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Aha! Muahaha!
Bwahahahah! Aha?
Why are you speaking like a minion? – I was just excited to be awake for first post for once! :p
Lol, I’d be more excited if I were still in my warm warm bed on a morning like this. Damn work and it’s money-granting status in my life!
also if you’d posted first! :p
Ugh! These guys!
Dems fightin words DeeCee *raises fisticuffs*
Urgh, now my holidays are over and I gotta go back to school. Why can’t I just be a popular Youtuber already?
So I’ve been getting really into FF14. Decided to do some recording as well of me during raids quoting Resident Evil.
Also I’ve noticed I’ve achieved about 67 hours in Fire Emblem: Awakening because I’m busy trying to unlock all conversations. I’m expecting to finish the final story mission in 1 turn due to being overpowered.
The conversations are worth it, in my opinion.
Morning folks!
How were your weekends? Mine was pretty good; on Friday I thought I was going to die in my bed with the flu that is going around, on Saturday I started playing a little Elite Dangerous and 100%’d Her Story and on Sunday I played soccer and I scored a penalty \o/
Your bed ridden flu weekends are more productive than my productive weekends! *decisive nod*
Steep learning curve on the Elite. Where are you, and what are you flying?
It’s so steep I haven’t finished the training modules yet. I’ve completed the first three combat training sims, I’ve been too time poor to get through the rest of them yet.
I’m still learning where certain buttons are on my joystick currently too lol.
Can go back to the training sims. Go fly in SPAAAACCCCCCEEEEEEE! 🙂 Bit of gentle pootling about in some high-sec systems, follow the news a bit, see what’s happening. If you’re worried about being griefed, play a bit of solo, or go in a PvE private group like Mobius. Can friend me and I’ll happily chat to you. Can’t fly with you at the mo as I’m a long long way out, but when I’m back can wing up and go hunting. 🙂
Sounds cool! I’m going to watch a Let’s Play and then jump straight into it I think. I’m not particularly worried about Griefers at this stage, I’m not sure what happens if my ship blows up yet and if I need to buy a new one lol.
In the extremely unlikely event that your amazing combat skills fail you and your ship is destroyed by some lucky lucky bastard (or if you just fly too fast into the side of a space station – much more likely) your corpse is magically resurrected at the last place you were docked. You can rebuy your most recent ship and loadout through insurance and you will automatically be offered a loan if you’re a bit short of cash (which you pay back at 10% of every positive transaction you make until it is paid). If you have no money to buy anything at all, you will be offered a basic Sidewinder and 1000cr… so in the early days it’s not really an issue. 🙂
*humming “Come Fly With Me”*
My in game name is highperforma89 if you feel to fly with me!
Strangely enough, I’m Cmdr Trikeabout. 🙂
Wonder if @mrtaco has made Elite in his Sidewinder yet?
@trikeabout I… kinda haven’t played it since the Powerplay beta. Too much Splatoon then E3 then more Splatoon going on. Way behind on what’s going on over there 😛
On Saturday night I got Mexican food and beers with a couple of my buds, then got unseemly drunk and posted weird stuff on Twitter. D: The food was amazing, though. Agh! More Mexican food, more of the time!
My local Mexican place has 52 tequilas, I’m working through the list with my wife. I’m really digging the stuff since I hit a lot of grappa in Italy last year, they have quite a bit in common.
So if Anyone in brissie wants to smash some fine empanadas and learn about tequila, come on down!
Coincidentally, we ARE in Brisbane. We just went to Beach Burrito Company in West End, though. Where’s your local, btw? Always on the look out for excellent Mexican food! 😀
We go to La Cantina in Bulimba. It’s quiet, just off the main thoroughfare, and teetering on the brink of closing. The food is above average, there’s a buttload of tequila, and the staff lights up when we rock up because we’re not the usual misers which dominate the Brisbane dining scene.
I met my wife working at a Mexican restaurant 11 years ago, and we both went on to work in fine dining (while studying for other fields). I did sommelier training, and specialised in spirits and sake.
We’ve recently been thinking about starting a modern Mexican restaurant with a seasonal menu; as much as I like the consistent tex-mex stuff out there, the variety of experience is very, very limited.
La Quinta on Oxford st is super popular, but soooo tex-mex’y.
You’ll have a guaranteed customer if that ever happens! We’ve actually had a Kotaku gathering at La Quinta, but not Cantina.
