.
Marathon 1 doesn’t have a theme song, just a wierd sound that’s a bit like a 16-bit version of the Inception Foghorn. Do you mean Marathon 2 or Marathon Infinity’s theme? I always loved M2’s personally.
Probably Marathon 2’s. Though it’s hard to tell since I played it much later and may have just booted Marathon 2 via Aleph One/Infinity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5yD2Ayokw Marathon 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwevR52t5k Marathon Infinity
A lot of my teenage years right there. I played the absolute crap out of Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity. The mod scene around Infinity was amazing.
@negativezero
My dad introduced me to Marathon when I was… 11 or so. We used to play it at my birthday LANs. And it looks like M2 is what I’m remembering, though I do know the Infinity one well.
Ugh… Why am I so bored?
Because you have nothing to do?
I asked my boss today about the lack of holiday pay and how they might be able to help me out, and they gave me permission to use one of our on-site tech’s cars until he gets back from overseas! So bit of a w00t there! Still not gonna be a huge help, but at least I wont have to worry about petrol for a couple of weeks, as there’s a fuel card to go with it! and working air conditioning!
Downer of the day was finding out my mum’s been in hospital since tuesday with liver problems 🙁
So nice of someone to tell me today instead of when she went in… At least they told me I guess. Hopefully she’s gonna be ok, but dunno yet. Too many years of far too much alcohol I think. My sis is going to see her tonight with my dad, but I got home too late to tag along, so I’ll go with dad tomorrow sometime. Hopefully they’ll have some sort of idea how bad the damage is by then. Asked my sis to ring me when they get there tonight so I can at least say hi to her etc. Fingers crossed it’s fixable and not super serious, but who knows at this point. Just wish she had’ve listened to me months ago when I told her to go to the doctors after she’d been vomity sick on and off for 3 weeks. Typical stubborn mum though :\
Hoping for a merry xmas, but I guess that all hangs on how she goes.
Aw, hope every is okay with your mum. 🙁 Sending good thoughts your way!
cheers man. having enough trouble with my own life atm. bit of a shock to find this out this morning. of course it played on my mind all day at work, and I was there all alone for the whole day, so I had nobody to distract me from my thoughts :\
Holidays! Wooooooooooooop!
2 weeks! Wooooooooooooooooooooop!
I really want Fire Emblem to play after I million percent bravely, wooooop!
Reply fail.
JIMU! HEY! Good news about the holidays, my pal!
I can give you a lend of Fire Emblem if you want. It’s sitting here a trifle unloved at the moment. Be a while before I can have enough time to really sink into it.
Hmmmm, perhaps.
I will be getting gift money soon though.
Thanks for the offer, let me think about it and see what happens over Xmas.
Got a case and screen protector for my phone. I feel like I can leave the house with it now.
#SmartPhoneNoob
They just don’t build em like they did in the Soviet era
*high five*
Got home to the news that an old very close family friend finally lost his battle against prostate cancer. You’ll be missed Handboard.
Sorry to hear that =(
He’s not suffering any more so there’s that. And he made it, just, to his 70th birthday which was one thing he was determined to do. He was like another grandfather to the kids although they’re a bit young to understand.
It’s true that he wouldn’t be suffering. At least he managed to get to what he wanted.
Aw, man. I’m so sorry to hear that. Hope you guys are okay. 🙁
Bah cancer sucks, it needs to be kicked repeatedly in the face till it gets the hint and fucks off forever
OK I AM BACK
And. Something happened. And I have no idea if it is good or bad or neutral or I should be fine with it or worried or I don’t know. Also no idea if it would be overshare. And. Um. Yeah. DAMMIT WHERE IS HENRY?
Hi.
Is it Chaotic Neutral?
I have no idea what this means but maybe?
care to explain?
I am not entirely sure whether I should or not tbh.
Spoiler it?
You dislocated your shoulder while masturbating?
Until Gooky says otherwise, this is now TAY canon.
Henry Gale?
No the one from Thomas the Tank Engine.
Yeah; Henry Gale.
Hey Gooky! Hope you’re well!
Oh you know, fine. Just freaking out a little etc.
What’s up, my friend? I’m happy to listen if you’re happy to share!
Roll a D20 and consult the random encounter table
I think that might have already happened.
http://news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/kg-virgin-gregg-casarona-ended-up-in-er-after-his-first-time-having-sex-girlfriend-went-flying-through-wall/story-fnet0gt3-1226786284560
Someone here is amazing and may have brought a tear to my eye not that I’d ever admit it. Came home to this in a box waiting for me.
http://imgur.com/kLQ4ohU
Whoever it was, thank you. A million times. I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve it and pretty sure I haven’t but thank you.
So cool! Someone did good!
that’s fuckin bad ass! top work!
Awesome!PRAISE THE SUN! \o/
Was there an inscription on it? The guy said there would be…We did a collection as a Secret SanTAY thank you.
EDIT:
Also, there should be a sword in his right hand, sort of leaning onto the ground. Was there a sword anywhere?There totally is! Not exactly standing out though. Under the base and kind of lost in amongst everything which explains why I missed it.
http://imgur.com/0myw35y
Glad to hear you love it man.
Some screenshots of the new Trials game have come out
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-16947-First-Trials-Fusion-Screens-Appear.html
It’s looking pretty… well pretty.
People, entertain me!
Mums sick and we’re waiting for a doctor but we’ve not heard anything from them. The waiting is painful but I don’t want to play games in case the phone ringshttp://www.cracked.com
Cracked is my bedtime reading
http://www.buzzfeed.com
I don’t understand this website
No one does. It’s chaos. Mostly bad, occasionally good, sometimes amazing!
Just keep scrolling down until something catches your eye. That… or just read Wikipedia or something. XD
I wikipedia trawl. So amazing.
I just don’t want to end up at Hitler =P
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=buzzfeed
It is pretty terrible. XD
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
Oh no that might not be a good idea…
No @scree! Come back! It’s too dangerous!
What could possibly go wrong?
It’s fine. I know the dangers of TvTropes
I know the dangers too… Still didn’t stop me from clicking on it though!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife
It says so itself…
D:
Can I strip naked, cover myself in petroleum jelly, light myself on fire and run down the street pretending to be the Human Torch?
If you want?
Well, I’m afraid it’ll have to wait.
Personal physical problems prevent me from doing so until further notice.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/
tumblr
Chronicles of Gale Sniperson
Didn’t get very far today.
The “Ask about ” function does not seem to work at all. Aradesh claims to raise brahmin, but when I ask what brahmin are, he claims he has no idea what I am talking about. I suspect that he is an exact clone of Aradesh, plotting with the radscorpions to take down the village of Shady Sands. The bastard.
I cannot fufill the legacy of the family name, as I am forced to use a pistol. I wonder how long I would have to wait for a true weapon.
I will be celebrating new years alone, traveling, it seems. The year 2161 has come and gone. May 2162 be a more fruitful year.
I moved on to Vault 15. Had to waste bullets just to kill rats. Elevator shaft required a rope. There was not rope to be found. With a heavy heart, I turned back.
My situation is dire. I am down to my last 11 bullets, and I don’t have the funds to get any more. Since my melee skill is so underdeveloped, ranged combat is the only option if I wish to live.
Time is running out. I have only 127 days to refill Vault 13’s water supply. I have achieved nothing towards my cause.
tldr: I played Fallout, and have run into some issues and have gotten way to deep into my character’s psychology. The “ask about” function during conversations is completely broken.
Fallout is one of the few games where it’s possible to completely screw your entire game in the first half hour.
It’s one of the best things about the game.
Old school King’s Quest could do that too. In that instance, it was terrible.
There was a bridge in one of the games that could only be crossed a certain number of times before it collapsed. It punished you for exploring and backtracking.
In fact many of the old Sierra games did that. XD
Putting this in spoiler tags, so only click if not easily offended.
What you are about to read is 100% serious, for me anyway.
Whilst peeing, I found a lump on the side of my tackle that looks like a bite and itches like one. I’ve put some antiseptic cream on it, but I was wondering if it was worth seeing a doctor over?We now return you to your usual not-so-serious TAYing.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b92d9857689b3d2e58b2c88b67fd7d2/tumblr_mxnly3ctkS1r0jlbgo1_500.gif
Check it in a couple of days. If still there, seek out your doctor and flop that tackle right on the exam tableIdeally you should put a santa hat on it
Depends how long it’s been there/stays I guess?Give it a day or two then see a doctor if it gets worse or doesn’t seem to be healing.
http://www.santarules.com/the-list/
Enter your name and see whether you’ve been naughty or nice. 😀
I’m nice?? Shows what that supernatural paedophile knows…
Well then.
I don’t even get a Christmas by the look of things.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ssfisj9n58whu/no%20christmas%20for%20shane.JPG
Try removing the hyphen.
I don’t think it likes them. 🙁
[Real name] do you kiss your Mom with that mouth?!
Santa puts kids on the Naughty List for cursing, and frankly you’ve got a mouth like a Sailor!
Naughty List for you.
Well, Aleph Null, I don’t know how you pulled it off, but you actually made the Nice List.
I typed in Stalin and got this:
I must say, stalin. You’ve really improved last year’s performance and made the cut on the Nice List!
Hitler was on the naughty list though.
Also, I know I shouldn’t double post, but I cracked and bought myself Bioshock Infinite and SimCity 4 Deluxe.
Ok. In a nutshell? Popcorn’s back on.
In spoilers because I talk about girls too much/probably crosses into overshare/just personal shit in general:
Went to Wingman’s place to hang out with her and her boyfriend and Pillowmaker. She was rather insistent I stay the night again like the last couple of times. Only difference is that this time it was just the two of us crashing on the floor, there weren’t any others around. Another night of intermittent sleep, then eventually she started getting cuddly again. This time I was just lying on my back, when she put her head and a hand on my chest. After a while with small shifts and adjustments, we end up just about nose-by-nose. And then lips come into contact with lips. And… yeah. But then she got rather into it and shifted over to be right on top of me and… yeah. Yeah.
Not to imply that it went any further than that or anything. I seem to make it sound like it was a whole lot worse than it was. overall it was still rather PG, everyone remained clothed, etc. But still, some shit happened. And now I don’t know what to think about it and am just waiting for everything to come crashing down and explode.
So I guess right about now it’s time I actually enact that plan to retreat to that cave far far away from anyone forever.
Oh man, these writer’s need to whittle down who the love interest actually is!
Everyone. That’s the central premise. No woman is safe.
They can only play so many angles before things start to collapse into narrative chaos and they’ll have pull a “oh it was all a dream” reset. One of the hardest things in writing is to set and stick to limits so things don’t go insane
Just enjoy things, Gooky. Doesn’t need to be complicated or something to stress over. Can mean whatever you want it to mean. I do suspect Wingman is trying to make this happen though.
I think that’s the problem.
Wasn’t this with pillowmaker though? I assumed wingman slept with her boyfriend and Gooky was on the floor with pillowmaker.
Could be? The wording is kind of ambiguous.
Liondrive got it.
Pillowmaker was the last lady mentioned so it’s reasonable to assume that the following She’s were relating to her. Also if it was wingman I’d have expected more than one mention of the boyfriend, possibly attached to some other words like ‘angry’, ‘breakup’ or ‘threesome’
Went to Wingman’s place… she was rather insistent I stay the night…only the two of us.
At least how I read it.
You’re right, that part was shitty. The insistent bit was meant to be in relation to Pillowmaker.
Sounds pretty promising to me
In isolation? Sure.
In the grand context of the entire story of Season 1? Highly problematic.
That’s what season finales are for! New relationships, danger, the ticking clock of being out and possibly missing something good in the steam sale
Mrtaco, keep in mind what you said on a previous TAY
Did have that in mind. But there’s every chance that she was just denying it/lying at the time.
Or possibly is using that term literally, she doesn’t want to jump his bones but she does want to shag him
Also I don’t see anything to stress about here unless you have no interest in her in which case you dug your own hole there.
Now it sounds like things between you and pillowmaker could actually get somewhere. I would keep at it, but don’t let it drag on too much before making some kind of move. You don’t go that far with somebody you purely view as a friend, I guess.
Go with it, and let wingman do her work! She’s a better wingman than I’ve ever had. The last time somebody was my wingman I was introduced to 2 engaged girls and a lesbian in one night, so… 😛
I’m not so sure it could, really. I mean we’re fine as friends and everything, but I dunno. There is a significant age gap there and we are two extremely different people. It doesn’t sound like the kind of thing that should be able to go anywhere.
Just try it!!
The signal she showed can be seen galaxys away. She likes you or at least she wants to mess around.
If you’re not interested or prefer the other two girls then just let her know you would like to remain friends so she can move on. Sometimes you can end up ‘hurting’ someone with your indecision.
It’s almost like I can see this invisible footer, reading “See: Climbey” 😛
Mate, ask climbey out. She seems keen and from everything you have said I get the feeling you like her much more than pillowmaker.
If it doesn’t work out then go with something crazy and forget the age gap, personality difference, and whatever else. But for your sake as well as pillowmakers sort that out. If something happens you want to be free to go with it, not holding back because of what you are thinking ‘might’ happen with somebody else
Sleep, Draw, or SimCity4?
Also @negativezero, thanks for the game. 🙂
Go to sleep and dream of drawing sim city?
Draw SimCity sleeping?
Depends if its one of those cities that never sleeps which frankly sounds unhealthy
OH SWEET MERCIFUL AVOIDANCE OF A PAGE-GET
So very very close.
Draw! Drawing is good! It’s too late for games, so draw! 😀
Happy birthday @scree! 😀
Also, hello TAY!
Crap – four minutes late..
Or 524505 minutes early for the next one
Thanks @negativezero
I wasn’t planning on accepting any gaming gifts but I had just been eyeing that one off and weighing up wether to buy it or not.
Positivezero!
\o/
lol same thing just happened to me! What a champ!
Sleep has beaten out the other options.
I tried to start playing SimCity 4,but I’m getting tired…
Goodnight.
jimu first night of holidays: Puts six pack in fridge, falls asleep early.
THANKS @negativezero \o/
you’re pretty damn awesome
blech, working weekends suck!
well at least i have the day off on the 25th to look forward to \o/
Ah! The meat’s today! *jumps back into bed*
Also, thank you @negativezero 😀
So apparently the guys behind DBZ Abridged has gotten their hands on Attack on Titan and the result is pretty freaking fantastic
http://deadspin.com/my-kids-insane-christmas-wish-list-annotated-1476311653
Hahaha, awesome 🙂
GUESS WHOSE HAD NO SLEEP AND IS STILL GOING TO THE MEAT?!
Is it Billy Bob? I’m gonna guess BIlly Bob. That guy’s committed to the cause.
Dammit Billy Bob, he’s going to burn himself out.
Maybe you guys should pull him aside and mention that you’re worried at the meat today.
Hmm, why pull him aside… WHEN WE COULD HAVE AN INTERVENTION!
If I die, tell my wife I love her.
I am well aware I am straight and do not have a wife, but I don’t care. … Fine, tell the dog I love him
Pixel Otaku Meat today too! 😀
I’ve just realised I have no idea what everyone looks like.
Exactly like their gravatars.
Saturday morning!! 😀
@saturday morning! \o/
I was working @saturday morning, so fuck ya’ll.
Danke Schön @negativezero for gifting me a copy of The Stanley Parable
Oh my Sol. My Secret SanTAY present just arrived and it is the best thing ever.
Inside, was a letter. Let me transcribe it for you.
Matthew,
I reluctantly send this letter as instructed by Mrs Garrosh Hellscream (though she only took on my name she certainly lives up to it) to wish you a merry Christmas. Why you are her favourite nephew – I don’t know, after all you are just a pathetic scholar. Your tales of the future in Metro 7 do sound intriguing but you are forgetting your warrior lineage! I suppose some like former Warchief Thrall would place great importance on your stories, but I do not. If only you were as skilled with the axe as you are with the quill, a fine warrior you would make. I send to you a tapestry drawn up by the goblins as a symbol of my magnificence. Hopefully when you gaze upon the throne of the Warchief, you remember your powerful lineage and will take up arms once more instead of cavorting with clan Kotaku and talking amongst yourselves.
For the Horde,
Uncle Garrosh
And included in was a huge poster of Garrosh on the his throne. I fucking love it. I’m going to get this shit framed, and it’s going to be going up in my study.
Whoever my Secret SanTAY was, you are the best <3
Imma guess @tigerion purely because of the type of worries he had in regards to the reception of his gift.
Except my Secret SanTAY(who I’m 99.99% sure is @bdkiaf) is the best so yours can’t be. 😛
…I don’t even know how you could have known that.
You’re clearly a wizard.
Looks like rain.
Not very good, considering I’m currently mowing.
D:
Got the print and play file for Slash. So many great character cards with detailed descriptions, including one which is “All The Golden Girls”, woo geriatric gangbang!
My favourite description is for Tailspin’s Baloo. Simply states “Bear, pilot, no pants.”
What is Slash!?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamesbyplaydate/slash-romance-without-boundaries
I want it. I need it.
They have C.J. Cregg from the West Wing.
“Press Secretary to President Bartlett. Lipsynchs at parties. About 7 feet tall.”
Think Cards Against Humanity but more Slashfic story telling than Madlibs.
Fuck yes. I have just ‘acquired’ the Print and Play sheets, but I’ll be ordering an actual set in the new year for sure. This looks amazing.
That’s a bit disheartening that it’s already up. It only got sent out a few hours ago.
I’m fully anticipating that Metro 7 will be uploaded in a similar fashion within hours of it being sent out. Only reason I DL’d this is because it’d be perfect for Ber’s birthday party next Saturday. We’re definitely going to order an official set.
Who’s up for Multi-TAY-er Monday night?
We’ll pick a multiplayer game on Steam and play it around 8:30pm AEDST.
Yarp.
Yorp.
Any ideas? I have a few.
Blacklight Retribution, Planetside 2, TF2, CS Source, Warframe, Worms, Warhammer 40K Space Marine, Killing Floor, and last but not least, Section 8: Prejudice.
I might throw Just Cause 2 multiplayer and Monaco in there, and maybe Trackmania.
Crazy as it sounds, I prefer CS over TF2.
In alphabetical order:
Age of Empires 2
Borderlands/Borderlands 2
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Civilization V
Counterstrike: Source/1.6 (how many people have GO, out of curiosity?)
DayZ (I only have Arma 2, though plenty others have the standalone)
Dota 2
Garry’s Mod (I vote a couple games of Stop It Slender)
Just Cause 2 Multiplayer
Left 4 Dead 2
Monaco
PAYDAY/PAYDAY 2
Realm Of The Mad God
Rust
Starbound
Team Fortress 2
Terraria
Ticket To Ride (BOARD GAMES!)
Trackmania (in any of the permutations. It’s all great)
War Of The Roses
War Thunder
Also not on Steam is any number of MMOs (Guild Wars 2 and WoW are installed), along with League of Legends etc.
Or we could play a Cards Against Humanity clone.
Oh, and Flatout 1 or 2 as well.
Great fun in multiplayer.
No can do, leaving town to visit the relatives on Monday, to be fair, the only thing I could really play would be TF2.
/o\
If I have the game you pick I’ll join.
Does AEDST have Daylight saving? I am in GMT+8 or AWST, and don’t want to get the time conversion wrong.
For some reason, the announcement isn’t on the Steam forums. I suppose I’ll add it if I have the authority. (Is that something only mods and admins can do?)
Cheers, mate. 🙂
Okay, I’ve announced it in the group forum comments. I’ll start a new discussion so voting can start. I didn’t have the authority to have it be an official announcement. I’ll also post this on the new TAY page.
They’re making a DE:HR movie?
From the makers of Sinister. Hmm.
Last two days of being a rowdy teenager, or something. I’m getting oldddd.
So last night at 4am one of the smoke alarms decided to keep beeping on and off for like 10 minutes. I was the only one home and thought I’d ask housemate to pick up a new battery in the morning on her way back here. Going to the shop and buying a single 9v battery, easy task right? WRONG! She freaked out, brought her dad round to help her figure out what kind of battery it took (!) and had somebody else on the phone at the same time, made me pull the smoke alarm apart so she could take the battery with her to know what to look for, and turned BUYING A BATTERY into a massive, overly complicated, dramatic, pointless operation. I wish I had a car, household maintenance would be so much simpler and hassle free 🙁
Urgh. So I’m going home tomorrow for a while. Mum got the house professionally cleaned and spent like $2000 on a hydro bath for the dogs, and I’m bringing the pillows and blankets I have here with me, so we’ll see how it goes. My grandma has become highly allergic to the dogs too, so I think something FINALLY clicked in mums head that hey, maybe something needs to be done about this.
Then on Friday I’m going up to Burnie for a week over New Years to chill with my neighbour from college and hang out with some of his and Oliver’s friends that I’ve met this year. I should probably send out a warning now that I’ll most likely be drunk or high for the majority of that week, so I’ll try and remember to keep off TAY 😛
So yeah, ramblings about what I’m up to. Can’t wait for Christmas to be over!
one of my best friends is from Burnie! Hope you have a fun trip!
Purely out of curiosity, are his initials MC? (I ask because I can’t remember why exactly but Oliver clicked on your profile on twitter and saw that you were following him and asked who you were :P)
nah. AJ
ah okay 🙂
Ben, if any thing you should be posting more on TAY that week. Last year’s drunken @shane shenanigans were awesome. XD
Hey, I did that during o week! 😛 I will try my best though!
*shane-aningans
No. >:|
Obligatory RoosterTeeth reference.
I understood that reference
…how on earth is she still alive? Surely natural selection should have brought the world back into balance by now.
I don’t know, but I fear for her future if buying a battery is a difficult task…
I guess in her world all her Apple stuff magically charges itself when you plug a cord thingy into it, so… 😛
Well I was loading TAY with the intention of waxing lyrical about how madly fun The Stanley Parable is but then I looked in the tab I had open for bluesnews & saw this steaming turd:
http://www.bluesnews.com/s/147658/steam-gifting-trading-region-locks
I expect that it won’t be long before this becomes the norm and we’ll have no option to get anything cheaper at all, it’s early in Act 1 & Chekov’s gun has just been put on the mantelpiece. Hooray for lack of choices, when you get none, everything becomes easier.
Which I’ve just realised is the diametric opposite of The Stanley Parable…
I had a nap after being out with everyone. Woke up with an awful nocturnal panic attack.
Not doing this shit, ever, again.
Panic is bad, I recommend making a pillow fort.
Unless you’re claustrophobic of course.
That doesn’t work in this instance.
It was a severe one where I wake up already in the most panicked part. I’m still feeling dizzy from the lack of proper breathing
Oooh that does sound nasty, I agree. Maybe it’s the official notification that you’re getting old, its your body flipping the Deteriorate switch and before you know it you’ll be grey haired & arthritic.
That sounds disturbingly like me now that I say it out loud…
More like, I’ve figured out how to combat the others so my body and mind have conspired to do something horrible
You have to give the human body points for creativity, there’s always something new and confusing around to annoy and perplex you. Getting your brain and body working together might well count as a victory for diplomacy though
Wish it wouldn’t though.
I’m still feeling dizzy now.
I’d suggest having a lie down but that’s what got you into this mess in the first place…
@aliasalpha
I try breathing exercises but I find it doesn’t help much
Have you seen a doctor about it? It sounds like the kind of thing you should be having medication for if it’s recurring. Do distraction techniques work? Or perhaps a surpriBOO!!!!!!
@aliasalpha
Yeah I’m on Meds and I see a psychologist
Prozac to be exact
I know that feeling, just starting a course of amphetamines myself. So far I’ve not noticed any improvement but it’s not even been a day yet so it’s a bit ambitious to expect magic.
@aliasalpha
I found mine actually made me more anxious to begin with but then it sorted it out. I was on 3 a day at the beginning
Well good to hear it sorted itself out, I’m still at the stage of pharmaceutical psychiatry I like to describe as “Lets throw everything at the wall and see what sticks”. As long as the amphetamines don’t make my heart explode out of my body like a chestburster in Alien I’ll consider it progress…
If anyone wants snow globe steam cards for the Xmas sale event I have many spares.
I’ve just been selling mine, I figure If they’re going for something like 50c each I can end up getting a game for free
I’ll probably end up going for multiple levels again so I’ll let you know if I need any towards the end
Christmas is the worst. All it does is reminds unintentionally thoughtless people about just how thoughtless they are.
I have a Christmas Dinner with some family friends tonight, and I’ve suddenly become terrified that they will have decided to get me something, and then I will look terrible in return.
In hindsight I probably should’ve put more effort into trying to be thoughtful/showing appreciation to a broader variety of people other than only a single person 😛 (guess who!)
Might stop into a bottleshop on the way home tomorrow and buy some things for a few other people. (I like to think that giving people a way to forget about Christmas is a good idea)
Christmas is the best! Even at its worst it’s still the best! Except for maybe Halloween, that’s a very close second. If it was bigger in Australia then that would be the best! But CHRISTMAS! If you’re having a bad Christmas just get drunk. It’s perfectly acceptable on Christmas! 😀
Oh the whole getting together with friends and family and eating way too much awesome food and stuff, that’s all great. And Halloween is indeed the best.
I just hate the need to try and think of presents to get for people. I have no idea how to do that, and still have a whole bunch left to get. Ideas are too hard to make.
The best thing to do if you have no idea is to ask them what they want! Or ask them to give you a list! That’s what I do when I’m stuck on an idea. And that way they won’t be disappointed! 🙂
Just so long as they actually have anything to tell you. Which they usually don’t. And even if there is, they mightn’t want to tell you 😛
If people do that to me I just say “Fine, you get what you get and you’re not allowed to complain about it”, then buy them something cheap and tacky, although I also get them an actual present 😛
See, you’re still thoughtful in the end. I don’t have that 😛
That’s just cause I love Christmas so damn much and get in a sought or merry mood for the entire month of December! 😀 I’m sure you’ll find a good present for everyone you still need to get presents for!
Just gift everyone a copy of The Stanley Parable and call it a day
I think the generous @negativezero has already sailed that boat
Oh, maybe Fez then
Blaghs Socialisation Battlelog:
We have people over, I don’t know most of them.
Mariah Carey’s All I want for Christmas is You started playing, and I started very quietly singing my own version. I’m hoping that the person closest to me didn’t notice, as she looks to be kind of old, and so is hopefully deaf.
If I don’t make it through the night, tell my family “god dammit guys, you were right there, why didn’t you save him from the 9 legged flying bearopus.”
Is a bearopus a bear with tentacles or an octopus with bears instead of tentacles?
It’s an ursine work.
Its upper half is an octopus, but with bear arms/claws on it, its lower half is a bear, but with tentacles as well. But this particular one lost a couple in some fights, due to its ferocious battle hunger.