Morning all!
Can anyone recommend a good book on the history of arcade gaming?
Morning! There are small tidbits in ‘Console Wars’ by Blake Harris. There are insights into how companies like Sega, Nintendo, etc. started off as an arcade company.
It might be worth looking into Arcade Fever, Arcade Mania (A Japanese history of Arcade Gaming, and finally a book called The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon–The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World by Steven Kent (Which is considered to be one of THE most comprehensive looks into video game history).
Thank you!
You’re welcome, I’m sure if you type into google ‘Arcade History’ I’m sure plenty of stuff will come up 😛
Yeah it did, I just wanted a trusted opinion 🙂
Weekend.
Platinumed Payday 2. *drops mic and walks off stage*
Also finished S2 of Penny Dreadful. Man I enjoy that show.
Got my iPad back so now I can enjoy Marvel Unlimited and Fallout Shelter.
Melbourne was a fucking icebox this weekend. Indoors with heater. Best.
Monday morning. Not best, I would go so far as to suggest it not ideal, or even substandard.
So I assume when your wife points to something when you’re out shopping and says “oh I couldn’t possibly buy it, it’s a dream item, it’s too expensive” but it’s actually pretty affordable and your wedding anniversary is later in the month, there’s only one realistic course of action, right?
Buy your wife a bowling ball with your name etched on it? Good thinking!
How convenient that the ball has the same name as me!
Joke about playing with his balls goes here.
I need to get married JUST to do this.
You immediately buy it and thank your lucky stars you are getting off so lightly!
If you value marital happiness even in the slightest, you’ll buy the shit out that thang.
I imagine in marriage-land that’s the equivalent of an ambulance siren going off =P You’d be crazy to ignore it!
That hint is so obvious, even I would pick up on it. After the third time.
Take her to hungry jacks for 2 bacon deluxes because you have a coupon?
Hah, no need for coupons, our anniversary falls on a tuesday.
Oh wait, no it doesn’t. Wait, when… I need to check the certificate.
Did a road-trip to Scone on Saturday to pick up my kids from my parents, then slept in on Sunday before going to Disney On Ice at Olympic Park. It was OK. Played some more Witcher 3 and Persona Q as well.
ICYMI this happened on the weekend. Sorry to start the week with politics but this is crossing into absurdity.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/12/abbott-government-extends-ban-on-renewable-energy-to-solar-panels
It’s absolutely ridiculous. I hate they put their own agenda above everything else.
Hear that?
It’s the sound of them geting booted at the next election.
I imagine that Abbott and Co know they’re screwed and are trying to wreck as much stuff as they can before the next election. It makes more sense than believing that they’re doing this to achieve some distorted vision of what Australia wants.
I honestly think it’s not even to try and sabotage the country for Labor to spend three years trying to fix, it’s just to secure as many short-term gains for their mining company buddies as possible.
Its a combo of both, wreck as much stuff while gaining good faith with the mining industry to line their pockets so when they do get the shaft they are cashed up and can use the next 3 years blaming labor for doing nothing as they try to fix the damage caused by the libs
It’s farcical.
For what its worth freeze this is the eventual course of any democracy with an uninformed and uncaring demographic. The only way this starts to change is when the majority of the population stops paying more attention to the Kardashians and Tswifts of the world and starts wondering “hey who’s running the country?”
The flip side is, for your average Joe what can you do? Both major parties are a joke and have been for some time.
That’s true as well isn’t it. I was thinking about this the other day and it kind of made me realize democracy is like that conversation in the 2nd Matrix movie between Neo and the Architect.
He said the problem came down to choice; as long as people were offered a choice even on a near sub-conscious level 98% of the population was willing to give up freedom and control and live a lie in the matrix.
Maybe an odd comparison but look at what’s happening in Greece, the population votes no for the austerity measures and now they’re looking at an austerity deal very similar to the one they voted against. Yet there aren’t any repercussions; give people the power to choose and then don’t act on the choice. It’s the perfect collar.
People just want to live their lives. It will take something major to start a ruckus against the government because nothing people can do short of a riot will make the slightest difference. And everyone knows it.
So they will play their games and implement bs policy bit by bit until it’s too late.
Cause yeah, as you say the system gives only the illusion of choice to the people and the only people with the stomach to be in.politics are mostly nobs or have an agenda.