It does rather sound like the kind of thing you’d need to be saved from, at least its not a cyborg as well
Anyone know somewhere in Melbourne that’s good that can replace a smashed front glass screen on an iPhone 4? My sister broke hers last night and used it as an excuse to upgrade to a 5S, so I’ve claimed her broken 4 and want to fix it so I can use it for a bit since I wanted to try out an iPhone again since I’ve been on Windows Phone for a couple of years.
Okay, these are the games I can think of for MultiTAYer Monday:
– Blur
– Flatout (1 or 2)
– Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod
– Monaco
– Star Wars – Battlefront 2
– TrackMania Nations Forever (going with this over stadium, because this one’s free)
– TF2
– Half Life 2
– Counter-Strike (Source or GO)
– Company of Heroes
– Unreal Tournament 3
– ROME: Total War
– Torchlight 2
– Warframe
– War Thunder (Free to play)
– Civilization V
– XCOM: Enemy Unknown
– Super Monday Night Combat (Pretty nice ring to it, also free)
– Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (and possibly the Deadliest Warrior expansion)
Thanks to @mythamphetamine for the list on the previous page. 🙂
Just Cause 2. Yes! It is absolute chaos. We need to get a crew together and bring our own chaos to the party :3
We should see if we can take over an airport. Those places are absolute battlefields! Also, set our player characters to Baby Panoy or whatever his name his. TAY Midget Crew \o/
awww, Super Monday night combat, it was too beautiful for this world. 🙁
wat doin?
Bravely Default people, I just got Given a copy for Christmass.
Is it worth finishing the demo before or jump into the full game (just killed the boss in the forest area) or are the things you unlock not worth it?
Mystery question fun time! \o/
C or H?
H!
I’ll go with ‘or’
C!
After much deliberation, I choose H
Why not both?
Also, I got Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. The disk looks sexy. This is my first time watching it in English though. Sounds so weird. I may have to swap back to Japanese.
I don’t know what to play… 🙁
What systems do you have to play games on?
Edit: far too late of a reply to make a suggestion! My bad!
PS1, PS2, PS3, PSVita, PC, GameCube, Gameboy.
Yes! 5 hours of driving for an awkward family reunion that isn’t even mine. Today is going to be aweso….wait.
oh my! that sounds exciting!
A few years ago I decided to cut all ties with extended family. It was really the best thing I’ve done, my friend. 😀
Hanging out with extended family and just cutting ties? I have to say that sounds like rather dull family entertainment…
I’m heading home to Warrnambool today for Christmas.
For this playing at home, here is a couple of stories from the local newspaper from 2013:
http://www.standard.net.au/story/1507249/jealousy-a-jogger-and-cans-of-udl/
http://www.standard.net.au/story/1889148/dim-sim-fight-ends-in-injury/
And finally:
http://www.standard.net.au/story/1584798/goon-bag-missile-on-caramut-road-disables-vehicle/
Oh god Starbomb is genuinely good listenin’.
I particularly like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-j7se0lcqU
Kraid was hesitating but Samus was set to fight
She got into a battle stance that made her butt look super tight
Then Kraid said
“No wait I think there has been a gigantic mistake
I actually just wanted to give you some desserts that I baked”
loving Starbomb, regretroid is up there as one of my favourites
however i’ve been singing luigi’s ballad at work, which may or may not be appropiate.
I’M READY TO GIVE LOVE A SHOT, IT’S NOT ABOUT HOW MANY COINS YOU GOT!
I mistyped my handle while creating a Squenix account (because apparently you need to sign in to play a single player game which is installed locally… fuck you, Squenix), so now I’m known as…
Mythamphetamince. I kinda like it.
Right, the preparations for Multi-TAY-er are here.
Thank you so much, mate! 😀
So I just watched the pilot for Kill la Kill. It may just be the most over-the-top thing I have ever watched. It was… magnificent.
Thoughts
-The animation is stellar
-The most fanservicey battle armour ever. It’s just a mini-bra with shoulder pads. Awesome.
-Mako is an incredibly generic character. Do all animes have to have a character on meth?
-Exposition is handled is the stupidest way possible.
-They appear to have forgotten to give Ryuko a personality. Oh well.
-“We’re really weak against stronger people!”
THE PUG IS WEARING A HOODIE! ALL MY YES!
Mako is literally the best, she’s every anime trope in one, who just jumps around while being animated cheaply.
She’s absolutely a throwback to the ditzy sidekick stereotype from early 80s stuff like Project A-ko.
It’s amusing but seems a little too silly/over the top.
And this is coming from a rabid One Piece fan.
For TAY-folks on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/CN_Simracer1990/status/414599965852184576
Multi-TAYer Monday tomorrow night!
MQFT results!
2 Hs, 1 C, 1 both and 1 or. So H wins!
Yesterday Miss Emsie and I were discussing which is a better parenting tool for knocking out kids throwing tantrums. I was pro Hammers, and she was pro Chloroform. My argument was that hammers are better because they’re cheaper and easier to get a hold of, and the bump on their head will leave a lasting reminder to discourage them from further tantrums. Her argument was that chloroform only makes them sleepy and knocks them out so she wouldn’t have to take them to hospital with a concussion, she can just have some peaceful time to herself.
Both sides of the argument have their valid points, but thankfully the TAY Community in all their wisdom sided with me on this one \o/
…she and I are going to make great parents one day :3
Chloroform leaves no bruises.
The best weapon against tantrums is apathy.
My stepmother used to throw tantrums -in the middle of the shopping centre, kicking and screaming- whenever her kids did. The kids soon stopped.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long while. So good. Resonated. Couldn’t recommend it more!
I bet you only watched it for emma watson in a bra 😉
Maybe if I was 15. 😛
Okay, I came up with a TAY game.
I leave a movie title, the rest of you come up with a short synopsis.
Best one wins and gets to leave a movie title.
This movie’s title is…
Charlie’s in the woodchipper!
A Harrowing tale of a small logging community trying to recover after an industrial accident takes the life of a respected community leader.
This one wins.
Sorry @mythamphetamine.
Go!
After saving Billy from drowning in “The Boy In The Well”, comes this dramatic re-enactment of Lassie’s last stand.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Looks like I won’t be playing Bravely Default after all. Where the heck did the dual language thing they were talking about before it launched go to? Was that just the JP release? 🙁
pretty sure it was just for the updated “for the sequel” version. (which was JP only)
Its in the message settings in the config.
Yeah, it took me a good three hours before I found the option.
Go to the menu, tactics, config, and then it’s in one of the options there.
So you have to play a whole chunk of the game dubbed before they’ll let you change it?
Can you restart and have it play with the proper settings at least? 😐
Doubt it. And isn’t the menu available immediately?
Have been home for about 10 minutes. So far so good. Was a bit scared when I opened my bedroom door and there was a big arse food warmer sitting on my bed. I assumed it was a weird gift that I would never have any use for, but thankfully it was just being stored in here…
Anyways, @dc I can finally download and watch Rick and Morty! I’ll let you know what I think of it!
Melbourne Meat Write-up!
Yesterday, I met with @scree @tech_knight @beavwa (his partner Pip – sorry I don’t know her TAY handle?) and @negativezero for my first meat!
In town visiting family, I took the Saturday off to meat up with the TAYbies and prove that I actually exist. Much food, drink and dessert was had, and the guys are nothing short of awesome – all of them. But everyone here knew that already.
I’ll admit I was nervous at first – nothing two pints of Carlton Draught couldn’t wash away though. The butterflies in my stomach needed to be drowned! XD After that, it was all good.
Anyway, thanks for spending the time with me, guys. I loved it.
Glad you enjoyed yourself.
Like I said, I had a feeling it was you, but I wasn’t sure so I said techie’s handle loudly. Just for you.
Sorry I wasn’t in the best of places yesterday, but I also didn’t want to bail.
Sorry I missed it, didn’t finish work till around 4 and was zonk. Wasn’t until I got home and finished dinner that I even thought of the meat. Glad you had fun
Oh shit, this is awesome! It’s the grand prix race track from where I grew up in rfactor. Obviously not the same time period I grew up in, but it’s still mostly familiar!
In good news, the tablets mum managed to get me, the cleaning efforts, and the dogs not being in the way has led to being home actually being bearable. As long as it can hold out till Friday, all is good. It is really upsetting me though looking at my dogs (especially Justin, the older one that I love to death) and not being able to give them a massive hug and play/wrestle with them 🙁
Do you have some gloves? It sounds a bit silly, but it might help
We do have some, but it’s getting their hair on my clothes that are a bigger worry
Use a sheet? Sorry, I’m just trying to help
http://imgur.com/0mj4udF
http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/34665-pc_0.jpg ?
So I watched the 11 episodes of Kill la Kill that are available. Let me tell you my thoughts. Engage the CAPS Lock.
-FLUTE ROCKETS!
-THE BEST USE OF BEETHOVEN’S “FATE” YET!
-Satsuki as a child is somehow even more badass than the adult version. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
-I am convinced that is an alternate reality version of pokemon. The bad guys are called the Elite Four, there are references to the Kanto region, and… that’s about it.
-THE MUSICIAN KILLS PEOPLE WITH BASS!
-THOUSANDS OF BYSTANDERS HAVE DIED! HOW DOES THIS SCHOOL STILL HAVE PEOPLE IN IT?
-No comment on Gangoori’s lifestyle choice. Not a one.
-Am I the only one that get’s a really strong Mimi vibe from Nui Harime?
-I love the even-handedness of the fanservice. Everyone, regardless of gender, is sexed up. You would have to be really thick to call this sexist. Yay equality!
-Ryuko’s father’s design is incredible. He’s got the eyepatch and everything.
Now I’ll have to wait for episodes!
Happy Festivus Everyone!
So I’m at work. And it is running soooo slowly.
I was supposed to be playing Board games with someone today but they havent shown.
Would it be a bad idea to sleep?
Are you a pilot or driver? If not, you can probably afford a nap
He works at Lucas Heights to ensure OPAL doesn’t meltdown.
Well it probably won’t melt down and if it does we have a setting for the next S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game…
haha, that’s my partners job. I wouldnt trust myself with that.
I’m doing IT at a tv channel
Not channel 9 is it? My brother works in network control there
Lol. Very small world it is. Yeah I work in the App Support team.
Morning, ladies and gents!!
Just revealing my newest 40k project, finally!
My own custom defiler kitbashed from a Soul Grinder and Arachnarok kit! Plus an awesome base!!
The other mini is for scale.
He’s still not finished yet – i have to add his arms tonight. It’s for a competition at the local GW on Boxing Day 😀
http://tinypic.com/r/126ep8i/5
Whoa… that’s badass!
Good luck 🙂
Edit: Cowabunga! It looks awesome!
Did you settle on a name for your legion in the end? And why was it visceral coil?
Good morning.
Mum is still in a lot of pain. She dragged her heavy doona out of her room and into the lounge without waking me. I told her off and said next time to wake me up. She probably won’t though knowing her. =/
Maybe you need to set up some sort of alarm system, a mum-motion sensor of some sort. Did she end up seeing a doctor?
She ended up going to the hospital
Probably a good thing from what you’ve described, any idea whats wrong?
It’s a severe infection of the kidneys and bowel
Oooh nasty, still infections aren’t that hard to treat generally. Just annoying that you have to wait them out
pretty much
Good Morning TAY!
For some. Remember those of us working in retail today. Last 2 days before Christmas.
Yep
While not actually “in” retail, my workplace has a significant retail presence, hence, IT systems still need support
So yeah, I’m still chained to my desk for 2 more days
I’m frontline counter! Yaaa…./o\
Just think… what would Solaire do?
Hmmm…I wonder if we’ll get a new TAY or if we’re stuck with this one until next year. 😛
I think we’re stuck with this one 😛
Oh well, at least we’re done with Dad Joke Page 6 for at least another week! 😛
Dad joke Page 16?
My daughter told me yesterday “your jokes aren’t very funny daddy”.
She was right to tell you!
Strange, I’ve already proved once this Tay that I can break dad joke page six out of Page six at any time. Do you need another demonstration?
It’s page 12, seems an appropriate location for a second round
I think we might be stuck with a, slightly crusty, recycled TAY :oP
Well we got a shiny one on Tuesday last week. so I guess it semi balances 🙂
Hey everyone got a quick question about PAX accommodation. We’re all organising our own stuff separately correct? I don’t want to book something and then find out that there was some sort of group organised thing.
Games!
I live in Melb, about 20min walk from 2014 PAX venue, where are you all looking at staying?
I might be able to offer some advise for accommodation vs ease of public transport access etc
I was gonna check out the prices for the ones reserved by PAX. It depends though, I was considering driving down to Melbourne, but if I did that I’d want to leave my car at a Taybie’s house, in the outer suburbs if possible.
I’m in the western suburbs, I have plenty of driveway available
Thanks Scree! If I end up driving down (which I probably will, cost would be roughly the same and I don’t enjoy flying) then I’ll take you up on that, very generous of you!
Spencer Street isnt too bad
I stayed at one just up the road and it was fine
and yes, as @tigerion said, 5min walk to PAX
Great Southern Hotel is 110 a night, they in a good spot?
I don’t know if the place is any good but that’s about 5 minute walk from PAX
Also just round the corner from the titty bars 😉Excellent! I don’t need much in a hotel room, bed, private bathroom. Fridge. I’ll suss out their website later.
I stayed there this year for PAX, did the job nicely
Polaris announced the start of a new Blood Bowl competition among YouTubers over the weekend. And just like that, I want to play Blood Bowl again.
Yeah can’t wait to watch that, some of the player names are hilarious.
“From Zomb-A to Zomb-E” made me burst out laughing when he was naming his zombie players in the undead team
The people to watch out for will probably be cKnoor (because that man has played way too much BB) and probably the Orc and Skaven teams. The other teams are good but they are a bit too gimicky. TB as Goblins will be hilarious.
Lol yeah, some of the player names have been absolutely fantastic. The entire British team should be good.
I doubt even cKnoor could’ve beaten Lil’ Skittles in the first one…
At 8 movement there was not much anyone could do to stop him. TB had the best chance with his Chaos Dwarf blockers and tacklers but no one else could even hope to catch him. If there were Skaven though, the Crendorians would have been in trouble.
Although, at least we can say that Lil’ Skittles will be immortalised forever on the Lizardmen wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizardmen_(Warhammer)#Notable_Skinks).
Crendor has Rick Troll on his team this time.
But TB has screamingletsplayer and Unitlostgaming has Winston Churchill. I don’t know if Rick Troll will be enough to carry the team.
And TB also has GooglePlus, an unstoppable force on youtube as of late
If you are interested in an online game I’ll be keen to give it a try
I’ve only tried once and had connection issues that are dodgy as
I haven’t played online BB in forever but I’d be keen for a game at some point. I don’t have you on Steam but my ign is popdart5 and my BB coach name is also popdart5 (if I remember right).
Maybe we could attempt a TAY tourney and try to record it 😛
I would like to but recording stuff isn’t my strong point. Also, having an upload speed of 0.3 Mb/s will not work at all.
Edit: A TAY tourney might be possible but I’d be more inclined to wait for BB 2 and try then as they will (hopefully) have fixed up the multiplayer to be more streamlined and easy-to-use.
Agreed, I could try recording my matches through fraps and get the opponent up via TS or something, similar to how the youtube guys do it cuz I think some TAYbies would love to watch the hilarity and just speaking about it just wouldn’t be the same. 😛
Blood Bowl and Warhammer have always intrigued me
I have to admit to one of my greatest shames though, I have never played either
Not even 40K SPESH MEREEN?!? (Seriously, do play it).
Fantasy Warhammer was good but it’s a shame EA and Mythic kinda dropped the ball on the Warhammer MMO. It was good for what it was but directly competing with WoW was just suicide. I am pretty hyped up for Blood Bowl 2 next year and whenever Creative Assembly do their Total War/Fantasy Warhammer game.
I haven’t even played the miniatures, table-top versions o.O
To be fair, neither have I. 😛
I’ve only played the video game versions. For 40K, the Dawn of War series is pretty stonking great and the Space Marine game is a decent Gears-ish type of game.
Fantasy Warhammer hasn’t had anything good for a few years but there’s a decent mod for Medieval Total War 2 that converts everything to the Fantasy Warhammer world map, factions, and units so check it out if you’re curious.
Well if you wanted to get a feel for it you can get BB legendary edition for $5 right now. Just make sure you go turn based play rather than realtime. Will give you a good feel for the game without costing you a fortune
Yeah, I’ve had it on my Steam Wishlist for ages
Just haven’t pulled the trigger on it
Kinda wanted an impartial on it first :o)
Ohh no, not legendary, it’s the expanded version of the first game which was pretty crap (technically an adequate implementation but lacking soul). If @wizz-fizz (or indeed anyone else) wants to get a good first impression of Blood Bowl, go for the Chaos Edition, it fixes pretty much all the issues the first version had, adds leagues, pretty much all the teams including a lot of the obscure ones, has proper player progression and feels like a faithful conversion of the board game. Also chaos edition is only a few bucks more and was a daily deal in the thanksgiving sale and since valve seem to be ken on recycling, chances are that it’ll at least be a flash sale this time
Thanks for the recommendation.
I think that was one of the reasons I hadn’t gone for it yet.
I just checked my wishlist, its the Chaos Edition that I have listed, so if it comes up for sale, Ill snatch it this time around :o)
Stop talking up chaos edition. I already own 2 versions of it on my steam account. Plus my minis.
How do you own 2 copies?
I’ve got my undead team on a shelf gathering dust, normally I’d be sad about it but it makes them look more authentic
I have dark elves edition as well as legendary. I see chaos there but it looked very similar (and since you can play against chaos edition I figured it was basically the same game with new teams) so didn’t take the leap and get my 3rd version.
My gobos are packed up at the moment, ran out of space for them
What up, folks. Hope this day finds you well! Any one have elaborate plans for Christmas?
Apart from having lunch/exchanging gifts at my parents house it’s a pretty basic day for me.
Eating, drinking, and being merry. That’s as elaborate as I get. 😀
Circle those wagons
Keep the carols out
Circle the wagons
‘Cause TAY is ent’ring drought
Well its a Wednesday… That’s about it. Suppose I’ll give my mum the DVDs I got for her & get on with my day.
We’re hosting breakfast for 12 people. If it wasn’t breakfast, potentially the greatest meal of the day, I’d be a little more upset. But it’ll be the highlight, with the kids opening their gifts with everyone around them, in a safe familiar environment. We’re having bacon, eggs, toast, hash browns, yoghurt, cereal, fruit, and croissants.
Then we have lunch with my side of the family. All of my in-laws will be gone by then, which means that I get the evening with just wife and kids! Ideal. \o/
And ugh, in-law dramas have been non-stop this weekend. Will be a relief to have some distance from them on Christmas afternoon!
Oh man, sounds like good eating!
Hope the in-law stuff isn’t too stressful. I remember you were upset about father-in-law last year too. 🙁 You’re a good guy, Shane. Just remember that!
You know twelve people? Whoa! I assume they’re all TAYbies? 😀
Haha, this time it’s the mother-in-law! \o/
I don’t really want to air dirty laundry, but it was a very unpleasant weekend just gone by.
And twelve people are all family! Except when I count in my head, it might only be eleven. Including me, Mrs Shane and the two kids. So I don’t know that many people… 😛
Driving up to visit my Mum. My aunts and uncles will be there, should be a good time. Back to work pretty much immediately after.
Chicken Enchiladas for breakfast. Breakfast of kiiiiiiiings.
Walking Dead season 2 choices n stuff
STILL. NOT. BITTEN. Damn, Clem.I opted to save Christa, because why wouldn’t you? Killed the dog but not happy about it because animals suffering or dying in any way is something I’m never comfortable with in anything. I accepted Nick’s apology simply because everyone does and says dumb things in a zombie apocalypse. Clem gave a lot of sass to the pregnant woman because she’s worse than Lily and Larry combined into one monster of a person. Gave water to the dying man because Clem needs to know where Christa is. Then I saved Nick because Pete looked to be bitten, but it’s certainly the decision I’m most uncertain about, which is good. Also read some people talking about a watch you can take? Where was that/what’s the context here? I missed it.
Good episode, but that opening was terrible. Not for what happened, but how it happened. Poorly presented and incredibly cheap. Everything after the title card was pretty great though.
STILL. NOT. BITTEN. I swear, if anyone in the entire world didn’t choose that line, I will eat my hat.I didn’t. My mouse cursor disappeared and I couldn’t select any thing. :S
I don’t have a hat.
Cheesecake will do!
Shane has tummy bug 🙁
Cheesecake is contraindicated 🙁
PS: How did the cake survive in your fridge? 😛
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bb6OZKdIAAAXDFr.jpg:large
It’s long gone now. Good eating. 😀
Hope you feel better, my pal!
“All right cake, I’m just going to be going [chomp, chomp, chomp], and if you get eaten, it’s y…”
Wait, I made this joke already.
Disregard.
@shane: Half of TAY is recycled jokes or ‘in jokes’… we’re known for our repetition.
Colobus monkeys!
Yeeeeees, but the same joke in the same situation is just lazy repetitiveness. And kind of redundant. Like saying the same things twice, it is a little unnecessary to be repeating one’s self.
Colobus monkeys!
I think most of us are making pretty much the same decisions. I hope the rest of the season polarises TAY a bit. I miss the “monster” accusations 🙁
Maybe we’re all monsters now!
It seems the only reasonable conclusion.
I know you certainly are. And my world was thrown into disarray when I realised we made the same choices.
But, what about the twins thing? I THOUGHT THAT MEANT SOMETHING! D:
I get the feeling the season will get more complicated choice wise as it progresses.
It does mean something: just that we finish each other’s sandwiches. But a game like The Walking Dead… that’s the kind of thing that divides brothers and tears families apart.
I thought we all agreed that Mrs. Shane was the real monster! 😀
Which is interesting because the ending choice comparison screen showed the Pete/Nick choice was an even 50/50 split.WHO IS MAKING ALL THESE WEIRD CHOICES?I’m tempted to call shenanigans, but that’s really @spaghett’s job.
I felt like a bit of a hypocrite saving Nick instead of Pete. I rationalized it’s because I saw the leg wound and I felt like Pete could handle himself better than Nick could, but then only hours before it was Clem with the arm wound insisting she wasn’t bitten. I feel like she might’ve done what the others were doing earlier, reaction wise.Huh… now I feel bad. Oh, man. And I was so sure I’d made the right choice there… 😛I think there was going to be feelings of guilt either way and this only occurred to me after I finished the game. I feel like if Clem has this realization in game it’ll be a really compelling thing to watch unfold. Carrying this weight on her shoulders, etc.That makes sense, but I justify it as a horrible ‘in the moment’ decision, and Clementine, despite taking a few levels in badassery, is still a child capable of poor decision making.Yeah, totally! I agree with that too! One of those things where there’s no right answers, like the Duck/Shawn thing from season one. 🙁MASTER RACE! (Ohwait, I thought you meant decisions other than in Walking Dead.)
@transientmind! I gotta say, I missed your weekly Thursday post! >:|
Also… MONSTER!
Ah yes, there was no ThursTAY due to not having the time to catch up on the TAY thread. I did, however, post on some articles! That was fun, I haven’t done that in a while.
Also, not much to update. Training continues and is still boring, an exercise in explaining common sense. Work intensified last week as everyone realized that this week is the week of Christmas and the majority of people will be away, so best get all the work done now now now.
I did not play Dark Souls on the weekend either, unfortunately. Instead I played some SWTOR with my younger brother, who has been very keen to do it. I don’t really have the time to invest on it, so those characters are going to sit on the backburner a bit, which I’m not thrilled about, but I dunno. Maybe I can make time. My contract work has dried up, and while it was useful having a few extra dollars, it wasn’t doing anything particularly special long-term, as far as I can tell.
Aw man, I’m still bitter SW: TOR isn’t KotOR 3. *shakes fist at game and no one in particular*
Hope you have a damn good Christmas, my friend!
I was going to upvote until you said you didn’t play Dark Souls.
That’s totally why I upvoted!
SURVEY RESULTS
http://shanewsmith.com/2013/12/survey-results/
Enjoy.
Has anyone been to Gamemasters at the Powerhouse yet?
how does getting tickets work, do i need to do it via ticketmaster or can i just buy some at the door?
Not sure but when it was down in melb I think we just turned up and bought tickets to get in.
If there is a keynote or something that might be different
Old TAY we hardly k- wait.
Just tried some of this “gingerade” stuff dad brought home. It’s rather fiery.
Also, shit. Still gotta make one more trip to the shops.
Hey Gooky! Any developments on Pillowmaker front? What did Wingman think?
(Got to catch up on my stories! :P)
If only they didn’t release episodes so sporadically. They need a much tighter production schedule, for sure.
At least let you stream them on the net
Different episodes could attract entirely different audiences! \o/
Hmm. Well at first Wingman was freaking out about it, worrying that she was going to lose more of her friends (some others having recently turned out to be not so nice) because of drama and such. Felt better about it after having slept on it though. Pillowmaker, I’ve found out that she’s more or less in the same position as me. A little put-off in that we haven’t talked about it at all (didn’t really get any chance to the next day, what with people being around all the time. And then I don’t really have any lines of communication with her and am super reluctant to have any IRL people on my Skype after the last one). Just kind of confused and wants to know exactly what this thing is. So we should probably try and sort that out at some point.
Meanwhile I am also still freaking out a little bit and trying to figure out what I think of myself.
Gooky’s awesome, it’s written in the scriptures. You can stop freaking out now. 😀
Sexy irresistable studmuffin who’s tilting things even further in his favour by playing hard-to-get.
Good luck!
Well since DC & Shane have both stolen what I was going to say, I’ll have to resort to suggesting some non-Skype communication alternative like gmail chat or steam. Buy her a copy of The Stanley Parable, it’s an undemanding game both technically and in terms of required skill, it’s not so expensive that it looks like you’re trying to buy her affections but its enough to say “Hey, I like you and think you would like this”
Also, what happened last time on Skype, @mrtaco? Sounds like a plot twist!
After five seconds, all he could see were boobs on the screen. Lots of boobs.
5 seconds is a very short timeout for a screensaver
Well my Skype account was made with my username that I use for “everything”, and it’s unique. So it meant that after a bit of googling, a whoooooole lot of stuff could be found out about me very quickly. Not that I have a problem with the things I’ve put out there (otherwise I wouldn’t have in the first place) but it’s different to be posting all those things to a particular audience. Netfolk aren’t the same as IRLfolk.
That’s true. And makes sense.