#Armchairpolitics
You support independent candidates who actually care about your electorate. Despite Tony Abbot’s protestations, the minority government passed a lot of positive legislation, which went through some very meaningful debate and discussion because of the presence of the cross bench. If we want the major parties to start listening to someone other than their political donors, then we need more of them.
And for decent people to risk the wrath of their ancestors and actually stand up to run. Even though their only reward will be to be transformed into… *shudder* a politician.
That sacrifice… too great.
What can one do now? I think we’ve reached a tipping point with the new Data Retention laws that it’s only a matter of time before something like that kind of Hunger Games Dystopian society is considered the norm?
Hey Abbot, The mining industries cock is so far up your arse we can see it in the back of your throat when you talk
Wait, a group set up to fund clean energy research and development has been banned from investing in wind and solar? WTF?
You forgot the two important bits… it was set up by the Labor party and that it’s making the government money.
A piece of forward thinking, fiscally responsible, economic kickstarter created by Labor – Abbot & Co. are in meltdown because they’re stuck in a paradox. I reckon they’re afraid more people will begin to cotton on that alot of what they’ve been feeding the voters the last 5 years is pretty much bullshit.
Am I reading correct that Satoru Iwata has died?
Yeah I just saw that too. 🙁
Holy shit!
Official statement.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf
A bile duct growth apparently. I thought he was recovering from that, but it appears that he was just putting on a brave face. RIP Mr Iwata.
D:
This is really sad. He did a good job from what I could tell.
Yeah, kind of sad. I wasn’t a big fan in the way he handled the company and the launch of the Wii U, but at the end of the day a human being died. A human being with hopes and dreams and a wife. My condolences to Kayoko and the rest of his family.
So I’ve been having trouble getting my status at Centrelink changed to Aus Study. After 6 months they finally confirm and switch my status. I’m now earning about 80 bucks less per fortnight.
…hmm, maybe I should have stayed unemployed.
Don’t worry, you’ll have plenty of time to stay unemployed after you’ve accrued tens of thousands of dollars in HECS debt that the government can sell off to agencies that will start charging you interest on it, after you’ve obtained a degree and still failed to overcome to statistical improbability that there’s a job available for you because the boomers in power aren’t really interested in economic growth because if there’s no opportunities for others to make money they get to stay on top without doing anything innovative or progressive.
Pretty much.
I finished my degree as the GFC hit, which was a degree in games. All the game companies in Aus started closing. I think 2 people in my course got a games related job. This is out of at least 120.
I haven’t paid any of my HECS back because I’m currently a full time carer for my mum. I’m not allowed to work in the meantime and even when I could work, no one would hire me despite my experience.
I guess what I want to say is good luck.
Similar thing happened to me, graduated from my gaming course in 2007 and only one of the six who did complete the course ended up with a game dev job. He got let go a couple of years later though and has since moved onto another career path.
I got a few temp jobs when I first finished but have moved on since.
HECS debt sold off to agencies?
Abbott and Pyne have been wanting to do that for years but keep getting shouted down. They’ll probably try to sneak it through near the end of their term.
Fek. I figured I should try understand this given I work in the sector.
I’m starting to feel like part of the uninformed demographic now; I didn’t even know that they were after this (while its possible). All I knew about Pyne was he wanted to cut funding nationwide to tertiary education.
Also public primary and secondary schools. He wanted to make it means tested if you have to pay for it yourself or if the government will. That got shouted down also. There is so many horrible ideas put forth by Abbott/Pyne/Morrison/Dutton that never get introduced as even their own party gets a bit aghast about committing career suicide for themselves and refuse to support them.
Don’t even get me started on Morrison and Dutton; christ has there even been a more hated political party in power before? I usually just hated nameless faces, now I hate them enough to know their names!
Should I be surprised that unemployed workers are better treated with respect for appyling to simple retail jobs while those who want to improve themselves are left behind?
Yeah in economics we call this a poverty trap; the opportunity cost of getting out of welfare is more expensive than just calling it quits and staying in welfare. Traditionally it comes about through poorly thought and implemented economic policy. *cough* every government we’ve had for the past 5 years *cough*
Then, how will I ever become a popular Youtube star? >:
Steal a webcam, pirate the latest horror game, upload videos of yourself shitting your pants in terror. If you aren’t terrified, pretend. It’s called acting.