Though I feel like Skype is way more useful for IRL folks than online folks so you should probably do something about that. 😀
Well I only ended up with Skype because of netfolk so it made sense at the time 😛 I’ve been forever signing in to MSN (it still works!), and a couple of years back a group of friends from the forum I was on decided to have a NYE hangout over Skype. Eventually they bullied me into joining in, and that same group convo is still going on now. Then a few more people from the same place got added, and then the forum made their own Skype chat to replace the old IRC channel that wasn’t getting used any more. So it’s been great for chatting with everyone from there (I do rather like the feature where it updates you on messages that were sent while you were offline, although that means a whole lot of reading when I come back from not being on in a couple of days), but has now left me in the situation I’m currently in. It’d be great to have a second account linked to this one, so I could run two separate accounts from the one client 😛
(It should also be noted that I never ever ever use Skype for voice communication. It’s only for typing and file transfers.
And not just because voice chat just doesn’t want to work on my computer for some reason :P)
Christ you have the best problems.
*circles the wagons*
I know what a wagon looks like, you don’t need to draw patronising circles around them thank you…
I may be able to help later.
I thought I spotted some coyotes on the north western perimeter. Might wanna keep an eye out!
Watch out for dysentery
Dysentery. My arch nemesis.
My PS4 is in Kentucky. Why is it in Kentucky, UPS?
Might be where they put on the 11 secret herbs & spices
I guess a new TAY eludes us…
Reminder: MultiTAYer tonight.
The only games I got installed in that list:
Civilization V
Realm Of The Mad God
Terraria
War Thunder
Worms Revolution (Vote)
Minecraft
LoL (Vote)
Guild Wars 2 (Vote)
I don’t have AoE2 and I don’t want to smash my download quota to buy and install tonight
Keen for some multiTAYer action but Monday is trivia night 🙁
Alas, I will be AFK from my computer tonight as I’m headed home.
So, airports are pretty boring.
That’s what John McClain thought when he was going to pick up his wife Holly!
I was reminded of Die Hard 2 when I was carrying around a Christmas present yesterday. It was a fairly conspicuously-sized box, wrapped very brightly in silver. There were a couple times through the day where I would put it down on a seat, so I could grab my phone and look at it or adjust my boots or whatever, and people would give me the most terrified looks, like, “OMG THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE when someone drops one of those suspicious packages that are actually a bomb, then walk away from it!” I’d pick up the package and people would relax noticeably.
’tis the season for paranoia! 😀
Tinfoil hats are for EVERY season.
um, quick question.
My heater died. A replacement is $3000. I can’t even get it on a credit card as the limit is $1600.
Do you think a kickstarter would be a viable option? Mum really feels the cold and we’ll need it for winter next year. We are trying to save up, but it’s next to impossible with all the bills.
What sort of heater are you looking at? A decent wall heater will only set you back a few hundred dollars. I feel that if you went for a kickstarter you would get that sort of a reaction coming back at you. You might get some generous contributions but I wouldn’t expect much if you did.
The heater we need to replace is a space saver wall heater. Rinnai are the only ones that make them. The flue is already in place but they’re so damn expensive. =(
Still one of those cheaper ones might be a good temporary replacement. Give you time to save up some more.
If worse comes to worst, you can always just pick up a bunch of bar heaters for about $25 apiece. It’s not ideal, but if times are tough…
yeah, we’ve got one. She’s using it atm as she is ill.
I think Kickstarter has rules against “support my life” type things so I’m not sure that would work.
damn. well thanks for letting me know. I’m getting desperate.
Yep.
From: http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines
I will make….things, for $3000?
Very glad I asked first, thanks
A video of you smashing the old heater with a sledgehammer, the backers can get a bit of debris as a souvenir?
Maybe I should sell the heater as an antique? =P
Not something that can be repaired?
it’s too old. It’s at least 30 years old. Possibly even 50.
Ahh yes, having to replace old stuff always happens at the exact worst time because it’s always dramatically more expensive than it should be
I will be looking at other options then
There must be something that can be retrofitted in, if it’s that old then there’s probably heaps of room for a modern replacement although slotting new stuff into an old space might be just as expensive
Yeah, I am considering getting a reverse cycle air conditioner because then Mum and the Dog won’t suffer so much in summer.
Okay, for MultiTAY tonight, I’ve decided to go for CS (Source, CZ, and GO. We’ll decide depending on which people have which version), and War Thunder.
That’s not Age of Empires 2.
Are these games definitely the ones? Because if so, i best get to downloading them.
Yes.
Hopefully mine still work 🙂
I vote for Source, as it’s the only one I have.
If there isn’t a new TAY this week then I might finally get the chance to see the long awaited page 18! I’ve been waiting patiently for page 18 for sooo long!
Still Christmas TAY with like five people posting. We might not make it. 😛
DON’T YOU TRY AND CRUSH MY DREAMS!!! >:( This is the closest I’ve been to page 18, so I’m choosing to stay optimistic! 🙂
Don’t mind me. I’m still haunted by last years Christmas TAY where I thought it’d be a good idea to spend the entire day posting. XD
I dunno, we might.
That’s the (kinda) optimistic attitude I like to hear!!! 🙂
If we stop replying and just post in sequence it’d be easy but it’d probably count as cheating
Back in the early days of the Internets, I frequented a Half-Life humour forum (Squad Nuclear Slug – ohyes, the Gamespy ‘Planet[game name]’ network, so many moons ago) which was approaching a landmark page number – page-gets were held with an unnatural reverence and this would be the ultimate page-get. The moderator warned us all, “As we approach page X, just a reminder: no getting through through spam. Unless it’s sushi. I luuuuuuuurve sushi. Mmmm.”
So, naturally, I went hunting through the interwebs to find a delectable selection sushi photos, which I then spam-posted in a wave which I rode to the end of the page, and my rightfully-deserved page-get.
…I was honestly expecting punishment, but was thankfully just told, “Well-played.”
That IS pretty good trolling right there
So who were all the bravely default people again? I need to start friend coding.
Finished the demo last night so I unlocked all the stuff! probably a waste of time though, nothing fancy.
Also, micro transactions Blegh.
My code is: 4439-3786-6217. It should already be on TAY names.
Micro transactions. Worst ever.
They don’t seem too invasive in this one from what I’ve seen so far. They are just offering a cheat mode which I don’t mind so much. If I start feeling like they left parts of the game out or significantly altered the game to try to force people to buy them though expect me to get shitty.
BD’s microtransactions are optional and not really necessary.
The general concept is pretty bullshit though. They have no business being in a full-price retail game.
The funny thing with Bravely is that the stuff you get via microtransactions is stuff you build up by leaving the game in sleep mode, i.e. you’re paying for the ability to not not play the game.
Most indies have listened to gamers and leave that stuff out. Not big publishers though. D=
If I was making a game I would include two micro-transactions. Richi Rich, where you get $ sign added before your characters name and Capitalism B!tch! that makes all the weapons shiny chrome. Each one is only $1 but lasts for only 30min of game time and doubles in price each time you purchase.
@mrtaco
Stop complicating things. Next time you see her just kiss her, look in her eyes and say yes. Done.
Also that isn’t a joke. By the sounds of it your both too afraid the other is going to say no. Just make it official.
Then the music will slowly rise and the montage will begin!
Probably set to this song.
Bollocks to that, go for a classic @mrtaco!
http://youtu.be/njrresB0kDM
I just read that as kiss her in the eyes. That would be weird.
But a classic Gooky move though.
especially if he decided to slip in the tongue…
Some scenarios are cornea than others.
#everypage6
Oh man, that was just too awesome. You keep this up, and I’M gonna kiss you 😛
That pun was bad enough to be in Danger Mouse, I approve wholeheartedly.
THIS MAN SHOULD LEAD US
It’s already complicated, in that I’m not even sure which one you’re talking about 😛
Kiss all of the girls!
And make ’em cry!
@mrtaco and if this fails you Namco have prepared a rebound for you. That Galaga spaceship… mmmm…
I’m more a Gradius man.
Konami has you covered then
I…
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I feel that this is the appropriate response to Otomedius.
The hardest thing I ever had to say to anyone was the first time I told my now-wife that I wanted to kiss her. It was probably the best thing I ever said, though.
Then she slapped you, went to walk off and then you pull her into a kiss.
Then the orchestra swells and the montage begins. (There’s always a montage.)
A sexy montage.
Actually, it was almost entirely unlike everything you said. Even after she blushed and said “okay” I still nearly backed out 😛
Haha! I picture you pushing her down and running off!
You attribute way too much confidence to me. Way too much.
I just picture we’d share the same thought processes in situations like these. XD
Your flight instincts are much stronger than mine. I had much more in common with a deer in headlights. 😛
Asking for permission was the hardest habit to break. It’s kind of sweet, very ‘cute’, but very, very difficult to play up as Manly unless you’re faking a ‘perfect gentleman’ angle.
Or, uh… actually are a perfect gentleman. In which case I have no idea how to relate. 🙂
Morning everyone.
Looks at time
Afternoon everyone. No, I wasn’t up until 4 in the morning reading Catching Fire, that would just be ridiculous. Why would you even suggest such a thing.
I finished the Tiny Tina DLC for Borderlands 2 yesterday. It was pretty awesome. My character now has a gun that shoots swords that explode into more swords. It probably ended up killing me as many times as the enemy, but still.
Okay based on what I said before, what type of heating does everyone have and how much does it cost to run?
My house is heated by hot shame.
And ducted gas. It’s not the cheapest option but it does do the whole house (and was in it when we bought the place). It’s kind of a crude implementation, when its on every room with a vent is warmed, like it or not
Ducted gas on a thermostat. Probably the lion’s share of our gas bill, which runs up to roughly about $100 per month over winter.
Ducted is not an option for us. Concrete houses are a pain in the arse
Ducted would probably be the most expensive type to get installed anyway.
How about an array of cheap hairdryers?
I wish?
Global warming! I hear there’ll be a price for that… later. And Queensland temperatures!
The sun that hasn’t heard of winter up here yet.
Yeah, @scree …No advice to be had in this corner.
Queensland ‘winter’ only rolls around every other year and usually only lasts about two weeks if you’re lucky. It can be effectively endured by wearing something other than shorts/nudity around the house. Socks if you’re desperate.
I understand. I should’ve added queenslanders need not reply?
Usually my house is heated by a computer and/or xbox 360 and PS1. Does cost a bit to run though.
Been gaming in a different room due to the kids using the main TV which means I’m using the old PS3 that only sometimes loads discs. Can’t connect to the internet from the bedroom so I can’t use any saves from the cloud but it had my old barely started Kingdoms of Amalur save on it so I’ve been playing that. And having loads of fun. So all in all, a big win. 😀
Edit: Haha…even though I haven’t made a comment in hours I got the “You’re posting too quickly, slow down!” message when attempting to post this. @dc’s gonna have fun circling the wagons if people can only make one comment every few hours. 😛
That game was so damn fun. Incredibly cool environments to explore. If it had a stronger story, it would have been even more amazing!
As for the wagons, they’ll be circled with or without posts. *moseys off*
You’re more than welcome to come and spend Christmas Day with us.
Aw, thanks for the thought Freeze. :’) You so kind. And awesome. And friend like. *decisive nod*
I think I might just stay in and possibly watch movies and the like. I promise you guys that I won’t repeat last Christmas and post here all day. I’ll force myself to do something. 🙂
Thanks though! Warmed my cold, black heart. 😀
@freezespreston is a gentleman, and I recommend taking him up on his offer! After all, it’s nice to have a bit of a change in the routine every now and then to mark landmarks (unimportant or not), and experiencing some fun with others is always novel.
I remember when I was working at Telstra, a friend there and I were working shifts all the way up to and during the day itself. When this friend asked what I was planning on doing to celebrate the day, I told him I was thinking I’d stay and home and have a nice drink or two, maybe watch something Christmassy on TV to get in the spirit of things… watching his face I could just about see it break the guy’s heart, he insisted I come along to his in-law’s for a sorta-Christmas lunch.
I was disinclined to go, not wanting to be an imposition, but I could see the very concept of ‘Christmas alone’ was too much for this guy to bear, so I went along and ended up having a great time. And they invited me to other things after, because they enjoyed the company. Clearly this is happening to YOU. 🙂
What became of the wagons you were supposed to circle?!
They were abandoned. And everyone realized it didn’t matter. 🙂
I tried that last year and he insulted me by repeatedly spurning my invitation and then complaining that his Christmas sucked. 😛
But, I had reasons! Wagons to circle! WAGONS!
They ain’t gonna circle themselves, Strange!
Unless we replace them with motion detection turrets. That could work. *strokes patchy chin stubble*
May I draw your attention to this?
They’re ALREADY circled. Go have a nice Christmas.You may not!
No, they’ll almost certainly become self-aware and gun us all down!
I’m not very far in so I have no idea about the overarching story but I’m finding the little stories behind the billions of random quests to be enough so far.
This is pretty great. And Christmas-related. With Muppets. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Needs more muppets
Same could be said for most things in life.
Most? Is there anything that actually has enough muppets?
Well, I guess there is ‘The Muppet Show’… that probably has enough muppets in it.
Ohwait. They keep putting humans on it. Yeah. Could bump those for more muppets.
Well, I finally got a copy of the ad I was asked to be in. I have no idea why they picked the first shot of me, my legs look hideous. The boxing part at the end was okay but the tire flipping thing just looked awful.
Aliasalpha Industries takes no responsibility for loss of eyesight as a result of watching this video
Gyms are terrifying. D:
I have no idea which person you were because there were no hideous legs in the ad.
The ones on the bloke flipping tyres
Oh, I figured it out, I was just letting you know in a roundabout way that your legs aren’t hideous. 😛
Hehe I just can’t not see it now. I’ll probably be the same when & if they actually look good
Just take the damn compliment! you make me so mad I could flip a tyre!
Get one from the back of a tractor, they’re 30 odd kilos & are actually pretty challenging to flip
Just bought the first season of The Walking Dead for just over $6 on steam!
You chose… wisely.
It costs about that much on XBLA at the moment, too! Probably of little use to you right now, but so everyone else knows 🙂
Enjoy it! Let us know your choices as you make them, so we can call you a monster.
I decided to wait for the rest of the season to come out after I finished ep1 and then never got back to it. Must do so one of these days.
I’m an idiot. My first thought was “Steam sells TV seasons now?”
I thought that too, until I got further down into the comment.
@negativezero I had another rare ship girl drop on the weekend. I got the Mutsu. \o/ While I’m happy that I now have a super-dreadnought, I kinda wish that I’d gotten Nagato instead of “worst-luck-ever” Mutsu. First sortie with her and she suffered two crits that dropped her to 2 HP from 80. Yep, definitely unlucky.
Nothing else really happened. Tried cranking out a few subs but no luck there. I did complete the Takao-class line for the composition quest but now I need to level them up and try and beat 2-2 with them. I’m not sure how that will go but I’m hoping for the best.
I really, really want the rest of the Kongou line simply to get the fourth fleet. I need it so much.
Damn Kantai-page get.
What game is this? was that space ships? I may be interested.
Anime inspired animorphised WWII Japanese naval ships
When you say it like that it sounds kind of dirty.
Hmm, I may have to look it up. Do they have big cannons? (not being dirty) Do they have big cannons? (being dirty)
Yes and… yes. You will need a VPN to play as it is Japan only browser game.
Some of the light carriers have a flat deck without much to speak of at all. Musashi’s are 46cm.
Don’t make me link to google images
Besides you were who tried “cranking out” something long, hard and full of seamen 😉
Dang it, I walked right into that one. Curse you and your double entendres.
Heh, seamen.Regarding the Takao quest, I beat that using Hiryuu and one of my Fusou-class Battleships with the rest of the Takao-classes around 14-16 aside from Choukai who was around 20-25 because I’d been using her in place of a battleship. You can use two other ships of your own choice to pad their fleet out. For decent ships, 2-2 isn’t that hard compared to 2-4.
Mutsu is still a nice get. Obviously Nagato is better but also harder to obtain. I still haven’t gotten either of them yet. Once I hit HQ 40 and started grinding 3-2 I found the Kongos all come out quite regularly, would have gotten 4-5 full sets of them now. Great modernization materials.
Recently I’ve been trying to get some destroyers up. Got Yuudachi to Kai-2 (55) on Friday and now I’m working on getting Shigure to her Kai-2 as well (60). Currently have her at 42. My Kitakami hit the Kai-2 mark just before Yuudachi as well, and since then has been beating the shit out of everything. Ooi is rapidly closing in on that level 50 remodel mark too (45) and I rotated Hiei and Haruna out when they both hit 50 and rotated in Kongo (now 39) and Kirishima (42). Hiryuu getting close to 70 as she’s my go-to carrier still, with Akagi and Soryuu both at 35 and stepping in as replacements where necessary.
Haven’t had any interesting drops or major developments since finally getting Goya last week. Stockpiling resources for the mini-event as well. Going to have a crack at building Taiho and Yamato when they add large resource construction tonight. I’d be trying to build one of the four carriers I’m missing (Kaga, Zuihou, Shokaku, Zuikaku) but the drain on bauxite trying to get the build and the fact that Chiyoda and Chitose love to pop out instead makes me wary of that. I’ve been told that if you keep pushing up through the areas eventually the rarer ones come to you on their own, building isn’t worth it after a point. Also apparently the Christmas event will require a lot of bauxite.
I should probably have a shot at 4-2 or 3-3 now that I’ve leveled up everyone a fair bit. Also got some radars which is necessary on 4-2 to avoid losing a ton of fuel in a whirlpool. Mainly wanting to wait for Shigure to hit her remodel though, because apparently 4-2 is much easier with two destroyers, plus having a pair of them makes the periodic sub nodes in World 4 much easier.
EDIT: A thought: the instant your Mutsu sinks an enemy ship she’ll have seen more combat and been more successful than the real IJN ship. 😛
Hah yeah true about that last point. Mutsu is a decent BB but I find that she is either all or nothing with RNG as when she crits she crits hard but other times she just continually misses. Congrats about getting Yuudachi to Kai-2 over the weekend. I saw your tweet but I was lazy and didn’t respond to it. Sorry about that.
I’m still stuck on 2-3 as I seem to have atrocious luck in every fight I’m in. And when I try and grind transports in 2-2 it keeps throwing me to the boss node. :S I’m getting some decent experience though and Hiei is only a few levels away from her first remodel so that’s always a positive. I’m burning through buckets and steel like a madman as I suffered a tonne of crits last night. I might let my resources regenerate and try grinding again on Boxing Day.
Are you doing PVP? It’s far more efficient than sorties for leveling.
Seems like Large Ship Construction is going to eat through resources like crazy. And also may drop shitty common ships like normal construction 🙁 Sounds like you’ll be able to build the event-limited ships like Agano and Yahagi as well as Yamato and Taihou though. Shoukaku and Zuikaku are going to be available by it, don’t know if that means they’re moving from normal spots though. Also this is a permanent addition so don’t rush to dump resources on it. 🙂
Also the Arpeggio event sounds like it’s aimed at lower-level players and will scale the enemies and drops accordingly. If you clear all three maps it rewards I-401. Event lasts until 8th January.
Yeah I’m doing as much PVP as I can but I’m limited to only one set of 5 engagements per day as I can’t make it to the earlier set. My ships are leveling pretty nicely but I really want to get some more HQ levels and start making some decent equipment. Pre-level 20 equipment is kind of junk.
I’m liking the sound of this event. Non-regenerating boss health and geared towards lower level players sounds pretty swank. I hope I’ll be able to finish this and nab I-401 and possibly some of the other event ships. I didn’t even realise that it was currently running so thanks for the heads up Neg.
Event starts when maintenance ends. Sounds like you need to do some quests which will reward some ships from Arpeggio which you need to use in the event or something, and those quests unlock the event worlds? Dunno yet.
I’m not even touching Large Ship Construction until the crazy Japanese admirals with 100000+ resources have crafted Naka-chan repeatedly and suicided.
Oh and by the way, today and tomorrow only if you set Kiso, Nagato or one other ship (they’re being coy on this – it sounded like they’re introducing a secret Kai-2 upgrade or art upgrade or something for another ship they haven’t announced?) as your secretary they’ll sing carols.
EDIT: Seems like the ‘fail’ ship from Large Ship Construction is a submarine transport that has no offensive capability but if she’s sent on an expedition she increases the amount of resources you get. I’ll take three!
Huh, okay then. Fortunately I have Kiso so it’ll be interesting to hear carols in Japanese. More Kai-2 upgrades are nice but they do like being secretive about their updates and new ships.
Nagato and Kiso are both voiced by the same person – Ayane Sakura – and they did say they were going to record new lines for Kiso’s Kai-2, so it makes sense they probably had her in to do the work for that and recorded some carols at the same time. Which would mean that the third ship is likely to be another one of the ones she’s voiced (Shimakaze, Mutsu, Tama, Kuma, Sendai, Jintsuu, Naka).
I’d predict Shimakaze, but Naka would be hillarious because everyone scraps her and Tama and Kuma would be amusing because of their verbal tics.
Looks like you need to remodel 4 ships to get Large Ship Construction. :\ I’m not sure if I even have four that are close.
Woohoo! The publication of my “Payment for Creators” survey results is about to topple the ShaneWSmith.com “most hits in a day” record, which was set back in May, and is largely due to my spam in this article.
Spam my son, spam with all your might!
Question, @dc. When you refer to circling the wagons, is that to say that you are arranging the wagons in a circular fashion or you are wandering around the wagons in a circle?
The very important things that bother my mind.
Moseying around the wagons! To keep ’em safe! From interlopers! And coyotes!
I hear those coyotes can be… Wile-E.
*throws Acme anvil on Shane’s head*
*obligatory trampoline*
That’s all folks!
(Can’t let this escalate.)
Your stutter is a lot better, Porky.
Kotaku needs a rimshot button
I’d rather just use protection.
Wile E. Coyote was a very talented artist. All those detailed tunnels, so good they seemed to open portals to actual train tracks.
According to your survey results he should be compensated
🙂
Have you considered a ring of antipersonnel mines? You could have a sit down then
*thinks back to last forums I posted on whose wagons were blown up after… ‘the incident’*
Just give people you like a map showing where the mines are, or for security mark the map with the mines say 5 degrees off from their actual positions and tell the good people how to correct, that way if the map falls into the wrong hands it won’t be entirely disastrous.
A cunning plan in its intricacies!
“And that ought to put you safely in the heart of downtown Berlin!”
He still can’t sleep normal after that..he was never the same
It’s the time of year to ponder things such as wagon-circling and colobus monkeys. 😛
Maybe the wagons are full of colobus monkeys
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/this-incredibly-tiny-husky-puppy-learning-to-howl-is-the-mos
@dc has a list.
@dc can never go to anyone else’s house for Christmas because “reasons”.
OMG @dc is Santa! 😛
And that’s why he doesn’t like gifts. He has to give out so many of them in one day that the thought of gifts any other time of the year makes him nauseous.
He’s making his list and underlining it twice!
Or if you’re good enough, three times!
The number of exclamation marks that @dc has next to each person’s name indicates how many presents they’re getting.
He gives the gift of savage beatings.
The Masochists will be delighted :p
They get acceptance and a gentle pat on the shoulder.
GOLD
Is that before or after you put out a lit cigarette on their arm?
Do we post our christmas lists then?
Yes!
Dear Santa,
Please send me a kitten.
And a surprise.
I hope I’m on your “nice” list!
-Strange.
Denied!
Dear Santa
I don’t wish anything for myself, I just want there to be world peace and for everyone to be nice to each other.
But if you insist, I’ll have a PS4, an XB1, a pc copy of legendary edition skyrim and some decent hard pepperoni that’s exactly the right size to go on jatz with camembert cheese.
Denied.
Aww but I’ve been goo… I’ve been oka… I’ve not been too ba…
Yeah fair enough.
Dear Santa,
I want abs that would make Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson jealous,
And a tan so luxurious it makes even the most tanned Oompa-Loompa weep with envy.
Make it happen.
Also I want a kitten too.
From
– Liondrive
Denied.
Even the Grinch wasn’t immune to Christmas cheer, you’ll succumb to it, eventually. Why fight it? 😛 Mwahahahaha!
Denied.
DC has nice lists?
I thought he kept a “jerk” list and a “c-word” list, and kept mental tabs on “awesome” people, but I wasn’t aware of any other adjectives…
It is so wrong the my first thought was:
“Dear Strange.
On Santa’s behalf, please find enclosed in your gift-box: one kitten. The ‘surprise’ you requested is what has been done to the kitten. You were not on the Nice List(tm).
Regards, Trixy
Helper Elf, Customer Service”
D:
I know, right? I’m a cat-person, too!
Not really. I was going to say “Here’s a kitten. Surprise! It’s dead!” But you beat me to it.
Congratulations. You’re as awful as I am.
Was it Schrödinger’s cat?
Now I want @dc to turn up on Strange’s doorstep and give her a kitten as he says “surprise” before moseying off.
Or just a piece of paper with the word “Kitten” written on it
And a can of cat food
Now that’s the kind of deductive reasoning I can get behind.
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He’s checking all of your TAY posts
Stop posting, for goodness’ sake!
You’d better watch out.
You better not cry.
Am finally 20! I’m a man now, or something. A manly man… or something.
Oh man, I thought it was tomorrow. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Hope it’s a good one.
thanks dc!
No, Ben. Thank you.
Happy birthday,
boymanfellow!Thankyou fellow fellow 😛
Congratulations now you’re a mayooon
Man, that movie is so much better than it gets credit for 😛
Bappy Hirthday!!
Happy birthday! I think the recognised age for manhood is 21 though, so you still have a year to wait 😛
*shakes fist* I’m still just a boy!
Your just a boy, looking at a man, asking him to switch places with you because dammit I want to be legal in the US! Happy birthday bud hope ya had a good one
21? Jesus. That’s a while to wait to be a ‘man’!
Feh. We have no good Rites of Passage anymore, though. No real true test of manhood. Instead we get all these manboys running around misbehaving in clubs.
I figure, if I ever have a son, he’ll KNOW when he’s a man. He’ll have a job (even if only part-time), he’ll have bought his first car, he’ll have got laid, he’ll have caught, killed, and eaten an animal (probably a fish, given how bloody disease-ridden all our wildlife is), and will be able to land a shot on his old man in a fist-fight (though not beat – you’d be surprised when a man’s physical prime is). That’s how he’ll know he’s a man.
Do what this guy says, @benj. Punch your dad right in the face! You can practice on @shane if you feel you need to!
…Can’t I just cuddle my best friend instead? 😛 That’s still manly! *keeps telling myself that’s still manly* *cries*
(PS I would love to take a shot at my dad at times!)
Yeah It’s still manly. 🙂
I guess we could also do the gamer version…
He has to leave a comment on YouTube so foul it makes his mother cry, pick a side in the console Wars, then visit the other side’s home websites and leave demoralizing comments about their chosen machine’s short-comings. He must prestige all weapons at least once in Call of Duty, and when he finishes Dark Souls, he will know he is a Man.