Hola Tay
Busy weekend
Went in and gave blood Saturday morning, then went to the Dymocks 3 for 2 thing and picked up The Martian, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, and a physical copy of The Name of The Wind. Also grabbed a copy of the game Star Realms, as I’d heard good things.
Saturday Arvo went to the Magic prerelease, managed to open one of the cool double-faced planeswalkers. I play 2 headed giant, so I played white-green soldiers while my mate played blue black control, which worked well but we lost our first two games.
MAGIC STORY SKIP IF YOU’RE INCLINED
Third game?Ever since I told him it was a valid strategy, my mate has wanted to beat someone by “milling them out.” In magic, if you run out of cards in your deck (ie, have to draw out more cards than there are left), you lose the game. It’s a tricky victory condition because it means you have to spend your resources attacking someone’s deck rather than their health total, and it’s not really been viable for a couple years. This set, there are a couple of mill cards, and my mate was determined to get it to work. So we get pretty late in the game, and his opposite number is also in blue-black. We’ve hit him with two mill cards already, so his graveyard’s pretty full. They put all their resources into one last ditch strike, which would have worked had we not had the exact right answer in hand. They pass the turn. Our crack back was going to be lethal. I say “we go to combat” and my mate grabs my arm and says “WAIT!”
He’s drawn his last mill card. It’ll mill the guy for six.
So I ask the opponent: How many cards left in your deck?
Five.
And the crowd goes wild!
Sunday went to a board games day, played Machi Koro, Dominion: Prosperity, Star Realms, and Rise to Power. Then went out to tea with friends
A Monday Morning Question: It’s been pretty cold and wet here. What’s your go-to strategy to combat the winter blues?
I love mill based decks! I had a pretty good Twinsanity deck for Legacy play, and a slightly less good version based around “Jace, the Mind Sculptor” for Standard play, back when I was playing. Just so satisfying when you actually pull it off.
You had a JtMS? Hope if you offloaded it you did it for a good price.
I wonder if a mill based commander would be viable…
Yeah, I actually got one in the release events for the Worldwaker series. Was pretty happy with that! Sold it for $75 when I was selling the rest of my cards. A quick Google says they’ve appreciated further in price, but that was the market at the time.
May I ask, how do you go about selling your magic cards?
I used to play for three years back in my university days (2005 – 2007), but now have no one to play with. Was thinking of selling them or passing them onto others. I’ve been offered $60 store credit for the lot by gametraders but wonder if it’s really a good deal or not. I think I have around 1,000 cards.
I sold privately through another gaming forum. Generally speaking you’ll only get value out of your Rare (or better) cards. Uncommons and Commons generally get sold as bulk and you’ll be lucky to get anything of value for them.
First and foremost, have a catalogue of what your cards are. I had a database (I’m such a nerd) of all my cards including rarity, colour, and a suggested value based on recent sales that I looked up. From memory I then worked out a price based on going bulk rates for commons and uncommons, and worked out what the rares were worth and cut that in half.
Ironically or otherwise, you get more if you can sell the cards individually but that requires you to find a buyer for each and every card. Which can be more hassle than it’s worth. But then again, they’re only “worth” what somebody will pay for them.
Thanks for that. I have my uncommons and rares sorted in a folder – colour matched with a slip of paper inside multiples telling me how many of those cards I have. That’s as far as I got when I stopped playing.
I don’t know if I would have the time to find a buyer for each card. Might have to just take that $60, or just offer the lot In one bundle on eBay.
Yeah, I wouldn’t try and find a buyer for each card, that’s just not feasible in any sort of time constraint. You’d effectively have to set up a virtual shop-front and in all likelihood wouldn’t sell half the cards.
I checked my spreadsheet, and I ended up accepting somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of the “individual market” value at the time for all (around 2600, 10% of which were Rares) of my cards.
I would really like to get into Magic, I had some buddies who were into it and invited me over to play one night. The game was awesome, unfortunately these friends of mine aren’t the best company sometimes so I never went back to play. Sounds like the prereleae was awesome.
My strategy I suppose is to embrace the cold, as a short stump of a man I thoroughly enjoy the cold.
Are you coming to PAX? Great place to learn.
Or just lob to a FLGS, they often have starter decks they can give out and, if they’re any good, will be able to teach you to play.