…Or something, I dunno. Lacking creativity today.
The day my kid can finish Battletoads, 100% complete F-Zero GX and at least once get to the end of Through The Fire And Flames on expert, I’ll be the proudest dad alive.
By your metric I’m still not a man at 38, I’ve not even done the being a fuckwit in a club thing much less the rest of it
I’ve only been inside one club in my life and it was closed. (We were filming a uni documentary. XD)
I went to a club once. I couldn’t think of anywhere I’d hate to be more 😛 Urgh. Dancing. Loud noise. Creepy people. $15 entry fee. $15 drinks. No thanks, I’ll take the pub down the road!
Even in a closed club I’ve never felt more out of place. Whole different world.
All I really remember is me and one of my friends getting kicked by the security guy inside cos we were just sitting there on the ground near the couches talking and apparently you can’t sit on the ground in a club! Oh that’s right, me and said friend also spent half the night with our arms around each other cos he was moving to Melbourne the next day 😛 (this must be a Launceston people thing…)
You need to go clubbing at least once! Go with friends, get drunk, stumble to another club, get drunker, stumble back to the first club cause the second club was shit, get drunkerer! Fun!!! Except make sure you don’t have any plans the next day!
That sounds pretty terrible. Pretty real terrible.
I thought the same thing, but last year for my birthday I reluctantly got dragged out for a pub-crawl / clubbing. It starts off really bad, but the more you drink the funner it gets! 😀 It’s best in a group of friends though, the more friends the better!
I was persuaded to go into a bar and a dingy pub when I was in Sydney a few years back, the bar would have been okay if not for the grotesque price of a glass of orange juice but the pub was just awful, called something like the pickled/drunk/pissed possum, it was about the size of a shipping container, had what must have been 50 people in there and they seemed to have esky’s full of ice instead of a fridge. It really felt like it should have been illegal…
I don’t drink either, that’s a big issue with bars/pubs, when you’re not interested in a business’ primary reason for existence it’s probably not really your kind of place…
Up until Mrs. Freeze’s birthday a month ago I hadn’t drank for five years. D:
Obligatory joke about getting on the wagon
Well, I choose to believe that it’s because you haven’t abused your father or killed an animal. In which case… camping trip! Maybe do both at once! Though really, the whole paternal-punching thing is more of a safe test of an ability to defend oneself, than a specific grudge against one’s parents… a self-defense course would probably do the trick!
And no, the misbehaving-in-clubs thing is what I see as manboys defaulting to due to a lack of proper direction. They know they have urges to fuck or fight, and see the clubs as a quick and easy way to achieve either/both.
Well my dad died when I was 8, would punching his crematorium plaque suffice? I could headbutt it if that’d be cooler. I’ve killed a shitload of spiders over the years, some of which were actually dangerous. No fucking way I’ll go camping though, there’s bugs, spiders, no toilets or broadband… screw that.
I can box to a certain degree and I’ve got something like 80kg of muscle mass, I can dead lift 80kg, bench press 60, 70 on lat pulldowns and my leg press record is 463kg. Does any of that count?
Men are born in BLOOD! There should be blood on his hands! /endcrazy
(On the other hand, that’s some respectable weight.)
Well. It’s not like there are any rules as such. These are just the ways MY boy would know he’s no longer a boy. Independence and survivability. MANLY traits.
Take him naked into the woods and drop him in a pit full of bears, he’ll come home with a bearskin coat or not come home at all
@aliasalpha SPARTAN style.
He might also find out that he’s the dragonborn. Well probably not given our lack of dragons, bunyipborn perhaps
Now during this fist foght is that show before or after you one punch KO the kid?
Happy Birthday man. Have a great day
Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday :o)
Happy Birthday Ben J.
Now that you’re older hopefully you’ll be able to relax and not let your roommate bother you too much 🙂
I don’t think she even knows it’s my birthday 😛 Communication is obviously a very big part of our household!
Birthday happy!
Happy B’day Sire!
You’ve now entered that awkward middle ground between teenager, and accepted adulthood! Hope it’s an easy one for ya! I always felt like some people would just accept me at that age, but others still treated me like a high school kid. Good way to sort out who’s who at least 🙂
Also, I just remembered, it’s also my parents anniversary today! omg!
Has anyone played Rogue Legacy?
No
Seems to be awesome game or floaty platformer depending on who plays it
Yeah, its been tickling my “that looks kinds cool” nerve
So I dropped $5 on it just now on Steam
Yeah it’s on my list but holding off for now. I know it’s just another smaller game that will have me playing too much of it instead of the games I actually want to play
Same here
My “Wall of Shame” truly is shameful….but…. I just cant help myself!!!
I think I need Steam Rehab
I am considering revising my “If I own everything I won’t buy anything” policy
Edit: Also last time I checked my backlog was over 180 days of gameplay
Look up Intervention on steam greenlight, it might be an in development project
It’s on my top 5 list of last year’s games you’re only hurting yourself.
I know and I will get it.
But when I have Alan Wake, Rayman Origins, Darksiders 2, Deus Ex:HR, Blood dragon,Hitman: Absolution, LA Noire, Sleeping Dogs, Brutal legend and as of this week Tomb raider and Bulletstorm but haven’t played cause I’m playing god damn rogue likes and platforms I try to restrain myself
Plus I still haven’t finished dark souls
It’s kind of fun. 🙂 If you like platformers.
Yes, it’s a love-hate relationship right now. The gameplay is fun but the way it screws you over makes me want to throw my PC out the window 😛
Yeah, it took me a while to realize that the entire point of the thing was to die, and lose all your money because there’s nothing you can afford to buy with it and you can’t keep your left-overs.
Once I understood that the relationship turned from, “Arrgh! Why do you keep doing this to me?!” to one of mutual loathing and spite. 🙂
yeah I just started playing it last week.. never knew how the “systems” worked beyond it being a platformer, so was quite a shock to
undergo perma-death in the first 20 seconds!Tis rather fun though! Looking forward to leveling up a bit more and seeing where things go 🙂
I didn’t like it but a lot of people seem to love it.
I call shenanigans!! @shane
In other news, I fell asleep on the lounge and my can of Mother went warm
Also, it means I wasted a few hours, but damn if it wasn’t awesome
Why did you put your mum in a can?
She knows why!
I just looked at my steam wishlist, it’s half tactical room takedown games and half zombie survival games. I’m thinking there needs to be a crossover, Rainbow Braaaaains or something where you command a team of zombies and have to give them directions on where to shuffle into rooms to best avoid being shot
http://www.zombietycoon.com
Er, replyfail!
Edit: Per @aliasalpha suggestion, which I liked.
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
(See, I looked that up and was surprised. Personally, I’d always thought the ‘Nantucket’ line was an excuse for a final rhyme to end in ‘fuck it’.)
You should have to make up a new post when you do that
much better
Mmmm,
Macaroni, Tomato paste, bacon, salami, parmesan cheese.
Cook the macaroni, cook the bacon and salami in a frypan, toss in the tomato paste and macaroni, and simmer.
Serve and feel glorious.
*drool*
I’ve cooked salami, and I’ve cooked bacon, but I’ve never thought of cooking them together. Much less use them as the meat to go with a random tomato-based Italian-sauce and some pasta. This is a good idea. Will try.
If you have any left-over salami, you should consider making ‘salami chips’. Put slices of salami on the grill, wait til the white fat bubbles in them pop and melt away, then take them out on a drip-tray to dry, cool, and harden. They become like potato chips. Crispy and delicious.
Nice. 😀
Or you could make what I used to call artery blocker supreme, thinly shaved salami baked over an upturned cupcake pan so it forms a cup like shape and bleeds off a fair bit of the fat. Once cool and crispy, fill with grated cheese and pop back in the oven for a few minutes
ohgodwant
Add diced jalapenos to the cheese stage if you want a little kick.
Add diced habaneros if you want a lot of kick.
Add naga jolokia if you want to die.
Welcome to Cooking With TAY, today’s main ingredient. Salami. Let’s watch our chefs prepare it in their signature ways.
P.S needs some chorizo sausage
Well choosing to interpret salami and pepperoni as the same thing, I plan to have pepperoni & camembert on jatz for lunch
Delicious
So…
I have completed Muramasa. All three endings, every cave of evil destroyed, eaten at all the restaurants.
Now what do I do with my life?
Live, scree. Live.
I don’t understand… what life? 😉
Join us on Steam tonight at 8:30 AEDT for Multi-TAYer Monday!
Y’know, if you want to…
*hides away nervously*
What game?
Counter-Strike: Source and War Thunder.
don’t have either sorry =(
War Thunder is free, if that helps?
I suppose I should at least try it then. I’ll download it overnight.
Delete save, start again.
Have you played The Stanley Parable? That has quite a few endings to find
No. I haven’t.
Guess I could play uncharted
You should at least try the demo of Stanley, it was specially made & not part of the actual game which is always a nice effort
Nice work!
Daaaaaark Souuuuls!
I would but Dark souls gives me simulator sickness
Are you sure its simulator sickness & not cold dread?
Some hack of a writer, going by the alias @jimu (don’t worry, I’d never heard of him either) just posted an article on potaku rubbishing some of the best games of 2013, such as Ni No Kuni, in a blatant attempt to generate controversy and the associated click through traffic.
I’d supply a link so you’d know exactly which article to avoid, but I don’t know how via mobile device 😛
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/jimus-goty/
God, is there nothing that site won’t stoop to? It’s all gone downhill ever since they let some idiot drone on about Crusader Lords or whatever.
Castle crashers? I love that game!
That explains so, so much.
I can possibly help him with that.
I didn’t know you were a surgeon 😛
I can only do the clothes bit. The rest, you are on your own
I already kinda dress like her anyway…
Oh you don’t want an exact replica including the glasses? ok :
You can make glasses now?
@coldcamv
Fake ones
@scree they still sound awesome!
Looks like the nutters who were torturing that woman to get a PSP have been charged
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/dec/20/two-indicted-holding-woman-ransom-playstation/
Having earned the true ending in Bravely Default (I’ve done everything except beat the optional boss and max all levels and jobs) I grabbed Monsters Attack on Friday and Batman Blackgate.
Monsters attack is a charming Adventerey type game that is a pleasure.
Blackgate is a gunt with it’s horrible stealth but otherwise a solid Metroid/mega Man clone.
Every post about Attack of the Friday Monsters makes me crave a 3DS. Hopefully it meets my expectations when I finally get a 3DS. Good to hear you’re enjoying it.
I take it this is still the current TAY, going off the latest posts. Huzzah! I don’t need to find the new one ^.^
So what’s going on with MultiTAYer tonight? Did it ever get off the ground? Lord knows I could do with zoning out with friends right about now 🙂
How is everyone doing this Monday? Also, happy birthday Benj!
Starts at 8:30pm AEDT.
Games are Counter-Strike: Source, and War Thunder.
I’ll update Wart Hunger now. Thanks man!
I’m doing that as we speak! 🙂
You keep saying AEDT. Are you referring to Australian Eastern Standard Time or AEST? (GMT+10) Also, does this timeframe account for daylight saving? I know Western Australia skipped that this year, but I know some states still use it.
AEDT.
Meaning that by the time this has been posted, it should be underway.
I may not make mult-iTAYer night after all.
My internets been weird since last night and I’m not sure if either game will finish downloading by tonight. :[
Actually counter strike might make it 🙂
\o/
Woohoo success!
Repulsel!
MultiTAYers:
CS Source Server password: MultiTAY (No hyphen)
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Buy time: 30 seconds
Starting money: $5000
bazillionaire, n.
Meaning: A person of enormous wealth
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/12/oed-birthday-words/
gobsmacked, adj.
Meaning: Flabbergasted, astounded; speechless or incoherent with amazement.
Mine is “brainiac”, n.
Meaning: A very intelligent person; an expert.
Very appropriate, albeit a perfectly dreadful word
1989
Your OED birthday word is:
crowd-surfing, n.
Meaning: The action of lying flat while being passed over the heads of members of the audience at a rock concert, typically after jumping into the audience from the stage. Cf. stage-diving n. at stage n. Additions.
I’d call that a win.
’89 win!
Muggle
Meaning: In the fiction of J. K. Rowling: a person who possesses no magical powers. Hence in allusive and extended uses: a person who lacks a particular skill or skills, or who is regarded as inferior in some way.
…How old are you?
Born in ’97, so… 16? I am not very good at this.
Take that @lambomann007. You’re #OldManLambo now!
Yep, 16. I think I’m one of the youngest people here.
Damn Kids, get offa mah lawn.
I kid. Welcome! Just be aware that when we get to page 18, things can get…raunchyshopaholic, n.
Meaning: A compulsive shopper.
punkster, n.
Meaning: A fan or performer of punk rock; = punk rocker n.
😀
1990
Your OED birthday word is:
emoticon, n.
Meaning: A representation of a facial expression formed by a short sequence of keyboard characters (usually to be viewed sideways) and used in electronic mail, etc., to convey the sender’s feelings or intended tone.
I’m going to lie and say that I was born in 1962:
blag, n.
Meaning: An attempt to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a tall story, a bluff or pretence; a hoax or con.
In actuality, it was 1991 and Nu Skool, but shhhhhh.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
geeksville, n.
Meaning: A place or state characterised by geekiness.
1993 buddies! *hi5*
Woo! *hi5*
1993 > every other year, FACT! 😛
This is an ingenious way to see how old all the TAYbies are. Well done, Red. *takes notes for Rainman files*
Counting cards, yeah.
246 toothpicks.
Your OED birthday word is:
nu skool, adj.
Meaning: Of or designating any of several styles of popular music which incorporate contemporary elements into an established genre (esp. hip-hop or house music); (also) designating a performer of such music. Cf. old school n. 2.
Hey guys, as you may be aware I’m going off on a little trippikins in January, so I was wondering if anyone has advice for thingykins and whatsits.
So, firstly: I feel like I may need some stuff to pass the time. So, anyone got Android recommendations? I’m thinking I’ll pick up Ticket to Ride, but don’t really know beyond that, otherwise I’ll just load some shows up and hope for the best (also probably bringing my 3DS and Vita because damn I want to lose them in the middle of nowhere).
Secondly: I’ve got a few free days in Japan (Tokyo), a couple in Beijing, I’m travelling through Mongolia, but I don’t know if I have any free time there, then I’ve got a day or two in Moscow, and the same in St. Petersburg. Does anyone have recommendations for places to go or see (or where they’d like to go and see if they could be there)? I know some stuff that I feel like doing in Tokyo, and I was considering a day trip somewhere (though no ideas where) while in Japan, but I have no ideas really (I keep asking people, and they tell me lots of great suggestions, and my brain gets overloaded and forgets them all).
Thirdly: If anybody has tips for these countries, that would be rad. I know that I need to act really straight in Russia, but apart from that… *shrugs*
The only android recommendation you really need is ScummVM
Also broken sword 5 is on vita now
I’ll second Scummvm, I originally played through the original monkey island on an old hp PDA loaded with Scummvm.
there’s a series of books published by SBS called “culture smart”
brief overview of whatever country & their attitudes toward certain things.
pretty succinct. serves as a good “do’s & dont’s” guide for some things you may not’ve thought of.
like streaking. probably ok in Russia, not so much in Beijing
Cheers, I will promptly forget to look into this!
are you gonna be in Sydney before you go?
coz I could grab some from work for you.
Only while transitioning between flights, just as I leave. :p
might be a tad late by then, unfortunately.
Spelunky on Vita is all you need.
Carcassonne is better than Ticket to Ride on tablet as you don’t need to keep things secret from other players.
On the tour I was on, Chess on tablet was a big hit.
Also, Kindle app is a must, esp if you’re spending lots of time on buses etc.
Because I tend to *cough* acquire my ebooks, I have a less discerning program than any of the official ones. But I will probably need to add a few new books. And I’m not too sure what the people I will be on this tour with will be like. I don’t know anybody, so I may well end up in the corner playing games by myself all the time. >.>
I also had the WordPress app, for my blog, works pretty well.
Singleplayer? Eufloria is a pretty cool guy, and you can get Frozen Synapse on tab now.
Ahh, WordPress is a good idea.
And I’ve played enough of Frozen Synapse to know that I am bad at it, and I should feel bad about how bad I am at it. And I’ve played enough of Eufloria for me to go “ehh, I’m done with this game.”
(I know this may seem like the adventures of me shutting down your suggestions, but I really do appreciate them)
No prob.
I find the best tablet games are the ones I can sit there and think about, as opposed to on pH where I can be a bit twitchier and race or whatever. As such, puzzle retreat and space chem have both been winners for me
I have never been overseas, though whenever I have free time while traveling, I just like to get completely lost in the whichever city I’ve found myself in. Just walk and explore. Find a street performer, and chill with them for an hour. Buy a cocktail at a classy lounge.
Feed pigeons in the park. Just get out there and get lost.
I sound like a hipster, but god-damn it’s a wonderful feeling.
I’m worried that I’ll do that in Beijing, and be mugged.
Or do that in Moscow, and get mugged (though I’ve heard that in Russia hitchhiking is like a super accepted thing, so it’s kind of tempting to just be like “take me somewhere cool” and see what happens, but I’m way too chicken for that).
Or do that in Japan, and get given technology.
You can see here that I’m actually super duper racist, and because I know next to nothing about a lot of cultures, I just assume that everyone there is a mugger.
Man… that sounds amazing. THAT is what travelling should be.
I’m afraid of everything (and everyone) so end up just doing touristy things. XD
Set yourself a goal in life to visit every country on the planet, eat exclusively in mcdonalds and order loudly, slowly and clearly in English because everyone foreign is a bit thick and you’re only trying to help
When I was in Paris I totally made my sister order me Mickey D’s cause I was too frightened to talk to French people. *decisive nod*
OI FRENCHY, PARLAY VOO BIG MAC SAVVY?
Grassy Arse, Garkon.
Royale with Cheese!
Non. Cuchon surrender cheese baguettes.
They had Hot Dogs for breakfast at McDonalds in Tokyo airport! I wanted one sooooo bad, but it wasn’t breakfast time 🙁
Beijing: Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall are probably the big ones, also try to get to the Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven since they’re pretty good too. I liked the National Museum of China (which is in Tiananmen Square) purely to see how much propaganda there was, but it might not be an obvious tourist destination otherwise. If you like Peking Duck, take a taxi to Quanjude (全聚德), which is probably the most famous duck restaurant in China.
Tokyo: Definitely Akihabara (“Electric Town”), also Asakusa for Japanese souvenirs and a cool temple, and the area around Shibuya is great for wandering around and seeing the bustle of the city. There’s also Tokyo Tower, the Meiji temple/park, and on Sundays Harajuku is home to some amazing/terrifying cosplayers.
If you’re thinking of day-trips, taking a bullet train to Kyoto or Nara (or both) would be a great way to see some of the best sights in Japan, but it can be expensive and by the time you take into account travel times you might not have long to actually look around. If you’re thinking of taking the shinkansen at all, definitely buy a Japan Rail Pass before you go, it’s much cheaper than buying a ticket in the country: http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html
One other thing to say is that in January both China and Japan (and probably more so Mongolia and Moscow/St Petersberg) are going to be ridiculously freezing, so buy the biggest coat you can possibly find. I actually regret trying to be a tourist in winter in Beijing, since it was so cold that I didn’t feel like going outside at all.
Tokyo is very *dense*. You can spend weeks just exploring the main bit of the city and still feel like you’ve hardly seen anything. Best thing is to grab an all-day train train pass and just hop-on-off the main city line (find a map of the subway system in English!). You can get to all the major districts. Look at nerdy stuff in Akihabara, see people in interesting outfits in Shinjuku, and have a drink at night in Roppongi.
If you like Naruto/Bleach/OnePiece, head to tokyo dome city and the Jump store! Go to Akihabara and waste away a whole day. Try some fugu! Mr Donut is AWESOME! 7-11’s are FUCKING EVERYWHERE! Be amazed by how polite people are! go to a 100 yen store! Disney?! Joypolis!?! So many options!
SUPER POTATO!
I think you can get Transport Tycoon on android if I’m not mistaken.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openttd.sdl&hl=en
OpenTTD.
Free, 12mb for the initial install plus I think it’s 200mb for the gamedata.
I believe there is a place in Japan where you can rent go-karts as transport, and the go-karts are modeled after Mario Kart. I don’t know if it’s in Tokyo, though.
AKIHABARA
OF COURSE IT’S ON THE LIST!
Ever get the feeling your net connection is running quite as fast as it could?
http://aliasalpha.customer.netspace.net.au/bitslow.png
@dc’s world?
Post-Apocalyptic Urban Decay with Colobus Monkeys?
It’s… beautiful. :’)
Well it might be after I finish bombing the place in my A10
Muuuuullllttiiii-pplllaayyyeeerrrr!!!!!!
We have to have multi of it one day! 😀
Once I learn how to actually fly in it, sure. I’ve got something like $600 of flight sim gear sitting here so I should use it for something…
Thanks to those who took part in Multi-TAYer Monday tonight.
Not bad for a first try, but some problems were unfortunately out of our control.
Next weeks game will be…
Star Wars Battlefront 2!
Hope to see you on Steam at 8:30 AEDT, (8pm SA, 7:30pm QLD, 5:30pm WA) next Monday night!
That’s still not AoE 2!
In lieu of not having AoE 2 HD, Company of Heroes will be offered as an alternative.
I have AoE 2, but not the HD version.
And I’m not willing to pay the extra money for it, I’m afraid. 🙁
Civ may be a good bet too as lots of people have it.
If I’m around and battlefront 2 is cheap on steam this week I’ll join in, otherwise sounds like it was a good night
Is it only me seeing that TAY has been removed from the most viewed/commented posts list in the right sidebar?
I imagine this is some manner of outrage!
I used adblock on it, so no biggie for me.
Goodnight.
I think I disappeared Climbey. She still hasn’t shown up, not since the Monday before the 28th of November I think. Or maybe the one before that.
I am good at this.
Do you mean scared her off or had her sent to a secret gulag without trial to be tortured FOR FREEDOM!!!!?
Nah. That would require me to actually do something 😛
Edit: Wait that was a get? Dammit.
I think you need to stop overthinking things just a little.
No time for that, I’m too busy thinking about everything!
Nah, the ongoing, unresolvable, circular panic is what makes up the core of this soapish drama. 😛
You kidding? Overthinking things is TAY’s national pastime.
She couldn’t bear to be around you any more after you rejected all her signals, maybe? D:
*giggles*
Bare.
What you talking ’bout, Shane. 😛
The joke still (sort of) stands.
So I started up Nether on steam. “Please create a Nether account” I am getting a little sick of having to create separate accounts for everything.
Aaaaaand I can’t even log in.
Attempting to log in is half the fun! Actually I’ve been told it’s abit like WarZ and has a massive “avoid” vibe coming off it, hopefully it isn’t that bad but yeah buggy as hell it seems
Haven’t bothered with Nether, though was a bit shocked when I needed to log in to play FFVIII the other day.
Good Morning TAY!
So I took some advice and tried Rogue Legacy
Man, it was lots of fun, but seriously, it really made me feel like I suck at platformers!
That is, until I came in this morning to @transientmind and @tech_knight mentioned that dying was meant to be a regular thing :oP
Fancy that, turning suck and fail into a game mechanic.
Genius! :oP
Sounds like that rage Mario flash game or whatever it’s called where everything is a bitch
That’s pretty much what this game is built on: you dying. You can’t spend that gold you earn until you die, and as you spend that gold, you get more powerful overall, bit by bit, to let you be able to go just a little more further each time, and each time you get a little further, you earn a little more gold to get something else to make you stronger or unlock a new class. Rinse and repeat basically 🙂
Just a brief post to thank my Secret SanTAY for my gift! Thank you, I love it (still trying to work out who it could be from). A truly awesome and very thoughtful gift indeed, Zelda fans: eat your heart out. Anyway, it will be a tad quiet from me on this end for a few days – much preparations still to be made for tomorrow! Merry Christmas TAYbies!
Hahahaha, that’s awesome! And it made it just in time for Christmas 🙂
Merry Christmas, man! Hope it’s a good one.
Perfect timing. 😀
Merry Christmas Ben! Hope ya have a safe and happy one
That’s pretty damn cool!
We need someone to collate all the pictures when everything arrives, all the ones I’ve seen have been awesome.
You’re pretty damn cool! >:|
Hahaha! 😀
Very cool, well done sanTAY
Hope you have an awesome Christmas, my friend!
I decided to give myself an early Christmas present, so I drove my mother-in-law to the train station and sent her home. True story.
*My actions were sanctioned by Mrs Shane. I have no death wish.Whoa, sounds like things have escalated? D:
Nah, not really. The decision was taken on the weekend, but I decided to word my post the way I did because it seemed funnier.
That’s deceptive!
😀
WHY MUST @shane TURN THIS PLACE INTO A HOUSE OF LIES?
The writer in me would call it framing a story. But then the logical part of my mind would remind the writer that framing someone is actually an act of fraud and the association doesn’t help the argument. And then the writer in me fumes because he doesn’t like making mistakes.
You Won’t Believe What This Writer Did To Get Rid Of His Mother-In-Law On Christmas Eve (read more…)
IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!
My son is so bouncy and excitable, it’s contagious. 😀
Going to occupy the kids today by giving them a build your own Gingerbread Village kit. Meanwhile I’ll just sit around wishing it was a month from now when I’ll be on the plane to Miami.
I’ll be headin gto my sistser’s place in a little bit I’m sure me nephew will be as well which will be fun. It’s always great to be around kids on Christmas
Anybody who is voting on steam should vote for Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons
This has been your steam gaming PSA
I second this motion. All in favour? Aye.
The only vote required has been made, the motion passes.
Sadly, Chivalry -Medieval Warfare won the day.
Boo.
About six hours of play time on my hunter in WoW and my fishing is already at 125.
Well that escalated quickly.
If you’re fishing for compliments you’re not getting any from me 😛
On a serious note, that’s crazy
Oh the puns, they overwhelm me. 😛
Oh yeah, I know I’m crazy. Fishing in WoW is strangely fun to me.
That’s okay, I’ve clocked 2000+ hours in Guild Wars over 2 years of playing, over 1000 of those were on my warrior. I can’t say much about crazy 😛
I swear something about gathering and crafting just clicks with me because I played Guild War 2 more as a cooking simulator than as an mmo. 😛
I want to see a Charr with a chef’s hat on going in a french accent “Rawr oh yes needs more Rosemary, or maybe Paprika!” now, no idea why.
Damn it you’re making me want to go home and start playing that again!