That’s something I’m looking forward to at PAX- I used to play Magic in the 90s, but I’ve not gone near it in years and want to see it being played properly! 🙂
Stay inside with the heaters on. But damn I miss a wood fire.
These days I like to kick on the couch with a bunny rug and a nice bottle of red and watch a movie.
Either that or a nice dark beer and some gaming
Oh right, video games.
I got the first ending in Arkham Knight (main mission)
Was anyone even slightly familiar with Batlore not know the Arkham Knight was Jason Todd? I only hoped it wasn’t and they would do something different but nooooo. A lot of the game was pretty weak story wise but I really enjoyed what they did with the Joker. Loved watching Batman progressively lose it.I didn’t see the Arkham Knight reveal coming, but I didn’t even know there was a Jason Todd until those movie studio flashbacks. 😛It used to be said that only 3 comics characters stayed dead: Jason Todd, Gwen Stacy, and Uncle Ben. Of those, only the latter has remained as-a-doornail. The way he came back to life in the comics is much, much stupider, although he’s become a bit more of an ally to batman of late.Gwen Stacy? I had a comic as a kid (Amazing Spider-Man #399 I believe) that showed her return.Bringing back Gwen Stacy in any form was the fucking worst.Actually, no, having her GIVING BIRTH TO NORMAN OSBORN’S TWINS IN SECRET before her death was without a doubt the worst.
Spider Gwen, however, is aces.
Yeah it was pretty obvious once the flashbacks in the old theatre began to play.But now I’m all psyched up for more Batman! This weeked my son and I marathoned a few episodes of the original Animated Series and I have the Arkham Knight Batman figure being delivered this week yay. Also, I’ll most likely buy this.
I want that Batman.
I’ve never seen the animated series. if it ever came to Netflix, I would watch in a heartbeat!
I could send you my two DVD volumes if you’re keen, otherwise it’s on Apple TV for A$7.99 per volume (28 eps) – pretty good value tbh.
There’s still a few of these kicking around. I’ve always wanted it and think I’ll pull the trigger with my tax return.
https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/dc-comics-poison-ivy-sideshow-collectibles-300220/
That is awesome
I’ve only read a few Batman comics, albeit the more pertinent ones.
Ie. The Knightfall series, Death in the Family, and Killing Joke. (Oh, and the Red Hood animated thing that came with one of the last Arkham games.) And yea, I saw Todd in that suit the instant they showed Joker branding him. Had my suspicions before that, but that scene clinched it – it was too contrived to not be a convenient way for the audience to recognise him years later. And, by the end of his “boss fight” (ugh), he came off as whiny and annoying. To tell the truth, I was more surprised that Barbara was still alive than I was to see Jason behind that mask.I’d figured it out pretty early on, though wasn’t 100% sure
which former Robinit was going to be until they started beating you over the head with flashbacks.The whole time I thought it was gonna be Damian Wayne seeing as all Joker and Batman talked about for the first third was Talia Al Ghul.So… Lots of movie trailers out of SDCC this weekend!
Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice;
Deadpool;
Suicide Squad (couldn’t find it on youtube – I guess the one I watched yesterday got yanked)
http://elmobloodhamster.tumblr.com/post/123837430858/ohmygrodd
Deadpool looks the best of the bunch, pretty keen for Bats v Supes though.
Deadpool makes my heart explode with joy.
I started watching NCIS and boy have I forgotten how terrible this show is at anything computer related. Episode 4 involves an MMORPG and oh god its so bad it makes me want to cry.
I can’t wait until I get up to the two people typing on the one keyboard to improve their hacking skills.
Have they created the GUI interface in visual basic to track the IP address yet? ;P
I was watching something on Youtube on the weekend (Cinema Sins, maybe?) that referenced that scene and god I’d forgotten how bad it was.
HAH, i watched the same thing. I think it was a Cinema/Game Sins for Watch Dogs
EDIT: Oh wait, it was an Honest Trailers video for Watch Dogs
So unrealistic, everybody knows that you need one person on 2 keyboards to improve your hacking speed
And sunglasses which are actually just slatted plastic with no lenses.
How are people feeling about Leto’s Joker after the recent video? More/Less interested?
Not enough to go on yet, but personally I’m starting to think I’m going to love it.
We’ve heard 2 lines and a couple of shots of him. Can’t understand how people are already writing him off.
My thoughts exactly. The very brief appearance was enough for me to go from “Ugh…I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and wait and see” to “OK, I think he can do this” but I’m well aware that I’m basing this off a tiny sample.
His grin has made me think the new character design is going to work really, really well.
I need to see a better version of the video first. I think it’ll be cool.
I’m not even a big fan of Jared Leto, but he’s a gifted actor. He’ll be bringing his own flavor to the character. Just need to see what flavor it is. Optimistic.
Need a better quality look, but I’m definitely interested. Of course people are precious about comics to begin with, let alone a character permanently changed by Ledger’s Joker legacy. Just annoys me how it’s everyone’s first reaction to proclaim it as rubbish, despite only having seen that one Twitter pic from the director, and a beyond woeful camjob of the SDCC trailer. Then again, it’s the internet. Everything is fucking terrible. Just ask people.
Doesn’t appear to be as twisted up as Ledgers Joker, but all we’ve seen is a few seconds and two lines of dialogue, so I can’t write him off yet.
So My weekend was interesting.
was supposed to work late on friday, but my change got pulled. went home and was in bed by 12 which was surprising
Saturday I made some vegan stuff
Massaman Chick pea Curry Puffs
Soy and agave fake Chicken Buns
sesame fried vegetable dumplings
The buns were a bit tough but everything else was awesome, I was very happy with how it all turned out.
Saturday Night was Battlestar Galactica boardgame night. I was human, and we lost 🙁
Sunday was a difficult day. I woke up flat and continued to be for most of the day, played some dominion with anton (Trying out the new Adventures expansion – it’s pretty good)
then got to play a boardgame with @trjn , I was much better by this point, and very relaxed.
all in all a good weekend I think
Curry puffs! *flails*
they were pretty amazing.
Not helping.
Would you like the recipe?
Thanks, but I’ll have to pass. Me and cooking are not friends. One time a kitchen tried to kill me. I avoid them at all costs.
I just have a massive craving for curry puffs now! *pines in corner*
Just like my ex-wife.
*badum-tish* HIYOOOOOO
BATTLESTAR!
Story time
Back at uni, there was a huge communal TV in the common room of the college, for which the rules were simple- if someone’s watching a thing, you can’t change channel. Inbetween programs, you take your moment. So people used to camp out for Battlestar from about 7pm (aired at 9:30 or so from memory) to ensure they could get the slot.I had friends who used to do this, chanting BATTLESTAAAAAAAR whenever queried on what they were hanging out for. One of them was dating a girl at the time pretty much purely on her convenience (I think she just liked the idea of having a boyfriend, and he was the available candidate), and was getting antsy one day about him spending time in the common room waiting for this show. Eventually, two minutes before the show started, she finally got fed up and gave him an ultimatum:
“It’s ME or battlestar!”
He looked at her
He looked at the TV screen
He looked back at her
He shrugged and said “BATTLESTAAAR” and that was the end of that. She sat there gobsmacked.
she clearly hasn’t watched that show, if I had to choose I would probably do the same. Luckily Anton is enjoying BSG 🙂
I think she just had an inflated sense of drama and a total misread on who she was dating if she thought he was not going to call her bluff on that.
FWIW, I think she has two kids now, and he’s still one of my best mates and is engaged to a fantastic person.
Ultimatum… worst negotiation tool there is. There is just something special about receiving an ultimatum that makes me want to reject it out of spite. The very act of someone delivering one is frequently enough to make me subconsciously believe that whatever that person has to offer isn’t worth it. Very difficult to fight back to sanity from that instinct.
I’m not trying to paint this person as horrible, because they weren’t. Just young, and immature, and not real thoughtful.
Well, I was more reflecting on the self-defeating nature of ultimatums themselves, rather than the situation. Best case scenario, the demanding party gets what they want at a cost of simmering resentment.
Does anyone else here use adobe illustrator?
I cant even get Adobe flash to work so no unfortunately
Flash is incredibly fickle I find
I have used Illustrator but for a very specific purpose (anime vector traces) but I was probably doing it wrong, used old versions and haven’t touched it in years.
Holy crap, that is good.
Started from really good (720p and a really nice shot) source material.
I can throw you the illustrator files from that if you want to look at it. Should still have it.
I would probably just cry. I can usually get illustrator to do what I want. It’s just that I get stuck with certain things
One of them I did for a while back made Illustrator cry. And then crash. Apparently you’re not meant to put that many vector paths into one document.