It was funny, when I was running around as my Norn warrior I would quite literally be like “Hack, kill, ooh nice mushrooms. Yessss, onions and cinnamon. I GOT BANANAS BITCHES WOOOOOOO!”
Yep, to hell with this I’m going to play it again
Any Anchorman fans out there? I’m looking at you @pixel_the_ferret_viking and @BDKIAF
Found this, and thought you might be interested.
http://www.firebox.com/product/2291/Sex-Panther
But be careful, it’s illegal in 9 countries.
It smells like Bigfoot’s dick.
It’s pure gasoline.
60% of the time, it works everytime.
Changed my PAX accom to Quest Fairfax. The other place I was looking at only had 2 of the 4 nights free. Haven’t received any confirmation email about it yet, how long do you think I should wait?
When did you place the booking?
I would normally allow 24hrs at the most
Midnight. I’m only concerned because I’m used to at least getting an acknowledgement email when I do something.
Couldn’t hurt to give em a call to check anyway
Crisis averted mate, got an email half an hour ago confirming everything!
Thanks for your help too!
WooHoo!!!
See you at PAX 2014!!! :oD
I think TAY’s going to be incredibly slow today. D:
Hope everyone here has an amazing Christmas. You guys are all awesome.
Im still here :o)
Agreed!!!
Merry Christmas to everyone!
I hope you all get spoiled with lots of love!
… and presents!
bah humbug
Hmm, wonder if the lolly aisle I coles has humbugs
Who you callin’ slow.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/23/5224694/how-telltale-teamed-up-with-game-of-thrones-and-borderlands
Really cool article about how Telltale pursued Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones. Also, they talk about the direction of both projects. (GoT will defer to the show, being based on HBO’s licence, etc.)
I’m much more interested in these guys than I was before, having just played Ep 1 of Wolf Among Us.
Also, god damn I’m stealing Bigby’s fashion sense, now. NOW. Though I kinda need to keep working on my forearms and shoulders a bit for the proper effect.
Isn’t it just rolled up sleeves and a tie?
Wolf Among Us was excellent! Love the tone and atmosphere of the world!
Actually I used to get around in that kind of outfit, while I was working for Telstra. Game just reminded me I miss it. 🙂
And yeah, I was struck by the sound, first thing. That music is really groovy.
Colours for me. Loved the purples and blues and yellows. Definitely way prettier than Walking Dead’s art direction. Bigby stole your look! D:
I meant to tell you: I bought that at the same time as I bought TWD S2, just like you suggested.
It’d better be good, or I’m blaming you.
I’m blaming you if you don’t like it, cause in some ways it’s better than Walking Dead!
Also, that’s awesome, my friend. Let me know when you play! 😀
Being at work today is butts. Trying to counter with a santa hat and cookies. It’s kinda working.
Today is ANNUAL DESK CLEANING DAY.
…
Yeah, you’re right, it’s butts.
Clean my own desk like some sort of savage? The cleaners need some Christmas cheer too, you know.
…
MONSTER!
Merry Christmas to you too. =)
Annual Desk Cleaning Day…
I better get the hose for this one…
My desk is already clean! I actually have to…
*shudder*
WORK.
But I’m taking constant Santa-hat-readjustment-breaks.
I’m working from 2pm-8pm today \o/
*feelsthepain*
I’ve done nearly an entire days trade today.
In under an hour.
Kill me.
How would you like to go?
Something just melts peoples’ brains at Christmas.
I’m doing service desk stuff today, with our low staff numbers. Truly staggering how many people have not set up their office’s Christmas break away messages, and are JUST NOW starting to ask about what that might involve.
It involves an overnight exchange action at the very least, if it’s actioned immediately and urgently due to a life-threatening situation. Everyone else has to wait in the queue which can be up to a week. Like every other phone request ever, which they know, which we tell them about, several months, then several weeks, then again several days before the fact, via email broadcasts and intranet updates.
…There is no helping some people.
That said, I just called Target to ask them if they had a toaster in stock, because my brother decided I should get a matching gift to the kettle he bought our Mum. The girl was exceptionally helpful, knew the product I was talking about and the catalogue it had been in, and while she didn’t have any, offered me the main customer relations number which should be able to track stock levels across the state. She didn’t even sound stressed or impatient at all, so I totally grabbed her manager to give her a big compliment. Manager dude advised they have an employee rewards program, so that’s good.
The stories are back! 😀
So there’s a whiteboard at work where people have written their response to “What would do you want for Christmas?” Here are a few of the responses:
– 4WD, large
– a new mug (someone else wrote “face or cup?”)
– redundancy package offer
– dimmer lighting
– a wife and three kids
– a trip to Europe
– involuntary redundancy
– new dentures
– a life
I guess that’s the public service in a nutshell.
Which one was yours? Dentures?
Clearly. 😛
Nah I only just found this whiteboard today on the opposite side of the floor. I was meandering about (aka avoiding work) when I found it.
@shane, you watch last night’s Treme yet? Pretty damn great. Can’t believe there’s only one episode left. :'(
D’oh, man, would you believe that tonight we forgot about it, and watched two MASH Christmas episodes instead? 😛
I would believe it, because you’re both monsters.
*runs off crying*
Christmas EVE 😀
This time last year you were obsessing about your impending New Years Eve date with Sam! 😀
Quit thinking about last year’s list, Santa and get on with organising yourself for tonight. Should I leave cheesecake and coke out instead of the usual milk and cookies? 😛
Denied.
Okay fine, be that way. I’ll just leave out Dark Souls and Agents of SHIELD….
Dear Santa
This year all I want is for you to deny my request.
Love
Freeze.
Denied.
Yes! I got what I wanted! Woo \o/
Thinking about this is breaking my brain 🙁
Only one cheesecake? I think Santa-@dc would not look kindly on that.
Well I was thinking only a piece of cheesecake, considering he’s repeatedly denied my request of a kitten. 😛
He says he’s denying your request for a kitten. That doesn’t mean you aren’t getting anything.
*incoming stocking full of coal*
I am failing very badly at everything I’m attempting today. May as well start drinking now, it can’t make me any less useful. 😛
Edit: Oh man…big time reply fail. Oh dear. 😛
Red bull and spring rolls
Did you know that for this year’s GOTY lists I invented an award just so I could include Dark Souls? Cos I did.>/a>
Been a while since I’ve done a plug. Ah, the memories.
GPDAMNIT TAGS I’M GOING HOME
Okay, I’ve found that a trackball mouse isn’t that good for fps’s, so I’m trying to find one of my older usb mice to use for this purpose.
My old rx300 feels too chunky, so I’m looking for my m90.
I have an m100 hooked up to my laptop, but I don’t want to unplug it. :\
Also, I obtained an old Hauppage TV tuner card from my parents’ old pc.
Since I had a use for it, and since they never used it, I’m going to try it out with windows media center.
If it works, I’ll have tv on my pc! 😀
There is a professional LoL player who plays with a trackball mouse.
Dunno how he does it.
Pretty sure that Hauppage stuff works well with MCE, if it doesn’t work right away have a look at the forums here http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/
I tried DVB Viewer, and that seems to have picked up the channels, whereas WMC hasn’t. :\
Might give it another go with WMC after this is done.
Netflix is a pretty cool guy.
@popdart5: looks like large ship construction just requires 4 modernizations, not 4 remodels. Thank god.
Also no idea how to open the event maps.
@popdart5: so despite them saying that the event would be friendly and accessible to new players and everything, to start it you need to sink an enemy sub. And the first sortie with subs is 4-1. 🙁
Bah. 🙁 Looks like I won’t be get to the event stuff then. Oh well, there’s always the next one.
If you manage to clear 2-4 then 3-1 and 4-1 both unlock.
Two large ship constructions.
Two Kongous 🙁
Most expensive modernization scrap ever 🙁
Also, apparently Ise-class battleships can attack subs now :O Haven’t tested with Fusou-class but presumably if Ise can, Fusou should also be able to.
FYI they did a second maintenance pass yesterday and added enemy subs to world 1-4, so you can participate in the event now if you beat one.
EDIT: Also it might be worth taking Iona with you through 2-4. Her stats are amazing – she’s built like a battleship – but she’s a sub so not much can touch her. People are saying they’ve solo-cleared several harder worlds eg 3-4 with her so you might be able to get through 2-4 finally.
Oooh that will definitely be handy. So far, no luck on sub construction but hopefully I’ll get lucky with a drop. Thanks for the heads up Neg.
I actually got a second Goya as a drop in E2 this morning. I suspect that E2 is meant to be cleared with subs actually – the second node around the top has you fighting 2 destroyers, a frigate, 2 Ru-class battleships and Arpeggio Kirishima who will fuck your shit up. Have had to turn back 3 times because she has a wide-angle beam that hits everyone in the same row for crazy damage. Seems line-ahead is the only formation to counter it, but if I pick that then my ships aren’t strong enough to take enemy the fleet out. Going to have to experiment a bit.
Honestly though I’m not super fussed because the KanColle I-401 is fugly and I don’t think I’d use her at all. I’m more curious about using the super-powered Arpeggio ships to push through some sortie worlds.
My TV tuner is working!
The only thing it can’t pick up is Channel 7.
So it’s working fine then
How old is it? Could it be too old to get digital broadcasts and channel 7 is still running an analogue signal somewhere?
Doubt it.
I was having the same problems when I hooked up my PlayTV to my laptop.
It’s most likely a signal problem.
Nothing of value was lost.
Something to get into the Christmas spirit.
Something better
The closest I ever get to having christmas spirit
I thought the Christmas spirit was Vodka and Eggnog.
To @ontargett
Thank you dear sir. I’ve actually been looking for something like that.
Also
You’re welcome. I wanted to get you something you couldn’t get in Sydney. Also something uniquely Tasmanian.
Been running my phone without charging to see just how long it lasts.
Currently at 124 hours, and still with 10% (126mAh) remaining. Way better than last time I tested it, used to work out to lose about 1%/hour.
‘Spose it depends on the phone. I’ve got a Sony Xperia Z, if I don’t use it the battery lasts a fair while, but if I do use it (Facebook, Apps, Games etc) it only lasts about 4 hours or so.
So Doc What wins at Christmas presents, guys. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202808248990526&l=5f59d4a34f
NO IT WASN’T THE SEWING THING I SHOULD HAVE MOVED THAT OUT OF THE WAY DAMNIT
Have a Merry Christmas, errbody. 🙂
Oh man, so cool. I always wanted that hoodie. Haha!
I like that one of my rellies has that same ancient sewing machine, except that it’s probably a different one and I can’t tell the difference because I’m a dirty pleb.
Sadness and emotions and jazz:
My last Guinea Pig, Espresso died today. While she died while I was out at work, we knew it was going to happen, so while it’s sad, at least it isn’t unexpected. The worst part is that before I left home she started having some sort of fit. She was lying there, twitching, and I didn’t know what to do, and I couldn’t bring bring myself to try and end her misery, and I just feel terrible because she was alive but probably in pain as I left, and then Dad probably had to deal with her body, and there was nothing I could do. But she was eight. Which is pretty good for a Guinea Pig. It’s sad, and I’m super sad, but I know it’s not the end of the world, I just wish it hadn’t happened now.Aw, I’m sorry to hear this, my friend. 🙁 Losing a pet is never easy. *hugs*
Thanks D.C.. I was super worried that I’d come home to her still fitting, and that I’d have to end her suffering, so I’m kind of glad that it happened while I was out, as much as it makes me a shit person.
Well, shit. Sad to hear.
We started off the holidays with the dog getting out and being hit by a car. RIP Sir Lancelot🙁 That’s horrible. Sorry to hear this, Beavwa.
Now I’m even sadder. Sorry for your loss.
Damn, that sucks. Manly bro-hugs and some for @beavwa too
Bah humbug.
That isn’t White Wine in the Sun. I am disappoint.
That’s for tomorrow, except I’ll be drinking indoors and feeling sorry for myself as I lapse into a food coma.
Also, have some Kate Miller-Heidke performing said song
My father brought up that supposedly no song has become part of the Christmas song canon in like, 19 years, and White Wine in the Sun was brought up, and I got to drop my “but Kate Miller-Heidke (I think) covered it, so clearly it’s part of the canon now. :p”
Going on that logic alone, Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady”, Britney Spears’ “Toxic”, The Beards’ “You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man”, Icehouse’s “Hey Little Girl”, Eurhythmics’ “Love Is A Stranger” and Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” are all Christmas songs too.
I am more than OK with this. We need to shake up the scene!
The Real Slim Shady
Toxic
You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man (Santa is bearded. This totally works)
Hey Little Girl
Love Is A Stranger
Psycho Killer
So my desserts are not turning out how I would like. D=
Just claim that they’re fine, and add fancy words to their names, and if anyone questions you, stab them in the face with a spork.
The sponge soaked up the jelly too much
Trifle? If so trifle is amazing.
My mum soaks her sponge in booze for her trifle! it’s so yumm!
How trifle should be 😀 Unless it’s for kids or recovering alcoholics, then other depressants are more suitable 😛
that’s called gélifier éponge
its a delicacy.
A cat sitting in front of a fire, for an hour.
I stared at that cat for four and a half minutes before my senses returned.
So that was a hell of a day… 9-5 oh boy, apart from my lunch break, I was flat out, too much alcohol was sold hah. Though saying that work bought us subway, subway cookies, prawns and drinks for lunch which was epic of them.
Also @freezespreston ma secret santa present arrived, thanks whoever, Even though I have a pretty good idea who it was, though 😛 i’ve never used spotify but now seems like a good time to!
So what’s people been up to?
Well I got my “new” phone (bought my mate’s galaxy note 1) finally and am making caramel tarts tonight. Aside from that it’s the same old grind
Ooh, nice one! I’m hoping to be purchasing myself a shiny new phone this week if work pays on time.
Merry Christmas!
CHRISTMAS AT RETAIL IS DONE RRRRAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!! *rips shirt*
Thank fuck.
Oh you poor man.. I feel for you. Funnily though everyone I served was pleasant and very nice and even complimented us staff for our excellent service and shit. I uh.. What?
My PS4 is in Australia!
Now let’s watch it sit in a facility in Sydney somewhere for two days, taunting me 🙁
I’ve bought Battlefield 4 for my brother, and have spent the past hour trying to figure out how to present it to him tomorrow.
Nothing decent’s come up, so instead I’m going for the tie-ribbon-around-the-yard-and-make-him-follow-it-like-an-idiot route. In addition to this, I’m writing out quotes from some of the characters and keeping it as vague as possible until he reaches the end.
Poor bastard.
I bought a bunch of bottles of wine, I don’t quite know what I’m supposed to do with them.
I’d have thought that’d be obvious.
Put bottle in bucket. Add concrete. Now they need to pick up a whole block of concrete to pour the bottle.
That’s amazing.
scavenger hunt?
More a “Keep your hand on the ribbon and it’ll eventually lead you to your gift” thing. Going to attach the notes to the ribbon to keep him going.
I was suggesting a scavenger hunt =P
I’m a twit.
I was trying to help D=
Well that was a nice long nap.
Traded feeling tired for feeling terrible!
I know all about feeling terrible!
:/
Okay, for some stupid reason, my computer says that BRINK isn’t installed on my computer, even though I was playing it hours ago, and I certainly never uninstalled it.
🙁
EDIT: After selecting it and preallocating, it has recognised that, yes, the game is installed on my computer…
Fucking weird…
I had that with Deus Ex Human Revolution the other day, my system had a hard lockup and it seems to have messed with steam a bit, a few things think they’ve not been run before and a couple needed to download a few kb of data. Weird stuff
Dunno who’ll be around to read this, but hope all you TAYbies have a good xmas! 🙂 Be safe plz!
Stay Well, bot! 🙂
You’re crazy, guy.
That’s just a myth, amphet. I mean.
…
I think you missed a taco there.
You too, welbot. Hope the day treats you and yours decently!
Hey Welbotyotyot,
I’m here.
Hope you have a good Christmas.
Merry Christmassssssss!
Have a good Christmas Welbot!
So I went on gumtree and picked up Tekken 3 on the cheap! ($10) I had the option to buy Tekken 2 for an additional $10 from the same guy, but I declined.
I get the feeling that I will regret that for the rest of my life.
You can get Tekken 2 on the Playstation store.
Scratch that, it’s only $5.99!
Picked up Spore in the Steam sales since I never played it.
Chances of my first creation being a penis monster: x approaching 1.
Or not. Apparently the registration key is already taken and the game can’t be used. That kind of sucks.
D:
Hope everyone has an amazing Christmas too. You guys are awesome. Some of the best damn people ever. Hope there’s good eatin’ and good times a-plenty tomorrow!
As welbot says, stay safe and all that!
My daughter filmed a video asking Santa a question: “Do you have Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer with you?” so we left the video camera next to the plate of cookies and glass of milk so Santa could watch it. (I went out there a little later, and she’s left a couple of scribbles for him, too, so I’ve saved them in an envelope for several years later)
I’m not sure if he is actually coming to visit or not, so I drank his milk and ate his cookie and wrote a nice note to my daughter in his stead.
Merry Ecksmas!
Oh man, you guys are gonna be blacklisted when Santa finds out what you’ve done! D:
My kids left out a Gin and Tonic for Santa.
He didn’t get those rosy red cheeks and cirrhosis from handing out presents now, did he?
Hope you guys all have a merry Chrimbus! (It’s a lunch holiday. Nobody has any idea what I’m talking about, you uncultured people)
I hope the winter man brings you great gifts, like DVD’s!
AN URGENT CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
From Batman
I don’t smell.http://pestcontrolseo.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/20121221-091434.jpg
So that’s why I never liked corn…
So…I managed to stuff up the custard =(
Why didn’t anyone tell me that Sons of Anarchy is a pretty cool guy? 😀
virus__, nomad, f4ction, and I have been trying to tell you! 😛
How much have you seen?
Haha, yeah I was just being sarcastic. You guys talk about it all the time. I’m six episodes into the first season.
Wait until you get to season 6, that was pretty amazing.
Merry Christmas!
LIES! There’s still 8 more minutes!
Not anymore!
Another late night hooray!
Supervising mum to help make sure that the dessert doesn’t get ruined 😛 And a good thing too. This recipe is stupidly complex. I’m half expecting to end up with a robot by the end of it.
Robot dessert would be pretty good
Diabeetox.
BAH! Recorded 2 and a half hours of a mate and I dicking about in GTA Online, lots of witty comments and general fun banter and what do I find in the end? I misunderstood where to plug in the mic, I thought it went into the livegamer portable machine but it records through the PC instead, resulting in loads of footage of my mate talking and me apparently ignoring him.
He’s got his version of the footage but my chat is all mixed in with the game sound, we’ll be able to cobble together some highlights but nothing like as much as I’d hoped.
Worst christmas ever!!
Just noticed that the fridge wasn’t particularly cold at all. And the thermometer at the back was reading over ten degrees.
THAT AIN’T RIGHT
Bedtime.
I expect santa to parachute in or fire the gifts rpg style.
Goodnight.
Twas the night before Christmas,
TAY quiet as can be.
Not a user was posting,
not even @dc.
Shh, you’ll wake him.
Why am I awake right now?
Going back to bed seems like a good idea.
Merry Christmas to any TAYbies who swing by this way today! Xmas morning, and I haven’t wrapped yet! Oops!
I did my wrapping at 7am, while my parents were sleeping two rooms over.
I also did the dodgiest job ever, but pshhh.
hehe I can’t imagine mine’s gonna be real fancy either!
I gave my mum the DVDs I bought her still in the amazon box. I only just remembered to take the receipt out
Merry Christmas to all the taybies over the land!
From the ones in the wagons to the others with fam.
Whether near or far I wish you all the best,
On this magical day you make me feel blessed.
Merry Christmas everyone!
*circles the wagons*
*Attempts to sneak up on the wagons while D.C.’s back is turned*
*continues circling wagons obliviously*
*Steps on a twig, and flings self at ground to hide*
*begins to mutter to self in a way he only does when he thinks he’s alone*
*While lying on ground forgets that he’s supposed to be sneaking, and starts quietly singing a Christmas song*
*Suspects that madness has set in. No one must know. Continues acting normal.*
“normal”
*steals wagons and replaces with Christmas trees and friends and food and presents*
Those were the decoy wagons. This isn’t my first wagon circlin’…
Did you not go with my land mine plan?
Too risky. Colobus Monkeys with Sniper Rifles seemed the safer bet.
Probably for the best, I bought up most of the AP mines to deal with the epidemic of home invasions by bearded lunatics. Claymores don’t half make a mess though, blood and shrapnel everywhere but the end result was that no one stole my biscuits overnight so it was worth it. The leftover tripwire mines will be handy for that rabbit plague that tends to happen around April.
Gonna circle wagons,
All of Christmas day,
Feet ain’t draggin’,
We’ll make sure they’re ok.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MOOOOOOOOOOOOORNING TAY
I love you, you and your beautiful TAY face!!
I am gunna cook a pork belly and do whatever I want
XOXO, Love Spaghett
Happy Birthday Isaac Newton
Happy birthday Santa.
I can’t believe America is 2013 years old today. Happy birthday America! 😛
Merry Thingie to all!
Ho, ho, ho!
Merry Everyone!
JEALOUS…?
You’re jealous.
Merry Christmas, Shane! Just what every man cave needs! 😀
Is man cave a euphemism for one’s anus?
A mans anus is a euphemism for ones anus
My OCD sense is tingling.
Very cool though. Merry Christmas, Shane.
Seconded.
SHANE YOU NEED TO FIX THAT one of the R pieces should be an L piece >:[
I’ve just realised something, shouldn’t most of that have vanished since the blocks are all forming neat lines?
Secret SanTAY arrived \o/
I freakin’ LOVE it!
http://www.twitter.com/Mythamphetamine/status/415638844139008000
So cool. What does the writing say on the record?
The record is titled “Inscrutable”, printed by TAY Records 2013, and the tracklist is
1. Peaches
2. Aleph
3. Pheta
I *love* it 😀
I wish Bravely Default wasn’t on 3DS. It’s such an artistically beautiful game and having to play it on such a tiny, low-res screen on a system with awful ergonomics makes me sad.
I saw the trailer for Bravely Second. Oh man, that backdrop! So pretty! Would almost certainly play it if it was on the Wii U or something.
Vita would be amazing
This so much. They designed it with portables in mind so I wouldn’t want it on a console, but as far as hardware goes the Vita is light years ahead of the 3DS in every way.
Instead though, if there’s anywhere that Bravely ends up aside from 3DS it’s probably going to be iOS 🙁 Though to be fair, the game would actually probably play pretty well on an iPad and those stunning backgrounds and everything on a Retina iPad Mini or similar would be pretty nice.
I want a vita final fantasy style game without the damn characters looking “chibi”
So you don’t want Bravely Default? You’re why we can’t have nice things on Vita 🙁
P.S. PSP had FF Type-0 but Squenix hates us so we never got it. It’s a non-chibi FF game that’s good. 🙁
I like bravely default I’m just over the chibi look, I want a serious game with serious tones without the childish feel of seeing massive head small body characters run around
I think that the ‘childish characters’ thing isn’t just because of the designs. It’s a reflection of the characters themselves. The new character they’re adding in Bravely Second is supposed to be a lot more mature than the current game’s group.
I kind of like the four of them so far though.
But I agree I’d like to get a good, serious FF-style game for portable. FF Type-0 was apparently just that but Squenix seem to have decided to bury the franchise or convert it to iOS 🙁
Before I got the game I thought all the areas were pre-rendered like back in the old PS1 FF days, but in fact the bulk of the backgrounds are hand-drawn which is even nicer. The whole game has a storybook quality to it.
I feel like like this is sort of game that FF would have evolved into had Squenix not become enamored with photo-realism and polygons and had stuck to sprites. Feels strongly like a continuation of the style of FF9. Also the first Squenix JRPG to really grab me since probably FFX.
Aw, Cosplay Girl sent me a Christmas message. Why is everyone I know so lovely 😛
I’m not lovely you dickhead!
I DON’T KNOW YOU
Technically not but that doesn’t really invalidate the point does it?
I invalidate what I want!
It’s people like you who have caused the decline of the reasonably long warranty!
Dear @mrtaco
You’re shit.
Merry fucking Festivus.
Love
Freeze.
The Airing of Grievances has commenced!
\o/
That was pretty lovely.
Who’s Cosplay Girl! Aw man, this cast of love interests has gotten too elaborate!
You miss one episode and you completely fall behind. We really need a recap before each episode.
She was from the prequel.
Maybe she’s actually all the other girls as well? She’s just really good at Cosplay.
That’s an excellent point, have they ever been seen together in the same room?
No they haven’t… *scratches chin*
She’ll pull off the mask and reveal herself to be Sketchbook. Then SHE’LL pull off the mask and reveal herself to be Pillowmaker, then SHE’LL pull off the mask to reveal herself to be Wingman and SHE’LL pull off her mask to reveal herself to be @dc wearing a T-Shirt saying “HAHA! PLOT TWIST!”
Wagons!
Consider them circled.
You should be at Strange’s house for dinner! I’m sure the offer from last year is still valid ;D
Tumbleweed!
Gonna paint your wagon,
Gonna paint it fine,
Gonna use oil based paint
Cause this wood is pine
Having read the unwritten rule that stated: “Lo, and so all lists must be completed and posted before the end of the year of release”, our hero took it upon himself to scribe the master list.
A literary tome of such verve that many were moved to argue its merits… and many more were moved to question the sanity of its author; while most were merely compelled to say ‘meh’ and move on about their day.
So, on this, the 25th day, of the 12th month, in the year of our lord 2013; I present to you the annual list of James Macs Games of The Year.
The rules, most of which are unwritten and are presented here for your edification:
.Ten names, no more… no less.
.If not completed, then the game must at least have been played until an understanding has been reached.
.If a game needs special mention, then it may have its own category.
The List:
1 Brothers: A Tale of 2 Sons
2 Saints Row 4
3 Rocksmith 2014
4 Tomb Raider
5 Assassins Creed 4
6 Grand Theft Auto 4
7 Ryse
8 Bioshock Infinite Batman: Arkham Origins Gears of War: Judgement
9
10
Dredging up my childhood… thank God.
Age of Empires 2: HD edition
Killer Instinct
Taking the thing I wanted, and turning it into something I didn’t
Mechwarrior Online
Sim City
Forza 5
Writing counts God dammit
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Worst trend
Microtransactions in full priced games
Mingle-player
Audio logs as a means of telling story
Season Passes
The List:
1 Brothers: A Tale of 2 Sons
In terms of providing an emotional experience this is the game that kept me rechurning my thought processes. Yes, the controls are clunky and obtuse… but that is out matched by it’s visuals and the way it makes you feel.
2 Saints Row 4
Saints row is a game that just says… ‘y’know what, this is about fun. So go have some’ It’s funny, irreverent, and takes perverse merit in poking fun at everyone else. Great sound track. Great characters. Terrible frame rates.
3 Rocksmith 2014
This is the game I keep coming back to. I started this as a complete novice but that didn’t matter. It caters to beginners, without speaking down to seasoned veterans. It’s something that actually conveys the message… ‘hey, we can teach you something’ better than any of the maths games I played in school.
4 Tomb Raider
When I first saw the gritty reboot I had my doubts. I thought ‘What’s with all the groaning’ but they’ve made an uncharted game that’s finally sorted out the shooting… and my goodness that bow. I still wish she’d picked up a jacket though (maybe in the new version), also… I really miss the handstands.
5 Assassins Creed 4
I despised AC3… absolutely hated it. And this not only corrects that, but it may be, scratch that, is the most fun I’ve had in an AC game since 2. The shanties, a story that acknowledges the abstergo stuff is ridiculous, and riding your ship through a storm… man, I can’t tell you how good that is.
6 Grand Theft Auto 4
Yeah, it’s a grant theft auto game. What they could do with that world is just sublime and over the top (the thongs, the mop minigame, the God damn yoga). The online was a let down, but it was always going to be so… and the torture scene was stupid, not as bad as the scene with Trevor and the girlfriend, but still stupid.
7 Ryse
Ryse is posibly the best looking game I’ve ever seen. Yes the combat is derivitive of the worst bits of Batman & God Of War (but y’know what? that’s not the worst thing in the world). The story (aside from being confused over which gods are which, and some timeframe stuff, is better than most Crytek games.
8 Bioshock: Infinite Batman: Arkham Origins Gears of War: Judgement
This came out to a tie for 8th.
Batman & Gears were both victims of a console cycle that ran on too long. Games made to fill a black hole in budgets, not to serve a story purpose. They are the perfect examples of why prequels are bad ideas. But, they are both fun games that refine some damn good mechanics.
Bioshock is possibly the last Bioshock game we’ll see for quite a while. The story seemed to take some major leaps of faith, and too damn much of it was squirreled away in audio logs. Columbia looked beautiful, but it was a game that just felt like less than the sum of its parts. Elizabeth was devolved to an ammunition & coin scout. The reworking of music into the era was hidden to the side, or buried under the sounds of the unrelenting combat. The tale of despair and corruption was lost because I was too busy checking every bin for coins or hot dogs. Ultimately it became a blood soaked bullet fest… and it deserved better.
9
10
Dredging up my childhood… thank God.
Age of Empires 2: HD edition
Killer Instinct
Taking the thing I wanted, and turning it into something I didn’t
Mechwarrior Online
Sim City
Forza 5
Writing counts God dammit
Call of Duty: Ghosts
The best thing that can be said about Ghosts is that it wasn’t as broken as Battlefield… but that’s it. If anyone ever tells you that story doesn’t matter in games… make them play through the Ghosts campaign.
Worst trend
Microtransactions in full priced games
Mingle-player
Audio Logs as a means to tell story
Season Passes
Good list.
As someone with a crappy internet connection ‘mingle-player’ is not something I’m looking forward to.
The List:
1 Xenoblade
While technically I started it in 2012, the game took me until well into 2013 to finally finish, 80+ hours later. The more I think about it, the more it becomes clear. This is the best JRPG of the generation and probably one of the best games as well. Amazing game. I really hope that X is the same sort of thing and that it gets confirmed for localization, as that game alone will guarantee a Wii U purchase for me.
2 Ys
Technically this is multiple games. The Steam release of Ys I & II was at the start of the year. I’d dabbled a bit with Ys before but these two games, especially II, came at just the right time for me as I was going through a stressful time and really needed something to sit and absorb. Filled the job admirably and got me into the whole Ys franchise, which I have found myself enjoying immensely. This year I pushed through I, II, Oath in Felghana, Memories of Celceta, Origins and Seven and started into VI. All of them are great games, especially II, Celceta and Seven. I can’t stop singing their praises but since this is a top 10 list and I don’t want 6 of those 10 to be Ys games I’m doing a blanket entry for all of them here.
3 Fire Emblem: Awakening
I had to buy a second 3DS to experience this, and I have no regrets. Awesome game. Well-constructed with heaps of depth, extremely good localization and polished to perfection. I don’t think there are any major flaws in it. My only regret is that I pushed through it way too fast, as I started it right before I smashed three toes and subsequently spent 4 days lying on my back with it. The combination of pain and too much of it in one go resulted in feverish dreams where I was still playing in my sleep. 🙁
4 Tomb Raider
I was skeptical going in. I really liked the original game but the franchise had basically fallen apart of late. Turns out that we’d come full circle, and Tomb Raider was now cribbing from Uncharted, but that’s generally a good thing. While the game undoubtedly has some flaws (a little less combat and a bit more platforming would be nice), I really enjoyed my time with it, more than any other AAA game I tried this year.
5 Assassin’s Creed IV
A return to form for the franchise after several games that were not worth playing. Enjoyed it immensely, with the exception of a few poorly designed missions and the dumb real-world stuff. The naval combat is especially awesome and I suspect I could have played an entire game built out around just that. Excited about this series again, want to see where they go next, and that’s a far cry from how I felt after 3.
6 Okami HD
Mid-year I was in a real gaming slump, wondering if I was over the hobby. Then I got Okami HD on PS+ and decided to re-play it. Second time through and it’s still one of my favourite games of all time, reminded me why I enjoy the medium. It’s also still one of the most beautiful games ever made.
7 Trails in the Sky
Yes, another non-2013 game. 2013 wasn’t a great year for new releases for me. I’ve had Trails since 2011, but had been hesitant to commit because I knew about the cliffhanger ending, and XSeed hadn’t announced a localization of the sequel. Once that happened I decided it was time, and pushed through to the end. While nowhere near as good as Ys, the Trails games are sorely overlooked in the genre and I can’t wait for the next installment.
8 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Apparently I clocked 92 hours playing this. I think that’s probably underestimating it too, since I played during the Alpha and Beta throughout the year as well. It’s amazing how well they ended up turning the game around from the 1.0 release. Unfortunately some bad experiences coupled with technical issues (latency due to playing on WiFi) ended up stalling my progress and because my rhythm was broken, I haven’t been back yet. I want to though. Just got to get clear of some of the recent acquisitions
Stuff I finished but don’t want to put in a top 10 list:
– Hotline Miami (Vita)
– Muramasa Rebirth
Biggest Disappointments
– The nearly hobby-ending crushing disappointment of Ni no Kuni’s general awfulness 🙁
– Disgaea D2 never arriving and NIS America being assholes that promised me a replacement copy, never sent it, then sold out of the LEs preventing me ever getting one >:(
– Tales of Xillia’s atrocious dub quality. Also all the costumes being expensive paid DLC 🙁
– Dub-only Atelier Ayesha when the rest of the series was dual language 🙁
– Bioshock Infinite’s repetitive, boring kill-room gameplay 🙁
– The Last of Us being a stealth game ensuring I will never be able to play it ever. 🙁
Worst Game I Can’t Stop Playing
– Kantai Collection
Stuff that would probably make the list if I had finished it by now
– Bravely Default
– Persona 4 Golden
Xenoblade!!!!!
Ys! I’m 6 or so hours in Celceta and it feels a bit dated, but it’s still fun.
It picks up a bit as it gets going. I think that the slightly dated feel is partially because of the music and the story being adapted mainly from Dawn of Ys from 1993. In that way I felt Seven was slightly better as a game, because it was much newer being an original game from 2009.
Celceta’s still a great game though, easily in the Vita’s top 10, probably top 5.
EDIT: Example of what I’m talking about regarding the music. If you’ve made it to the forest in Celceta then this track from Dawn of Ys should be super familiar:
Aw man, I gotta de-bone all the salmon fillets.
Why do they keep making me do all the tedious, repetitive, meticulo-
Oh.
Xenoblade!
Wonderful 101!
Pikmin 3!
Ho, ho, ho-ly crap I’m bored. 🙁
How are the wagons coping? Circling or as a polygon ?
Circles within circles
Falling off a cliff, bursting into flames as they hit the ground.
Funny thing is, they’re empty. :\
Salmon is really hard to skin.
So are peo…
…
You just need the right tool for the right job mate…
Falcom are apparently working on something for Playstation 4! They seem to have hit a nice niche with Ys on portables and Sen no Kiseki seems pretty set on PS3 & Vita so I wonder what it could be. Maybe a remake of Xanadu? Dragon Slayer? Sorcerian? Something entirely new? Either way it probably won’t ever be localized since no one wants to take a punt with Falcom’s stuff 🙁
No one wants to take a Falcom punt.
Coming soon to a Smash Brothers near you.
I bought the Next Car Game Tech Sneak Peek from Bugbear.
Holy shit, guys.
Seriously, go and drop the money on this. It’s amazing.
You can play with either a keyboard or a gamepad, and it’s essentially a giant sandbox showcasing the damage model.
There’s hammers, a crushing machine, a pachinko drop, a ski ramp, you can add ai and smash into them, it’s just so much bloody fun.
Go and drop the $25 on it.
You won’t regret it, trust me.
http://nextcargame.com/pre-order/
I was watching my brother play that a little earlier on. All I could think was what the actual fuck 😛
Geez, doing so much actual work in the kitchen for once. And somehow actually doing ok at it.
Better be careful, otherwise it might be expected of me in the future :/
It’s a good thing. I know you struggle getting women to notice you, but maybe they’ll notice you if you can cook. Then maybe people would want to date you? 😛
…we can’t let this get out.
The real secret is to make stuff that looks like it’d be hard but is a piece of piss to make. It’s like playing a game on easy mode, same rewards with less effort
… I always play on easy …
… 🙁
Survived the first meal with the family. One more to go. My parents and I are currently taking a break at my place. Dad is watching Ben Hur, Mum is reading and I am testing out my new headphones. They are pretty impressive. Merry Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas, ontargett. Sounds like a good day!
Thanks @dc. Keep circling them wagons. 😉
So somehow KFC was bought up on Twitter again this morning, and Oliver was genuinely curious to know if my family just rocks up at KFC for christmas lunch 😛 It’s a dream, but not one that has been fulfilled! I’ve spent the entire day almost pissing myself laughing over the thought of having KFC on christmas day, mostly due to the fact that if I could I definitely would!
Anyways, very uneventful day. Slept, got up, ate lunch, went back to bed, now I’m here. The rest of my family is too cheery. I don’t get it.
Also santa got really really lazy this year! Usually mum likes to give an actual gift saying it’s from santa, cos all I ever ask for is money. Usually it’s a gift, last year it was a gift card, this year it was just money in a card 😛
Hope everyone else had/is having a good day!
I had KFC for christmas lunch one year but I bought it the day before and reheated it. Still good but not the same
I haven’t had KFC for like a month! Maybe even monthS! D:
I’ve had it less and less this year, mostly cos I’m starting to experience that KFC regret thing everybody else gets!
On the bright side, NO REGRETS!
I kinda regret not having it…
KFC regret is a myth!
The world’s most iconic firearm, the AK-47 is now an orphan; Mikhail Kalashnikov is dead.
Christmas Merry!
Hey, it’s Jimu! Hey Jimu!
Hey, DC. Hi, DC!
Get any great Gifts?
Mine was Bravely Default Deluxe, which my son unwrapped for me and I already saw when it arrived in the post.
Haha! But haven’t you been playing Bravely Default for weeks? 😀
;D
But it wasn’t deluxe, IT WASN’T DELUXE!
It was, I just slipped the cartridge out and, you know…
Did Mrs. Jimu know about this? 😀
I dunno, I didn’t mention it.
So sneaky!
I didn’t know the art book was a proper size one! It looks pretty in unboxingssss :O
I would’ve been all over the Deluxe Edition but luckily it sold out before I could make a decision and it was too ‘spensive anyway 😛
(the EB preorder art book is pretty lame :P)
The figure is pretty crap but the artbook is really nice.
Though not as nice as The Art of Bravely 2010-2013 which is a stunning artbook and probably better use of your cash if you just want a book with Bravely Default art.
Too much chocolate today. D:
No such thing.
You need homemade caramel tarts, infinitely better than chocolate
Only amount of chocolate that is “too much” is when your mouth is so full of chocolate you can’t fit in any more chocolate.
Just started a game on FIFA 14, to hear the commentators begin to banter about christmas…
SINCE WHEN HAS THIS BEEN A FEATURE!!!
Yeah it’s an awesome feature. Many sports games have live updates where they’ll even refer to the most recent real world games during commentary. Very immersive.
Merry Christmas everyone!
I enjoyed 2/3’s of the day. 1/3 not so much. Hope everyone had a great day ^^
So you had a ‘Mer ristma’ then? What didn’t go too well, just the cooking?
I ruined the potatoes. D=
No way you can claim them as an obscure dish that’s totally what all the cool kids are eating in Milan?
Okay, so I got a Steam key for Next Car Game…
Guys, the derby mode feels like Destruction Derby 2 HD!
I’m serious!
So much hype now!
Aw man, Hello Games studio flooded on Christmas Eve. :'( http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/25/5243182/hello-games-studio-flooded-on-christmas-eve
That sucks, especially on Christmas eve! (Although I wouldn’t want it to happen to me on any day)
Um, quick question, who knows the best place for me to get Silent hill book of Memories on PS Vita? It’s too expensive at GT so I need to look around. Plus it seems to be limited.
It seems to be on sale at Ozgameshop
http://www.ozgameshop.com/playstation-vita-games/silent-hill-book-of-memories-game-ps-vita
Dammit. Do I get dragons crown or this?
Well that silent hill page says you get an extra 30% off, do you get that with dragons crown?
dragons crown you get an art book. At EB
Is that the PS3 or Vita edition? Also happy to see if either my EB has it or our other one does and grab it with the art book for you.
It says PS3 only but I was going to ask my EB if they could give me the art book with the vita version
A1EJO-0IX85
10% Ozgameshop codeeee
It’s 34 pre owned at EB, if my store has it, I can get 15% off it for you.. I can find out tomorrow for you.
@DC
TREME
They brought back our reporter friend! I liked him, and it was good to see him again.It’s sad this is only a five episode season. The whole thing feels like a long epilogue rather than an entirely new (though truncated) season. Not necessarily a criticism… but did you realise that we haven’t seen Sonny since, I think, he got married? Is he just done in this show, now? Can’t help but worry that some of the story conclusions might be forced closed instead of drifting closed on their own…That said, it was a great episode of a great show. Antoine’s jazz binge was particularly interesting, and I think his story is the one that remains the most fascinating to me.Only one episode left!We saw Sonny briefly at the clinic Antoine took the student to as well as when his wife and father voted on election day. I feel like his arc is over though. He’s had his redemption story. He’s had his relapse. He’s found peace. I hear the actor is also on that Nashville show, so that could have something to do with it too.
Speaking of Nashville? I feel like the Nashville thing will be an appropriate end to Annie’s story too. Just drifting through New Orleans and now drifting out again. I like the fact that the band was so cool with it too.
I agree with the whole epilogue vibe. That stuff with Toni in particular has a feeling to me that Toni will always have another battle when one is resolved. Doubt we’ll get any resolution on that storyline and that’s okay for me.
I think our predictions about the Chief’s second line might prove accurate.
I think there are really only two question marks left in terms of character arcs… maybe three.
What is Antoine going to do now that things are getting hard at the school?What is Davis going to do to find inner peace (whether leaving a legacy or not?), and does it have anything to do with his club-opening ambition?And maybe… Will Coulson get his chance to burn his ex-colleagues on his way out the door? My prediction: no. They’ll probably kill him first.That’s not to say there won’t be surprises with the other characters, but I think we’ve noticed the same thing: they’re kind of wrapping things up for them all. I’m not sure we’re gonna get too many epoch-changing moments with just 58 minutes left to tell about a dozen stories. 😛I think Davis will open his club in some form. Not sure he’ll find peace ever, though. He’s just drifted through one scheme after the other I don’t see that changing soon. That talk of legacy might make a difference though. It’ll be interesting to see if Hidelgo agrees to help or not. He seems torn between development and legacy of the city.Truth be told, I’m feeling satisfied with the show as is. It’s good we have another hour and some more resolution, but the show as a whole at the moment is starting to feel complete.
Agreed.
Actually, you’re right:
Hidalgo has a big ? hanging over his head. He’s got some resources, potential to make a difference. And they have been emphasising the pull from both sides of the fence, especially this season.One nice touch:
Seeing Davis’ neighbours again and them pointing out the parade of women way of his league. XDI feel like @effluvium-boy ain’t going to post this here, so I’m posting it any ways:
http://effluviumboy.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/low-elf-esteem/
Dear alcohol;
I love you.
Love me.
I love you
You love me
I’m as pissed as I can be!
try again!
Apparently we’re drinking baileys from a shoe on new years :S And me and my friend are totally dressing up as Mexicans! We’re gonna be spending a couple of days beforehand rehearsing 😛 This is gonna be an epic new years party
Should be something more Mexican then… Like a Mexican beer or, TEQUILA!
do you love me
You think you could ever love me?
I decided to give AssCreed 4 (PIRATES!) a go. The game is a lot of fun, when it works. I have already come across 2 bugs that have forced me to redo a mission.
The first one occurred during the tutorial level. I got stuck inside a piece of wood and couldn’t move. =/
https://twitter.com/SerNobulus/status/415788837369962496/photo/1
Second one happened during a chase, the guy I was chasing got stuck on a ledge and he wouldn’t move. No matter how many times I shot him. =/
https://twitter.com/SerNobulus/status/415833802733142016/photo/1
I want to pope you like an animal. My whole existence is flawed. You bring me closer to god.
Pope songs, now at a TAY near you.!
Dear @shane,
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/TotesNotJealous.jpg
Christmas buddies 4eva.
Also, I kind of ended up basically making all of the desserts, which meant mum was proudly telling everyone this fact, and then they were all raving on about how good it all was and now I’m being told I need to keep doing it.
This will not do at all.
this is the thing I hate most about being a decent cook. people always turn to you to make stuff!
What is people?
I just cook for myself.
hehe i just cook for myself mostly these days too, but whenever there’s a family gathering or something, someone always asks me to make something
What did you make?
The stupidly complex one was this raspberry mousse thing, and then we also made a trifle.
Mousse is complex? It’s mostly just whipped cream with stuff folded into it most of the time isn’t it?
Nah it was a cake that had a sort of jelly on top and a whole bunch of other stuff to it. The recipe had some really convoluted instructions that took several reads to decipher, especially in the middle of the night like that.
I managed to fix my daughters furby after she dropped it. Buuuut it’s whole personality has changed. Like completely. It now speaks in this weird baritone version of Vincent Price. It keeps farting and telling us to “smell the beauty” before giggling uncontrollably and every time you pat it’s head it shudders with an “ohohohohoho ooooohhh yyyyeeeaaaahhh”.
It’s bizarre.
And now it’s farting along and singing the Beans Beans the Magical Fruit song. Who the hell designed this thing?
Buzz’s Spanish mode?
Sounds like it knows its demographic. 😛
Drop it on it’s head again.
#NobsParentingAdvice
Sounds like Chucky might have got tired of Good Guy dolls!
The soundtrack to Sons of Anarchy is incredible – I love it. 😀
Riding through this world..
C’mon Aussies!
Let’s go 4-0 up! 😀
Le grill? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
anyone know what’s going on with steam this morning? i can get to it at all :\
ALSO HEY TAY
*waves*
Hope you had an excellent christmas… mine was pretty damn great…
Got Shadows over Camelot and played it heaps! very amazing boardgame, i highly recommend it
Hey Pixel! Want some rye? Course ya do!
Steam seems to be working fine for me. :S
Edit: Oh, it was about twenty minutes ago. Not now.
i can get to my inventory, but can’t get to the store page at all
Apparently they put L4D2 up for free, 5 mins later all the steam servers exploded.
really? wooow that doesn’t surprise me then
Seems to be up now, L4D2 is still free, I’m not sure if it’s a limited time thing or not but I would get it now if you don’t have it.
Since my trackball doesn’t work all that well for games, I might pick myself up a gaming mouse.
Any recommendations?
I’m using the previous generation of this mouse its pretty impressive.
Funnily, that’s the exact mouse I was eyeing off on the JB website.
I used to use the G7. Looked fairly similar to that one, and had the little eject button on the bottom for popping out the battery. Had another battery that sat in the charger til you needed it. 5 second swap and back in action! Was so good, but the batteries don’t hold charge anymore, so I got the first iteration of this http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=258_697_701&products_id=26267&zenid=8555e772937a65507a9aadcdaac79728
Looks exactly the same and same specs. Dunno what my model is though cos it’s rubbed off the bottom. Pretty good mouse though. Darkfield laser means you can use it on any surface, and it works really well, and to charge, just plug in the usb cable to charge on the fly! Only uses one AA battery too!
Too similar to my trackball.
I’m after a dedicated gaming mouse, but thanks anyway. 🙂
I’ve been thinking about trying out one of these for my next mouse. Not 100% certain yet, but I like the idea of the ventilation cos my hands get sweaty. can adjust angle of the mouse too
http://www.ttesports.com/productPage.aspx?p=39&g=ftr#.UruA9_QW3Rg
The model before that might be the MX Revolution? I have an old MX Revo I use at work. The battery is wearing out though, probably going to need to replace it. Great mouse but I hate the super-fast scrolling, end up remapping pressing the scroll wheel back to being a middle click like normal whenever I set it up anywhere.
depends on whether or not you want lots of programmable macro buttons or not
was just taking a look at some new mice to see what around, and discovered this.
http://www.lg.com/au/it-accessories/lg-Mouse-Scanner
it’s a mouse with a built in scanner, for scanning docs and pics etc! not a recommendation, but damn! what’s next for the little ol mouse!
I’ve given my gmail address to one place and one place only. It has literally 100 to 1 junk mail of my hotmail account I give to everything and it’s all from google and Amazon.
Well done guys.
Papers, Please will be on sale for $5 on Steam in less than 5 minutes!
So I know its super late notice and more than likely to be unfeasible but is anyone interested in coming over for a chill NYE BBQ?
@dc help me out here.
@strange, @sughly (most likely out of town, not sure if he’ll be back or not.), @virus__, @beardymcmuttonchops, @welbot, @sernobulus, @jimu, @gutsoup, @enduwolf, @lambomann007, @popdart5, @dkzeitgeist, @transientmind
Hey, that’s me! \o/
I’m unsure at this point. Was invited to a couple of NYE things, but waiting on details for them. will let you know closer to the day!
Booked in for a family thing, sorry.
Lego Marvel Superheroes Y/N?
N.
TY
If you like LEGO… and Marvel? Hellz yeah? i love the crap out of it
Both @gutsoup and my pal that looks like Snow are loving it.
More of the same I imagine 😀
The best part about stopping a playthrough of an RPG 40 hours in is that when you pick it back up 2 months later you have no idea what’s going on.
Repost now with more helpful @dc
So I know its super late notice and more than likely to be unfeasible but is anyone interested in coming over for a chill NYE BBQ?
@strange, @sughly (most likely out of town, not sure if he’ll be back or not.), @virus__, @beardymcmuttonchops, @welbot, @sernobulus, @jimu, @gutsoup, @enduwolf, @lambomann007, @popdart5, @dkzeitgeist, @transientmind
Aw, totally would if I wasnt in NSW 🙁
Did you not get a teleporter for christmas? All the cool kids got one
I should hopefully be able to make it!
\o/
Already made plans for NYE sorry.
I’d guess it’s a no from me, but Mr. Strange is in a great mood due to the four weeks of holidays ahead of him so I’ll ask him and may be surprised. *crosses fingers*
Ugh, I am working a close shift bro.. If I had known this like 3 days back I would’ve told me manager I wasn’t available.
Sorry, bloke, doin the family thing 🙂
Maybe!
SOS and I have just moved so it will depend on funds, I’ll text you closer to ze date.
No funds necessary. I have so much alcohol left over from my wife’s birthday and we always put on the food.
That sounds wonderful, but unfortunately I have plans already.
Thanks for the invite, hope it goes well. 🙂
Is anyone keen on some Just Cause 2 multiplayer this afternoon? The more, the merrier after all 🙂
Ugh, I just make the mistake of clicking a link to the american kotaku and now my eyes feel like someone has just stabbed them with a fork. How can anyone like that site design?
They just don’t gif a damn.
*RIMSHOT*
Wooo!!! The promised land!!! 😀
There were some sceptics amongst us who thought we wouldn’t make it (You know who you are!), but here we are!!! 😀
Hopefully it’s as good as I’ve been dreaming of!!!
I don’t know what is acceptable for page R18+, so I’ll let others go first 😀
( o Y o )
Sid ate all his presents and destroyed is stocking ^^;;
I guess it’s safe to say he liked all his presents then. =P
yes, he did
BOARDGAMES
My sister gave me Creationary for Christmas. She was so super careful in handing it to me, trying to make sure that the pieces didn’t rattle and give away what it was. Then the first thing I blurt out before unwrapping it is that it looks Lego-shaped. She was pissed 😛
Then today she demanded that we get to play it. It was fun, though still trying to mix things up from the stock rules to make things a little better.
My sister and her boyfriend got my father and I a game called Khet, it’s like Chess, but with lasers.
I got that one year, then everyone refused to play it with me. Good times.
I read that board game title as Crematory for Christmas and I’m like is that the game where you see how many people you can cremate before the end of the holiday season
I love WWII games!
My middle brother and I were forbidden to play Pictionary after every single time sweeping the entire board before anyone else could get off the starting square.
So now, to make things fairer, we play, ‘Charadenary’. Which is like Pictionary with charades rules. Great party improvisation, giving some structure to the basics.
@DC
We bought Treme season 1 for my FIL’s birthday next week. It was 2 for $24 at JB, so we also picked up season 1 of The Newsroom for ourselves.
We watched the first episode tonight, and it was unbelievably good. One of the best pilot eps I can remember seeing ever. So keen to keep watching.
You’ve done well, Shane — on both fronts! Oh man, just as Treme finishes we have another show to talk about! This makes me unreasonably happy! 😀
There was only one thing – just one thing – I’m not sure I liked in the pilot, and even then, I’m on the fence about it:
That she was actually in the audience with the signs all along. I kind of loved the idea that she was in his head, with ideas that he couldn’t shake, that even just in memory, she was his ticket to saving himself. The fact that she was actually there saving him kind of takes some of the agency out of the decision, which diminishes his level of responsibility a little… that said, it brings up all sorts of other interesting implications, so I’m happy with it as is, too!Otherwise, it was frightfully inspiring, and really exciting. More thrilling than I’ve experienced in, I think, any other dialogue-only-type show. A solid 9.5/10. Really loved it.
Hooray for Sorkin! It’s far from the perfect show, but it seems like you had the exact same reaction I had after watching the pilot. I like the ambition of it. The mission statement. Also a well realized cast of characters in a well realized setting. Sorkin basically writes every single episode of the entire show’s run too, West Wing-style.
After the often-brutal realism of Treme, it feels really good to get a dose of fantastical idealism, Sorkin-style 😛
That’s it exactly! Bartlett’s White House was liberal idealism and people accepted that and one of the main criticisms at this show is that it’s unrealistic because of this idealism. I prefer to suspend disbelief on this fact. 😀
My biggest issue with the newsroom is still how Sorkin writes the female characters.
So much bordum. Friends need to be more interesting. Also more online.
Sorry Gooky
I *knew* it had to be all your fault. Somehow.
I don’t know – for six people living in New York, they got up to plenty of interesting stuff. Remember when Ross wanted a fake tan, and kept messing up? Or when Joey tried to go celibate so he could participate in medical research? Or when Monica couldn’t stop cooking Christmas candy for the neighbours? Or when Rachel and Chandler stole cheesecake?
I am so torn on whether down or upvote 😛
We call that the Shane Zone.
Wait, are you saying I’m eligible for medical research? WIN! \o/
I just need more friends
Urgh. Grandparents. They can’t manage to get their heads around the fact that I’ve a) moved, b) got things that I have to do, c) want to spend new years with friends, and d) can’t spend the entire holidays here! I’m being made to feel guilty about it even though they know that I struggle being at home. Yeah, the allergy tablets help with the runny nose and eyes and that but not the fact that I’ve been here 4 days and my eczema’s already starting to come back and I’m getting a rash on my cheek again and just generally feeling constantly irritated.
Then there’s the issue of them wanting me to get in contact with them all the time. They don’t have a computer, I’m on prepaid and can’t afford the cost of calling them, and up until the day before my first exam I didn’t even have a pen, nor do I have paper, or envelopes, or know where a post office is, or know their address, or know wtf to actually write.
I can’t believe how selfish my entire family is for that matter. None of them give a shit about me or my health, they just want me here because apparently I should be. Feed him a cocktail of medication and tough fucking luck he can deal with it. Well tough luck. I can’t and I’m not. Unless you all come down to Hobart in the mean time, I’ll see you all next Christmas. Maybe.
Leaving tomorrow morning-ish for Burnie for what’s going to be a pretty epic week! Am keeeeen. Nobody looks after me, respects me, appreciates me, or cares for me (or in one case even loves me I guess) more than my friends do. My family can bitch and moan all they want that I put my friends first, but unless they start giving a shit about me then I don’t care what they think.
You can’t choose your family and most of the time they’re damn annoying. A constant reminder of the past and your old life and all that stuff. You can choose your friends, though. Stands to reason that your relationships will be better with them because of this!
Hope I’m not over stepping a line, Ben, but you seem to get mad about a lot of things all of the time. You can’t control how other people treat you but you can control how you react to things. It ain’t healthy to be this riled up about things. Life’ll be better when you can handle stuff like this better. Don’t mean to be jerky in the slightest I know you’ve got good reasons to be annoyed and I know you’re a damn good guy too.
There’s an old saying, you can’t go home again. You can’t really blame your parents and family for treating you like they used to treat you even if that doesn’t fit any more. Trust me, man. We’ve all been through this. You’re in a position now to establish the new dynamic between you and your parents. Is this how you want things to be? I feel like I’ve overstepped that line I mentioned. Haha!
Hope you have an awesome New Years! 😀
(no lines have been overstepped, fyi :))
I don’t want them to treat me the same, or differently as they always have. I just want them to treat me with a little respect. To treat me as an adult. Same as my housemate. I just want some respect. I don’t want to be nurtured, I don’t care if they don’t pay attention to me at all, blow me off, whatever, but when they do try and communicate with me, all I want is them to show me the slightest bit of respect, cos I try damn hard to come up here to see my family because I know they want me to even though I don’t have to or want to, yet when I do I just get treated like shit, made to feel guilty, and made to feel like my health problems are my fault and to get over it.
I asked one single thing from my mum when I came up here the other day. If she could please put the dogs outside before I came home so I didn’t have to have them running up to me. Did that happen? Of course not. We got home, I asked if the dogs were out, she replied with “how should I know?” sounding completely disgusted, and I had to work my way through them. It was the one request I made to try and help myself and in turn try and be in a better mood for them. Instead I literally got thrown a box of tablets at me and was told to take one and that was that.
If I had it my way I would cut off ties with my entire family, both immediate and extended. None of them really like me. They haven’t for years. I know you don’t understand the relationship between my family and me, but whenever I try to be their son and try and include myself in the family, it gets met with complete animosity. Nobody even pretends to care about what I have to say, or how I’m doing, or feeling, I’m just expected to be there just cos.
I could write an entire story on the role my (twin, my younger brother is awesome) brother plays in this, but there’s no real need to. All my friends pick the kind of person he is the moment they meet him.
Edit: Happy new year to you too, btw!
I thought I should add that Christmas day was spent around a bunch of miserable old fucks who did nothing but point out what was either wrong with me or why I was so tired (after spending the night awake just trying to breathe). They came to the conclusion that the problem must have been that I was tired because I’d spent all night on the computer playing games and what not, completely ignoring what I had to say, and trying to lecture me on why computers are evil, and having people sing songs about jesus at me and getting upset because I wouldn’t join in with that or saying grace. I fully respect their right to be religious, I would never tell somebody off for it or try and tell them they’re wrong or even bring it up, but with religion comes ignorance towards anyone who isn’t evidently.
But as they’re old people who apparently I should respect no matter what, that apparently gives them the right to show me absolutely no respect in return, and all I’m allowed to do is keep my mouth shut and nod my head and pretend to smile, at the same time STILL being yelled at because I didn’t have anything to add to the thrilling conversation on whether potatoes are getting wetter and whether we should all stop buying potatoes.
I’m sorry 🙁 It’s not the fact that they’re there or that they want me to participate, the problem is that when I do they never actually acknowledge what I’m saying and just keep looking for things to complain about me over and having the rest of the family join in and I’m meant to sit there and take it and there’s only an issue when I question them. That’s not being a part of a family. That’s just being bullied.
Seriously dude, that’s something that can only be cured by a giant TAY group hug!
COMMENCE GROUP HUG!
*HUG!*
Do I have to put on pants?
Normally I’d say that pants are optional but just for once it might be an idea to at least have undies on
It’ll get better 🙁 I promise you all that this next week there won’t be any tweets/posts where I’m doing my nut, and once Oliver gets back on the 14th from there on out I’ll have at least one person on my side. It’s never me against one person. It’s always me against either my entire family, or me against her entire family. It just makes me feel alone and vulnerable. The mad tweets are never directed at you guys, it’s just an easy place to vent, and I would never actually personally get mad at any of you.
I’m sorry you guys 🙁
Nothing whatsoever to apologise for, sometimes venting is the best thing you can do psychologically (hell I started what might be the most popular thread on the entire GOG forum called “bitch about life in general” just because I needed to vent) and as someone with a thoroughly fucked up brain, I can most assuredly sympathise.
I understand exactly how you feel. My mother is treated in a similar way by her siblings. They constantly mock her, act like her illness is of no importance (it’s called primary Amyloidosis. Kind of a bad thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_amyloidosis ) they make her do things that they know will hurt her and just treat her like shit.
When you’re not feeling well, you don’t want to be talk too much, especially if people are going to ignore you.
The best thing to do is to just not have anything to do with them. That’s why Mum and I had Christmas at home, just the two of us, and it was one of the best Christmas’ ever.
Hope that you can get them to understand one day. It must be so frustrating for you.
Thanks Scree 🙂 I find that not many people understand, but when you do find somebody who understands how you feel and can tell when you’re having a bad day and reacts accordingly, you should never let go of that person, because they’re the only ones that are going to make you feel at the very least not worse at the end of the day. It’s definitely not worth spending time around people who not only don’t care, but go out of their way to try and make you feel bad about yourself.
It sounds like you have a really great relationship with your mum, and well, I wish I had that with mine, but oh well 🙂
Exactly. Mum didn’t really understand anxiety and it still kind of throws her off but her support makes all the difference in a family that doesn’t really care and will actively try to set off my anxiety. I’m sorry that you do not have someone in your corner in your family. Try to think of us as another support system.
The way they are treating you is not cool and is not on. Humans, especially family, should not treat one another this way. Have you told them that they make you feel this way? If they are ignoring this then it’s not worth it. Even more so if they are purposely making you ill.
Family gets off way too lightly when they’re being dicks, just because you’re related to someone doesn’t make them any less of an arsehole.
Sexy page 18, huh?
Penis.
Went and saw the desolation of Smaug, enjoyed it a lot – reckon it was better than the first one by a fair margin. Spotted one of the two cameos, and Smaug is really impressive, felt like a real dragon.
I want to make an off-color joke about Wyrms but I can’t figure one out 🙁
You could just pull one out of your arse?
BAM!
Hey everyone,
Wolf Among Us is free on XBLA today!
Ep1 or the whole thing?
Just Ep 1, I think.
Yeah I looked it up right after posting, wondering why I didn’t just look since I was right next to my 360
I FINALLY bought and played that while staying with my mother for a few days up north, and I played it through THREE TIMES IT’S THAT GOOD OMG YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW.
I bought a copy of Shakigan no Shana: The Movie on Blu-ray/DVD combo, and the person at JB forgot to remove the red tag.
Fortunately, with a small flat-headed screwdriver, I managed to remove it without damaging the case! \o/
Also, I bought a Skullcandy 7.1 USB headset, and I can’t get it working, because it hasn’t got a manual.
It just has a stupid piece of paper with pictograms that tell you nothing.
Seriously, I have no idea how to get it working with my pc.
It works on my PS3, but I can’t figure out how to get it working on my pc. 🙁
Also, I bought a Logitech Gaming Mouse, the G400s.
You managed to remove a security tag without destroying the case?? Fuckin ay, that’s impressive!
What’s the problem with the headset? If its USB you should just plug it in, tell windows what audio device to use (because they count as a separate soundcard) and it should be gold
I’ve tried that, but it only shows up as monaural. :\
It has an optical input and output.
If there was a how to or a manual for the pc, I’d be set, but since I can’t find one, I’m rooted.
http://www.tech-gaming.com/skullcandy-plyr-2-review/
About 2/3 down they mention that the PC is restricted to monaural, sounds like they might be designed for console only
Well, on the plus side, I have something I can use to watch movies in surround sound without waking everyone else up! 🙂
Also, the box states that it’s 360, PS3, and PC compatible.
I think I need a sound card with optical input.
Fuck. Just when I thought maybe the whole Sketchbook thing was subsiding, there was some funny picture she posted of herself and my friend linked me to it. It’s aaaaaaaaaaaall still there, strong as ever, and has now bubbled back up to the surface. RELAPSE!
shocking twist!
Not that shocking. Nor twisting, really 😛
Nah you don’t want to be twisting, you’ll get friction burns unless you’re using a lot of lube
Although, I guess the whole “not over the original girl” isn’t really a shocking twist. It’s been used in every sitcom!
I’m waiting for the episode where @dc crashes on @mrtaco’s couch for a few days!
I heard if the show’s ratings go up, @dc could become a permanent character! \o/
It’s not multicam, I hope. >:|
*canned laughter*
Ooh if they’re adding new characters, I want to audition for the role of the creepy neighbour!
Dibs on the Fonz role.
😉
I doubt it’ll go away.
First girl I ever got in super-serious with, the one with the Ducati and leather and very, very, very, very, very bad habits who encouraged me into getting into all sorts of trouble and learning all sorts of bad habits of my own? Even though things crashed and burned and were horribly destructive to the point that I had to end it for my own sanity and health, if she were to walk up to me today, there’d be some powerful resonance there.
Kind of like when you find yourself walking past a house or apartment you spent several years in, but no-longer live in. There’s a lingering feeling of ownership, like you have some sort of subconscious right to be there, by virtue of that history. Which is why ex’es are so damn dangerous and no-one you’re with should ever be trusted with them.
Heh. I still seem to be trusted around at least one of my exes, the other it’s a little trickier with since she’s over in Adelaide, though her current guy doesn’t seem to like when we talk, as infrequent as it is 😛
I know it can go away though. I had a pretty big crush on a girl who I’d end up friends with back at the end of high school, even managed to take her to my formal without her boyfriend being overly worried about it 😛 A year or two into uni and they got engaged, and eventually after that it went away. With time. Looootsa time.
I realised the other day, with Sketchbook – I’m actually getting the whole heart-skips-a-beat/fluttery deal at the mere thought of her. And I’m struggling to pinpoint the last time I got that with anyone. The last I can remember for sure was the crush I just mentioned, I’m not sure that there’s been any since. Possibly not even either of my two girlfriends (the former of which just so happens to be the younger sister of that crush. Nothing suss, honest :P).
As crap as it is to be stuck in the spot I am, it’s kinda nice to know that I can at least get that kind of feeling about someone again. Plenty of times I thought that maybe that sort of thing had just gotten beyond me.
Nighty-night.
Okay, WTF?
Channel 7 is working fine on my tv tuner… 😐
Analogue?
IT’S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!
Digital!
Analogue has been turned off for weeks! \o/
Aw.
Is there a new TAY, I feel like there should be since nobody has posted today since the early hours of the morning
Christmas was awesome, got to spend time with the family and my nieces and nephew. Chrissy lunch after morning with my nephew (After he finally got up) Damn kid kept me waiting on christmas morning.
Mum went all out this year and bought us all a whole bag of presents, was like being a little kid and getting santa sack again. All the presents we got seemed to be winners so that was good as well. Huge roast lunch then BBQ in the evening,
Was able to sit on the couch and relax boxing day with a beer and the test on. Then saw my last niece before we had to head home
This is still current TAY.
Feels like it’s been dragging…
A bit like KP’s innings. At least that is over now 🙂
Snap!
To celebrate this Friday, 9:30am falling within the festive season ALL OF YOU GET DUBL ZEITGEIST!!!
First, it’s the ‘Mas Special. Listen as we discuss Easter, human trafficking and premarital sex.
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com/2013/12/23/dan-karls-zeitgeist-mas-special/
And, as per normal, it’s today’s episode in which no one is surprised i was friends with a peeping Tom.
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com/2013/12/23/dan-karls-zeitgeist-s04e09-its-a-conspiracy/
So listen, enjoy and have a great festive season.
And I’ve said it elsewhere but to all those who listen to us prattle on every week, Karl and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts and wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and any other secular holiday you celebrate.
Love,
Dan
Morning.
So I had Pavlova for breakfast. Alright but for some reason the pav we bought has the crispy part stuck to the bottom of the cardboard, It is a tragedy. =(
On the bright side we have plenty of food so we won’t have to shop for a few days.
Fun fact, my Great grandfather invented the pavlova, i went on TV about it once.
*the more you know*
Do you know how to make a proper pav then? Are you meant to refrigerate the base?
Happy almost new year everyone!!
Last song played was Sweatpants by Childish Gambino 🙂
Spaghett!
Next year by the food fighters.
Zeitgeist Outro by James Flamestar.
Ghost division – Sabaton
HEY TAY
*flails arms*
How is you all?
YOu well?
good
Excellent.
I’m great…
I was gifted $50 on steam and now i can’t make up my mind what to spend it on XD
#firstworldproblems
everything?
Well if i can find enough awesome indie games XD… I MEAN COME ON, THAT’S 25 $2 GAMES \o/ 😛
Or 10 $5 games.
Apparently the cat lady is decent
Perfect timing, Dark Souls is on sale! \o/
but but i already have that 😛
DARK.SOULS!
>=(
I never thought of it like that!
Bioshock Infinite is $25, The Walking Dead Season 1 is $12.50, whilst the 400 Days DLC is $2.50; NFS: Shift is $10.
I was looking at Shift, but i saw that it was $5 the other day so i’m hoping that’ll happen again
Pixel! Hope you’re well!
And you my friend!
*tips hat*
*adjusts monocle*
How was your Christmas good sir?
Not too shabby. Pretty uneventful though. You?
awesomely quiet XD…
Good food and long sleep afterwards so an A-OK day 😛
The Cat and The Coup isn’t too bad.
Also, it’s free. 🙂
Well I just grabbed spelunky cause it won the vote and was extra cheap
Got that as well XD…
I think the steam sales now boils down to:
Got it, Got it, got it, don’t want, got it, ON SALE WOOO… but not on flash sale, I’LL WAIT TILL IT’S ON FLASH SALE!
You learn fast young grasshopper
How do you gift money on steam?
You can apparently buy gift vouchers, both through the steam store or go to EB’s and other brick and mortar stores to buy “gift cards”… Then you plunk in the code similar to redeeming a game and it adds money to your “steam wallet”
You can buy the cards through the steam store?
Wait nope, i was wrong, not through the steam store XD sorry my bad… You can buy them in stores however
Unless you live in wagga…
EB should have them as standard, All it was for me was a receipt, kinda looked like when you get phone credit for prepaid phones 😛
might be worth just asking them if they do it
Oh so they’re not physical cards? Okay that might be a potential reason I didn’t see anything steamy in their big racks of physical cards. Shall have to ask about it next time I’m there, cheers.
Oh hey, I just got gifted a code for Dungeon Defenders Collection as part of my defense grid kickstarter.
Ummm I have it so anybody want a late Christmas present?
Hi.
I wrote some words about stuff.
http://effluviumboy.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/low-elf-esteem/
Oh, never mind. @DC’s all over it.
Stealing people’s thunder since 1985.
… you’re old!
😛Similar here. Quite literally stole the thunder before I was born.
I explain: When my mother was pregnant with me, she kept it secret for a while, until her youngest sister announced that she was pregnant and would be the first of the daughters to give their parents grandkids. Mum had to sheepishly pipe up at that point. I stole the thunder a few weeks early.
You were right to do it! *nods knowingly*
so i made a decision yesterday and bought a Wii U.
a lot of people giving me flack for buying it instead of a ps4, but i really thought about it, and realised that all the games on PS4 i want will be on PC as well, and there aren’t any exclusives that look worth buying the console for at the moment.
however i could not resist the wonderful 101 and bayonetta 2, plus the marios and zeldas and such.
anyway, long story short, Wii U is cool, super mario 3d world is great fun.
I’m playing my PS3 rather then my WiiU but that’s because I have no games on it.
WIND WAKER HD! \o/
WONDERFUL 101! \o/
ITS DOWNLOADING NOW I AM SO HYPE OH MY GOD
Pikmin 3! My favourite game on the Wii U!
Since I got a new headset, I decided to upgrade my soundcard.
I bought an Asus Xonar DG Dolby 5.1 Card for $52 including postage.
Should be here by January 2nd. 🙂
wow nice!
I used to have a Auzentech X-Fi… but it ended up burning out 😛
Nice one man 😀
I’ve got the Xonar STX here. Love it!
findtheinvisiblecow.com
This vs HaiTaku?
So on TAY’s recommendation i used my spare cash to pick up a copy of A Link Between Worlds… ZOMG IT ROCKS! thanks guys!… it is just so well put together!
EDIT – WOOO Zelda PAGE GET \o/
Jelly! But I did buy New little kings story and Dragons crown so…
You know how you sometimes see something and you just can’t quite tell if it’s the brilliant kind of stupid or the braindead kind of stupid?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kungfury/kung-fury
It sort of feels like a cross between a sketch from The Kentucky Friend Movie or Amazon Women On The Moon and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
*F5*
man this refresh game needs an update, or DLC or something… it’s becoming rather boring 😛I vote we force someone to tell us a story.
I nominate that guy over there.
Once upon a time a man decided to go for a walk but on the way out he tripped on the door step and broke his neck and died.
The end.
If I remember right, my dad died in a very similar fashion.
Once upon a time my dad was going to hang out his washing when he suffered a heart attack on the door step and died.
The end.
Please don’t freak out. I didn’t really know my dad that well and can’t really remember him so this hasn’t upset me in the slightest. No apologies!That’s very similar to a short story I wrote back when I was 6 or 7, the teacher said to write a short story and I wrote words to the effect of “Mother duck went out one day, a fox ate her. The end”
I was a very literal child
The Origin sale is on at the moment, if anyone is interested in picking up all 3 Mass Effect games in one pack, it’s a shade under 50 bucks
https://www.origin.com/en-au/store/buy/mass-effect-1-2-3/pc-download/bundle/standard-edition-ANW.html
The Saboteur is also $6 and that’s a much underrated gem worth grabbing
Oh I should probably link to the root of the sale page too: https://www.origin.com/en-au/store/deals/sale/endofyear-sale/on-sale
The Saboteur is great. I really enjoyed it.
Easily my favourite bit of atmosphere in the game was right near the end where a nazi officer is playing that nina simone song feeling good on the piano. It’s one of the bleakest moments I’ve seen in a game
Yeah, it was accused of being a cheap GTA/AC knock-off, but I really dug the aesthetic.
I was interested but I thought you mean Mass effect as in Commander Sheppard. But that just has some fugly dude on the case, must be a different series
Yeah he’s just some background character, no idea why he made the cover. Everyone knows shepard is a moderately scarred goth girl
Black hair, green eyes? Otherwise you are doing it wrong
Naturally! Along with lip & eyebrow scars as I recall
You. You I like!
Sounds more like you like my femshep
Is that some kind of euphemism?
I think, @mrtaco, that it’s probably best if you assume pretty much everything I say is some manner of euphemism
I do it wrong on account of blue eyes.
I think it’s pretty well established through human history that folks who don’t have blue eyes have no soul.
*nods blue-eyed head firmly*
Hi guys,
I have 2 days off before I have to work again, but will probably get called in over the weekend because those I work with are slack at times.
How was y’alls Christmas? I had a nice quiet day with the parents, saw some family friends, and got a few presents.
Which included these picks & guitar strap from my friend in England, seriously I think they’re the best gift.. I was in need of a new strap & picks, was really nice of her to do that.
Also mum & dad helped me buy my new TV, which was a nice full HD 40 inch Sony, which are only 550 at Dick Smith this week, such a bargain. They also got my old HD TV, which was a total upgrade for them! Now all I need is my PS4, which I should see by mid jan according to work..
Christmas was good. Little sis cooked a great christmas lunch and was nice to have all the kids about.
Got many more presents than I was expecting which was nice. and even got to see my eldest niece that I haven’t seen in over a year.
The boxing day they did other side of their family so sat on the couch with a beer and watched the boxing day test
@zetrox2k: I think your twitter account has been breached. There’s suspicious messages on there.
Okay, I have to apologise. I’m sorry for brainwashing you all into buying me things with video games. I’ll try not to do it again.
My aunt says I am brainwashing my cousins with video games. We’re still trying to discern what exactly I’m brainwashing him forWorld domination, of course.
Depends on how many cousins she has. You’d have to have quite a few for the good ol’ world dom.
Or just a cousin with a really big gun.
I’m from Western Sydney so I’m used to thinking that everyone has a billion cousins 😛
must.assasinate.world.leaders.
Rewatched The Newsroom pilot after your post last night @shane. Oh man, now I want to watch the show all over again. So amazing.
@shane: Somehow I’ve watched eight episodes now. XD
I dunno, he’s pretty skinny.
We’ve figured it out. I’m brainwashing him into coming over to my house because I have games for him to play. It has nothing to do with my dog, at all.I reply failed my own comment. I am derp
Does that mean you have to apologise to yourself?
I already have
oh you horrible person. Fancy having him come over and enjoy himself doing something he likes.
You probably let him fraternise with ‘other species’ as well
Well, his mother also said that she’ll be glad when he gets a girlfriend and forgets all about me.
*Bursts in all disheveled and flustered, panting and wheezing*
WOW this TAY is hard to find!
Did we all have good Christmases?
Who’s this guy?
Well, *sigh* I’ll let myself out.
Farewell!
*Stumbles back into the labyrinthine darkness of kotaku pages*
lol I think it’s cos you changed your nick
Oh 30Rock, why were you cancelled?! Tina Fey is my new favourite actress.
Secret SanTAY, whoever you are, your gift has now been framed. I’m trying to work out a place to put it. It’s so freaking awesome. <3
http://instagram.com/p/ia-hv1IQDh/
You’re welcome.
It wasn’t me, actually. Tis badass though.Thanks to the Steam sales I finally grabbed Skyrim’s DLC. I spent about four hours today pimping out my house in Hearthfire and have just moved onto Dawnguards (yay crossbows). I also grabbed the Deus Ex: Human Revolutions Directors Cut, so it’s RPG playing for me for the forseeable future.
Did you buy the DLCs separately or as the legendary edition? WAY cheaper the latter way
I finally caved and got the legendary edition, despite already having Skyrim, since it was cheaper than just buying Dawnguard and Dragonborn.
I did this too. Felt a little silly about it, but oh well.
Same here, $17 for legendary vs $16 just for dawnguard it felt a bit mad to do anything else. I was a bit miffed we didn’t get a spare copy of skyrim to give away though
Seriously, this G400s literally feels like it just glides.
I love this thing.
It’s what I use. Most comfortable and reliable mouse I’ve ever owned.
Just had my first experience with GFWL.
Shitastic is an understatement.
Even Microsoft agrees. They’re in the process of killing it.
What happens to the games that use it? I’ve got a copy of SSFIV:AE that I can’t play now.
NFI. Some games are moving to Steamworks I think? Depends how much the publisher / developer give a shit.
Saw Frozen in the cinema. Holy damn, this movie is all kinds of awesome. Every bit as good as Tangled and probably The Lion King and Aladdin too. Walt Disney Animation and Pixar are creating stuff on the same level now, just with different creative direction. Totally had a goofy grin on my face the whole movie. Can’t recommend it more!
So jelly.
I’m glad I was accurate in assuming you’d like it.
Even if this means we disagree on how good we think the film was, which means we must now duel.
Duel, eh. Dance off? Aw, who am I kidding? I could never win a dance off against you! 😛
Strength tester!
Wait.
Haha! You monster! It’s not my fault Mrs. Freeze has super human strength. Super. Human. Strength. >:|
I have the bruises to corroborate your story.
I thought it looked like a pretty good Tangled spiritual successor.
I’m pretty sure they used the same horse. I’ll probably see it sometime in the next week while I’m out and about with families.
Totally did use the same horse, only brown. BROWN. Also the male lead Kristoff is suspiciously similar to Flynn from Tangled. (Not a bad thing. Great movie.)
Don’t forget, our next games for Multi-TAYer Monday will be Star Wars:Battlefront 2, and Trackmania Nations Forever!
See you all Monday at 8:30pm AEDT, (8pm ACDT, 5:30pm AWDT, 7:30 QLD)
Wouldn’t 7.30pm be AEST? 😛 Also you forgot ACST, poor Aleph!
All good man! I’m GMT+9:30 anyway, just gotta calculate accordingly 😀
ACDT.
Either way, it’s still half an hour behind Melbourne.
Yeah Daylight time being daylight saving, NT doesn’t observe DST. So they run standard time.. Unlike Adelaide which are on daylight saving time..
NT?
Ohhh…..
Right.
No. I’m not up past midnight eating a Strassburg log and watching NCIS reruns. That would be sad and ridiculous and I don’t like what you’re insinuating.
I wasn’t insinuating anything!
Note to self: keep an eye on Scree. She knows too much.
*takes @dc’s list*
*underlines @scree’s name several times*
Btw, scree, is your name a reference to primal? If so, good show
No, it’s the noise metroids make. I’ve discovered it’s also a type of loose rocks
Ah, the little gargoyle dude in Primal was called Scree, I’d love Sony to reboot that game
Sorry to disappoint you
So I couldn’t find all the accessories in Muramasa, so having two other Vita games to play, I have swapped it out for New little kings story. I imagine I will be playing it for quite a while as I like it on wii.
Which ones are you missing? Did you know you can challenge all of Kisuke’s bosses as Momohime and vice-versa once you’ve cleared the game as both?
Yeah, I rematched all of Momohime’s bosses as both Momohime and Kisuke and vice versa. I may have just missed one.
Bravely Default!
What is with the sword caster outfit for the female characters?
Space. It seems to go on and on forever. Then you get to the end and a giant monkey starts throwing barrels at you.
Best intro to a series ever
Been a while since I posted, but snowboard lessons do that to you! I hope everyone had a great christmas!
I’d like to thank everyone who’s answered my questions here on TAY, and I’ve finally decided to get a PC, even though the Sony store had a good deal ($400 for the PS4, $100 for a seclnd controller + Knack), but I think that PC will have cheaper games, thus making it cheaper in the long run (also indie games and free online play). I’ll post the specs when I get back.
Also, I thought the MOGA was only expensive in Australia because of shipping and taxes, but no, it’s still $99.95 here in Canada. That’s without the tax.
So…Anyone know how to make a DIY bluetooth controller?
Got a couple games to give away. Slight difference in perceived value, but hey.
Rush Bros and Civ V Gold are up for grabs, if anyone’s interested? Let me know.
I’ve been interested in Civ V but never sure if it’s something is love or hate.
It’s yours.
…I’ve yet to finish a game of Civ, actually.
Go raibh míle maith agat go mór mo chara álainn.
Twitter DM, BTW
It’s one of my favourite Steam PC games (of which, I have three).
But seriously, I really enjoy it. Especially when you’re a massive world power. I remember early on Elizabeth called me bloodthirsty, so I sent all my troops down and completely wiped her from the game. And now I own every capital but one, but I have a nuclear bomb nearby, just in case it’s impossible for me to win a scientific victory (the game ends in 2020, and I think I’m in the 30’s.
But you really get to make your own stories, and that’s what makes it so fun.
Rule #1: Don’t trust Ghandi. That guy is a warmongering motherfucker and will conquer you by force given the most minor provocation.
Is it just me or does that Chris Crawford guy seem like a cantankerous wanker? “You’re all shit and horrible losers for not living up to the vague and ill defined standard even I haven’t figured out how to yet.”
I think his ideas are good, but I think he really needs to show me something that works. I know several stories that I’ve enjoyed through cutscenes, and have really enjoyed, and show some themes. Civ V is great, but it has no story, and I find it difficult to play it times because I’m in the mood for something story-driven.
Even something as simple as minecraft has a story, but it’s one you create yourself. There’s an ending though, and it covers some pretty strong themes.
It’d be nice to have some games that differ it up, but I think I don’t think I’d be able to play that sort of game all the time.
What ideas? He hadn’t offered much beyond “make it better.”
Wasn’t he saying that cutscenes needed to be removed, and the games needed to tell a story immersevley through gameplay?
Without any theory or suggestion as to how.
He said his strategy game thing. But yeah, how is he going to revolutionise the industry with a half-baked idea?
Who?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/12/30-years-later-one-mans-still-trying-to-fix-video-games/
What a smarmy git.
Games aren’t about modelling life, they’re an abstraction almost by definition.
I think he’s basically assuming all games must be simulations. Which obviously isn’t the case.
That makes him an idiot. Games work best because they abstract things.
What do you mean, no new notifications?
@jajabinks2
That’s much better.
Huh, one of my comments went into moderation after posting. Not sure why though.
*Test*?
Dammit, here too.
HAVE I BEEN GIVEN “COAL” FOR CHRISTMAS? I suppose I haven’t been behaving as well as I should have…
Wait, editing did a thing didn’t it? *editest*
You getting the error as well?
Error?
Couldn’t see your above comment, so all I could see was “here too”.
I’ve just got a cloudfare error, it seems to be fine now.
Hmm… what to play?
Bioshock Infinite or Die By the Sword…
Decisions, decisions….
oh man Die By the Sword is super awesome once you get the hang of it!
@dc @mrtaco @welbot
Wagons…so many wagons… circling with malice… D:
Sup Crazyguy what’s goin on I wonder if I’m out of moderation hell yet let’s see.
Hooray!
I just got back from dinner with @beardymcmuttonchops and his mrs! Much fun! Such Birthday! Very wow!
It’s taken nearly a year, but finally I’ve gotten around to dressing up my phone the way I meant to from the start. Actually wait no, it’s been longer than that. I meant to do it for my old phone but never got around to it.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/8Toad8.jpg
Spread everything across several screens just for the sake of adding more backgrounds 😛 Also whipped up an animation of the startup sequence for when it boots, with the logos doing their spinny zoomy thing. Then finally ditched my Judas Priest ringtones of Ram It Down (so obnoxious :P) and the opening of The Ripper (for messages) to the intro theme and end-of-level bit.
Now I need to find something else to waste my time on.
I have a track from splinter cell chaos theory as my ringtone. All is right with the world
That reminds me a friend lent that game to me a couple of years back as a trade for Twin Snakes.
I got mine back, but still have his and am yet to play either of them >_>
I played it again last year, so good. Still one of the finest stealth games of all time
I started playing little kings story. Not sure if I love or dislike the new art style. Same with the new character Azul and Howsers, Verde and Liams personality transplants. I like the other new characters though (Alchemist and Doctor) and also the little hints to the first game.
On completely different subject, has anyone noticed that the 3DS puzzle labelled “heroines” is missing quite an important one? They have Peach, Rosalina, Pauline, Windwaker Zelda and Skyward sword Zelda.
Daisy?
Nah, Daisy and peach are interchangeable. This is another female, one who has her own game
Dixie Kong?
Fairly certain you mean Samus. I’m just being a dick.Sorry, it just annoyed the heck out of me
Birdo!
Vanessa Z Schneider?
Nana from Ice Climbers?
NO WAY! Brunettes beat down blondes EVERYTIME!!!
Samus gets a pass for being in Super Metroid etc 😉
She’s a greenhead anyway 😛
Eh?
Like cos a Metroid is on it?
http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/38337-justin.gif
@mrtaco Ha Ha! I’m a derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp
Samus?
Funny, all the names mentioned below are my fave Ninty heroines, give me Samus, Dixie or Daisy any day!
Samus is my fave overall (Well, Diddy comes pretty close)
Toadette?
Toad 😛
You know, looking at that list… I mean, I haven’t played Skyward Sword yet but otherwise the list seems to be rather more damsel than heroine. So the exclusion of Samus kinda fits, even if it doesn’t so much match the label.
A lot of Skyward Sword is “the Adventures of Zelda saving the world while Link fucks about.” It’s pretty great.
Then it goes and pulls the ol’ “whoops, Zelda’s useless now” trick.
So I guess she does Damsel up at the end. Because what’s the point in fighting the big bad if it isn’t to save the girl, right? Pshh, he’d only end the world if you didn’t. Better refrigerate Zelda some more. *Rolls eyes at Nintendo*
SPOILERS
Or the obvious???
Yeah, but the title of the image is “heroines” which irritates me more.
Thanks to having the NES out, I’ve decided it’s Battletoads night.
Made it to Karnath’s Lair still on my first continue. Fuck yeah.
Oops, ended up in Volkmire’s Inferno. Forgot there was a warp. Only been here like once before? Lost five lives to the pit, bleh.
Aaand first continue down. 587550 points.
And the second. Double bleh.
HAHAHA MADE IT THROUGH WITH MY LAST LIFE
Game over 🙁
Alright. Got to the Intruder Excluder on first continue, 472900 points in and with at least… 10 lives under my belt, I think?
Lets do this.
Lost like four or five lives to Robo-Manus 🙁 Forgot he was there. Still going though. On to the Terra Tubes!
Baw, game over 🙁
Got gotten at the last spinning wheel chase bit, I dropped down and it squished me. Then my squished toad crossed the line and the fireworks went off, so I probably would’ve been able to continue from there if I hadn’t run out of lives 😛
Half thinking about resetting so I can try do the whole thing on one continue…
Is this still a valid TAY?
Hello!
I started trying to figure out which Pokemon I’d need to move up gen by gen to get them all ready on Black 2 so I could send a whole bunch to Pokemon Bank when it’s up.
GAWD! So many! I need to write a list and …I just can’t do it right now.
Started trying to evolve some with stones and whatever before sending em up the chain and arrrrgh!
I started thinking about it yesterday. Then stopped due to effort.
Hello TAY! Just taking a quick breather from my Sons of Anarchy marathon to say hi and see what I’m missing. Clearly not much! XD
I will be starting season four tomorrow, can’t wait – it’s amazing. Also, @scree please PM me on Steam so I can forward your Link Between Worlds gift to you. 😀
Sorry I seem to always be off when you’re on /o\
NegativeZero’s Kantai Collection Update That No One Cares About
@popdart5
So the update hit back on the 24th. Large Ship Construction and the Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime tie-in event. Started out by wasting a shitton of resources doing three large constructions. Hoping obviously for Taihou or Yamato (apparently Yamato requires 100 development materials though) or any of the previously unbuildable Agano-class heavy cruisers or Zuikaku/Shoukaku. Instead I built two Kongou’s and a Hyuuga, the most expensive modernization scrap ever. It also ran me quite low on resources, my stockpile dwindled.The Arpeggio event required a number of quests be completed in order. First up, sinking enemy subs. Luckily there’s an easy node in 4-1 which has many of these. I got lucky on the daily building quest and managed to get a Type-3 Sonar. Armed Yuudachi with this and went to 4-1. Easy win. This unlocked Iona, Arpeggio’s I-401.
All the Arpeggio characters that join you for the event’s duration are insanely powerful. Iona is a submarine but has more HP than a remodeled Kongo-class battleship, holds the same amount of equipment as a heavy cruiser and has all the properties of a normal sub in that she draws fire from destroyers and cruisers, but unlike my normal 10-14 HP subs, at 77 HP she can actually take hits. Set aside Shigure & Yuudachi and set out to try E-1.
Running a fleet consisting of Iona, Hiryuu (70), Haruna (53), Hiei (55), Kitakami (60) and Ooi (48), before setting out I noticed a new quest unlocked to defeat Arpeggio’s Takao as the boss in the first event map. No problem. Sortied, reached her and wiped out everything. Easy. Then I refueled and realized that in addition to being stronger than a battleship, Iona’s appetite for fuel and ammo was also prodigious. 🙁 On my second pass at E-1 I also learned that the Arpeggio characters periodically will use a beam weapon attack instead of normal cannon fire, with a chance to hit multiple of my ships. Luckily I vastly outlevelled E-1 and was able to push through it quickly.
Unlocking E-2 required completing a quest that had you complete six expeditions, so I set this up, sent out some expeditionary forces and went to bed. Christmas evening, my resources had recovered a little so I did the necessary work to unlock E-2 (some short expeditions then four boss kills – I ran 3-1 repeatedly so I could get some good XP and have a chance at unlocking Kaga, the fleet carrier I was missing from the initial four) and with it unlocked Arpeggio’s Takao. Ran through E-2 a couple of times and was dismayed to find it much, much harder than the first event map. Two routes to the boss, and on one route you had to fight two fleets, the second flagshipped by Maya, whereas the other was a single battle that pits you against Arpeggio’s Kirishima and two other Ru-class battleships. Nearly didn’t make it the first time.
However during all this I hit a major personal milestone: my Ooi hit level 50 and thus her second remodel. Immediately seized upon this, upgraded at the cost of a lot of ammo and then fed about 15 spare ships – including 3 Kongous – to her to modernize. Maxed out torpedo and armor. Additionally I was finding that my Hiryuu wasn’t handling the battleships very well, so I decided to swap her out for Takao, and to my delight discovered that Takao can still use the same beam weapon she was using as a boss. Plus she has better stats than a battleship. :\
By this point I was stretched a bit thin. Ships were exhausted, resources getting low. So I turned in for the day. The following day would be much more successful. I figured out a winning combination and somehow muscled my way through to the E-2 boss node a few times. The final battle involved fighting both Kirishima and Arpeggio Haruna. Each time, I would fail to completely clear the map, go into night battle then have Iona do a cut-in torpedo attack and one-hit kill the boss. E-2 clear!
Unlocking E-3 would again put the brakes on. You had to beat 4 fleets in PvP. I had already done the PvP for the day, and additionally was running into the issue that other players clearing the events were running Arpeggio ships which are insanely hard to beat in PvP 🙁 Took until the reset the following day to unlock the final map.
By this point I had realized that despite their insane resource usage, I was best to use all the Arpeggio girls. Haruna (heretofore Haruharu) stats at level 1 made my actual Haruna at level 55 look like a cruiser. So I settled on a fleet for E-3 of Iona, Haruna, Haruharu, Takao, Kitakami and Ooi. A full run to the boss, including a night battle, was costing around 600 fuel and 800 ammo, which quickly began to run me dry. I beat Kongou, the final E-3 boss, twice in the morning, then had to take a rest while my expeditionary fleets went hunting for resources. On the penultimate clear of E-3 I dropped below 500 ammo and fuel and assumed it would be it for the day, but I was wrong. The Goddess of the RNG smiled upon my works and granted me Kaga. 1st Carrier Division completed! 500 fuel and ammo awarded!
One more run through E-3 took me straight to the boss. Easy clear in the end. Event cleared, I-401 collected. I quickly de-equipped the Arpeggio fleet of their top-end gear I’d thrown on them (worried it might not be refunded when the event ends!). I-401’s design is a bit iffy, especially compared to the other subs, but I don’t care as this gives me the four I need to clear all the expeditions and get the super-rare German Carrier Stuka. Logged off with my fuel and ammo in double digits.
Today’s session was much better. Freed of the exceptionally hungry Arpeggio girls, I went back to my normal fleet composition, which right now is Shigure, Hiryuu, Hiei, Haruna, Kitakami, Ooi. After some successful PVP I decided to have another look at the event maps. Now that we’ve been at them for a few days, people have had a chance to figure out what can drop from them. E-1 is much of a wash but E-2 and E-3 drop some nice ships. Between the two maps you can get some rare ships, many not buildable.
A run through E-3 and my luck held out – rare destroyer Naganami from the boss node. Aside from the fact the E-3 boss has a chance to drop Mutsu and Nagato, I had plumbed the depths of E-3 in one extra run. Given that it’s a much harder map then E-2 I decided to stick to the easier map and ran through it a couple more times, especially because all the E-2 nodes can drop Zuihou (the one remaining light carrier I wish to obtain), some unbuildable destroyers, Nagato ans Shoukaku. Result was rare light cruiser Yuubari and rare destroyer Maikaze.
My plan until the 8th therefore is to continue to run E-2 until I’ve hopefully picked up the rest of the rare / unbuildable ships I’m missing that drop only there (DDs Hatsukaze & Yuugumo, CL Abukuma, CA Suzuya, CVL Zuihou, CV Shoukaku) then do E-3 as much as possible to try and pick up Nagato, Mutsu, CV Kumano and DD Akigumo from E-3 and E-1. If time and resources permit I might also try a few passes at the world 3 and 4 maps with the Arpeggio girls and try for a clear
Postscript:
Ran again and got Suzuya as well. Also don’t trust the english wiki, the drop list isn’t complete and has some errors eg. Shoukaku only drops from E-2 boss node, Hatsukaze doesn’t drop in the event at all.I also forgot to mention that my Shigure is now at 50, 10 more levels needed for Kai-2 remodel. Then I’m thinking it’ll be time to look into leveling up either Kiso or I-168 to remodel, as well as leveling up Kaga to at least 30 to get her remodel, plus will want to get Suzuya up to the 30s or so so I can finally finish the composition quest for having two Aviation Cruisers (Suzuya is a Mogami-class cruiser)
Post-Postscript:
Ran E-2 again three times this morning. Two lots of nothing much, then the stars aligned and I got Zuihou in the third node and Yuugumo in the fourth. Going to move over to E-3 grinding now if I can, for the chance at Mutsu in all the nodes, plus Nagato, Zuikaku, Shoukaku, Kumano and Mikuma from the boss. E-2 has nothing left I need on the normal nodes and only Nagato and Shoukaku on the boss node. I also need to consider going back to E-1 for Akigumo.I’ve had no time to devote to Kantai recently so I haven’t even gotten to E-1 yet. I reckon I should be able to crack into it in the new year but considering what you’ve said about the difficulty, I am highly doubtful of even getting to E-2, let alone E-3.Congratulations on completing the 1st Carrier Division. It seems that RNG has been a bit more lenient on you for this event.
If you’re below HQ 45 I believe that they send you against easier fleet compositions in E-2.
My list of remaining ships is getting thinner!
Destroyers:
– Hatsukaze (3-4 Boss drop, unbuildable, not in event)
– Akigumo (5-2 Boss drop, unbuildable, E-1 boss drop)
– Shiratsuyu (Amazingly a common drop that I used for modernization scrap the week before her Kai form got an art upgrade and subsequently have never had drop again)
Light Cruisers:
– Kinu (Rare (Silver) build, World 3/4 bosses drop, E-1, E-2, E-3 boss drops)
– Abukuma (Rare (Gold) build, World 4, 5-1 bosses drop, E-1, E-2, E-3 boss drops)
– Agano (Large Ship Construction build, no drops)
– Noshiro (Large Ship Construction build, no drops)
– Yahagi (Large Ship Construction build, no drops)
Heavy Cruisers:
– Kumano (Rare (Silver) build, no normal drops, E-3 Boss drop)
– Mikuma (Large Ship Construction build, 4-3, 5-2 boss drop, E-3 Boss drop)
Light Carriers:
– None, have them all!
Fleet Carriers:
– Shoukaku (Rare (Gold) build, 4-4, 5-1, 5-3 boss drops, E-2, E-3 boss drop)
– Zuikaku (Rare (Holo) build, 4-4, 5-2, 5-3 boss drops, E-3 boss drop)
– Taihou (Large Ship Construction build, no drops)
Battleships:
– Nagato (Rare (Holo) build, 2-4, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4 boss drops, E-2, E-3 boss drops)
– Mutsu (Rare (Holo) build, 2-4 boss, World 3, 4, 5 all nodes drops, E-3 all nodes drop)
– Yamato (Large Ship Construction build, no drops)
– Musashi (Unobtainable)
Submarines:
– I-8 / Hachi (Unobtainable)
Other:
– Maruyu (Large Ship Construction build, no drops)
– Akitsu Maru (Large Ship Construction build, no drops)
Down to 20! 18 if you don’t count the two unobtainable ones. Probably won’t see many brand new ships until the next event (when presumably they’ll make Musashi and I-8 obtainable again and add more of the missing carriers eg Shinano, Unryuu-class). Apparently we can expect some Coastal Defense ships at some point too (think Destroyers but smaller)
Getting sick of these god damn rubber ducks.
wonderful 101 is the raddest shit out, seriously.
Welcome to the cool club for cool people who are cool.
HOLY CRAP I FINALLY GOT THROUGH THE TERRA TUBES
WHAT, I HAVE FIVE LIVES STILL
AND I’M ON MY FIRST CONTINUE??
WOW
Baw, impatience got the better of me. Stupid gas nozzles.
I should go to bed…
Well shit. Up to Revolution with seven lives remaining on my first continue.
Dammit, lost my last one right as I was about to max out the score counter.
NEXT TIME!
My everything hurts. Mainly my eyes.
Also my d-pad thumb.
I found a stray dog on the way to the shops this morning. At first I thought it was just someone’s lost pet but then I realised that the dog had no collar.
Instead of shopping I then got Sid to help me lead the dog to the vets. She stunk badly and felt like she had not been washed. The good news is that she wasn’t too skinny, but was a little dehydrated.
Sid and I got her to the vets with no issues. I’m hoping that she’ll be looked after and maybe find a family that loves her.
new tay?
I think just a tired and dead old one.
*In a sing-song voice*
“The adventures of Blaghs and his Mother”
*After talking about me tidying my room, and she said “I don’t expect it to be clean, I just want it to be a little better*
“Wow Mum, you’re really setting your expectations high there.”
“Well how many years have I been Mother to you and your sister?”
I think I need a Burn Heal.
*The continued Adventures*
She just stabbed me in both arms. And do you know what my response was? “Thank you!”
I know who to blame for my eccentricities!
Doubt I’ll finish any more games this year, so here’s my 2013 list of games played:
Oh man, Brothers is an incredible game. It’s like a European, fairy tale-like Ico. So good.
Where’s all the handheld games?
😛What are these handheld games you speak of? 😀
DA BEZT
Wish I had an iPad for some HD KotOR though!
I know a game I play with something in my hands but it’s not the kind of thing I’d put on a finished games of the year list…
You struggle to finish it?
No, I’ve been playing it too long and its way too easy, I finish without any real effort nowdays. You know what its like when you can play a game with your eyes closed…
Not with that attitude!
*returns to Battletoads*
This heat is balls, I actually feel sick in the stomach blergh
Crazy hot outside. I’ve had the air con on all day, thankfully. Nice and cool.
*shakes fist at richies who can afford such luxuries*
We went out to Robina to hang out in their aircon and do some last minute shopping for my daughter’s birthday tomorrow and arrived home just in time for a storm so we thankfully missed the bulk of the heat.
It’s been pretty brutal today. So damn muggy.
This storm is STILL muggy. Foul warm winds and yick!
@dc @strange
Whats with the articles writing numbers as 20-seven or 60-three? The hell is wrong with 27 or 63?
Or Twenty 7?
F3AR
Fourlout.
2mb Raider
In the earlier days of computers it was much more impressive.
Left 4 Dead.
…
…
wait…
Bcoz its 20thirteen, noob
I’m tempted to downvote the lot of you >:(
Add them to a list of some kind. Always satisfying.
as long as I can be number ten-2 on the list.
I don’t know but it annoys the shit out of me too.
EDIT: But these are the same intellectual giants that put GIFs everywhere like it’s 2003 and they just discovered them. Wait, Two-000-Three.
Anyone here happen to have a Behringer HA400 microamp? I’m trying to work out a decent system to send input from my headset mic to 2 separate devices simultaneously without losing much audio quality, would that do the trick?
Funny
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This is NSFW
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I used to be a MMA fighter until I took a knee to the kick.
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mco6asnpR41qlkly8.jpg
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mceu8weGDo1qlkly8.jpg
everyone should upvote my links to other peoples jokes so I can feel like Im funny
First and last ones got a laugh, other two not so much.
But my internetz cred D:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/4cf67ad0cba0ce2147173ef6fa1db567/tumblr_mxtswrOOX51qcxyrro1_500.png
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NSFW
What if you’re the one getting spooned?
And I promised myself I’d try and finish off Mass Effect2 tonight:
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_majv8elQvQ1qlkly8.jpg
…In twenty minutes, there’ll be only two days left in the year…
O_O
Thank god for that.
I think I just had my best impact crater run ever. Picked up three bonus lives from the score counter ticking over, and managed to score SIX extra lives from playing tennis with the birds. No deaths from fucking around! Now sitting on 16 lives going into the turbo tunnel. This is looking promising.
Haven’t had a 12 hour gaming session in a very long time but I just finished one and DmC is complete start to finish in one sitting.
Man that game is brilliant. Not sure why I left it halfway through.
UPVOTE FOR 12HRS!!!
Omg there’s original TMNT on 11.
AND NOW THERE’S MORE!
Mega nostalgia trip watching that intro sequence again.
Brb, just ducking back a couple of decades for a while.
AND A THIRD!
DAMMIT
Got to the Dar Tower with 15 lives left. Flushed them all away, and maxed the score counter out so I couldn’t earn any more.
Could’ve continued, but it’s so close to being within my grasp to do it in one that I don’t want to now.
Well I got Assassin’s Creed 4 earlier today and have spent what must be 6 straight hours playing it. Holy crap its such an improvement over AC3! Well except for the controls, they’re the same wonky crap they’ve always been but I’m used to them now so its tolerably annoying.
Great seeing Aveline again too, I’ve only done the first mission with her but it’s already making me want a full sequel to Liberation
And now you shall know the joy of sea shanties!
(That’s a lie, that’s a lie, that’s a lie, lie, lie!)
Well I JUST have a ship of my own so I expect I’ll get them soon. I think I’ll be glad of grabbing every song sheet I’ve seen so far
DayZ Diaries:
Today I found a black pen.
Today was a good day.
So we got 21 pages of TAY. Let’s aim for 23 with the new TAY!
HAPPY SAME YEAR!
Operation: Try to finish Mass Effect 2 (again) commencing now!
Was not a success…
Played & finished Heavy Rain on the weekend, so buying Beyond Two Souls tomorrow. If I find it half as good as Heavy Rain I will be impressed. Think I may replay Heavy Rain very shortly too, to try and get all endings.
Is The Last of Us as amazing as everyone makes it out to be..?
I really liked TLoU & didn’t think I would.
I heard some had issues with the gunplay and stealth, but I just through it on easy and enjoyed the story and atmosphere. Had a great time.
We has new TAY, bro. You can view it here 😀
Yeah i’m not sure if i’d like it, i’ve heard from a friend who has it that the boss fights were not fun 🙁
Thanks, will do.
Yeah, didn’t have any problems with the bosses. They seemed fine.
I didn’t really enjoy the bits where you couldn’t stealth and you had to shoot.
Did someone break the new TAY?
Funny you should say that, because I can’t find it at all.
And the link a comment above isn’t working for me.
What’s going on, @DC ??
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/01/talk-amongst-yourselves-257/comment-page-6/
It’s working for me? *shrugs*
Yeah the old one I linked had 12 in the URL (obviously for the 12th month) and now it says 01 since it’s rolled over to jan, thus breaking the old links.
@jimu