I’m fairly sure I do everything completely wrong.
EDIT: Also remember, I’m tracing over an existing image, not drawing by hand. I wish I was remotely that good.
Yeah I know, but the stuff I post is what I’ve drawn and it’s also not remotely that good.
Better by miles than anything I could draw.
If it makes you feel better, there’s heaps of people better then me. Perhaps we should give up together? =P
Not completely off topic, but have you ever done Cel painting?
I haven’t done cel painting. If you want to talk about that though I believe that @doc_what has some experience in traditional animation?
Favourite artist that works in vector stuff is Ideolo. His stuff makes me feel so inadequate. 🙁
I have, that’s why I was asking. You can get the lines printed off and paint on the cel. It’s quite fun and kind of like colouring in.
Oh yeah, that stuff is amazing. I really love the use of colours. Excuse me while I go cry now =P
Occasionally. Why’s that?
I’m having an issue making fishnet stockings. At the moment they’re very flat and I’d like to make them wrap but I’ve never quite found out how to do it
Assuming you’re using a flat criss-cross pattern, you could try joining all the fishnet segments of the stocking into one layer, then use envelope distort (found under: transformation) to bend it as though it were wrapped around a leg.
Alternatively, group smaller sections of the stocking so it doesn’t all warp the same.
I’d try either of these approaches.
You could also create the straight lines with the pen tool (as you should be doing), then use the warp/curve tool to bend them as though they were wrapped.
I tried all that and it didn’t work out. I ended up doing it manually, but I’m still not too happy with the result
Hmm, I’d play around with the envelope distort more (use the direct select tool to alter it even further), and apply a light (guasian) blur filter to it too afterwards.
Envelope distort is how stuff like that’s supposed to go down.
Like I said though, maybe portion the stocking out into sections (upper, middle, lower) so you can distort each section differently.
But it’s being a dick D= (That means I’m struggling with it and need to work on other bits for a while)
My weekend was pretty uneventful. Rental inspection coming up so I cleaned everything from top to bottom.
My one big thing was that I put together my first large 40K model. I don’t have pictures but I now have one Eldar War Walker assembled and ready to paint. And it only took me two hours to boot! \o/
Those big models are pretty cool. I’ve got a Tyranid Trygon somewhere 🙂
OMG I misread that as ‘Rectal inspection’ and thought it was very appropriate that you were cleaning everything from top to… ahem… bottom.
What colour scheme are you doing for the walker?
At this point, thinking metallic silver and green with splashes of orange mixed in for certain things like spirit stones and other crystals. A slight inversion to the Biel-Tan colour scheme with silver as the primary colour.
I was also supposed to be tidying for an inspection this week but ended up procrastinating and then just making a bunch of added mess when I decided to finally un-pack and catalogue all my anime figures so I can sell them. Going to have to carefully re-wrap them and pack them back away tonight.
We need to have like a TAYhammer 40k get together where we just gather in a games workshop and paint all day =D
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Had a pretty tiring weekend. Had an overly long birthday party for a friend’s little girl. There was ice skating and a noisy play centre. And then the boy and I went scootering in the park. Yesterday I woke up with a cold sore and feeling horrible and just spend the day getting grocery shopping done and mooching around the house.
We watched the first episode of Knights of Sidonia though – woohoo! It’s good to be watching anime again! 🙂
Had a pretty cool weekend. Friday night, I got to run sword for three Crota runs. Spent a lot of Saturday morning continuing to read Ready Player One – amazing book – then finished off Arkham Knight’s main story, finished everything but the trophies, mines, towers and road blocks, and watched the complete ending on Youtube. I think Origins did a much better job at storytelling than this one, tbh, but maybe I’m just a fan of Joker.
Saturday night, my group decided to try a 35 prison (our first time running it all together, and one person’s first attempt at Skolas). Took us about two and a half hours overall, the second half of which was Skolas, and we finally got him down with many wipes-that-were-unwiped-by-warlock-self-res. Holy crap, that fight is fun! 😀 Still looking for that solar Siz Dreg Pride II, but had a blast, and I think we’ve got a strategy down to be able to do it more smoothly in the future.
Sunday, I spent more of my morning reading, which inspired me to start playing Pillars of Eternity (something I’d planned to start after finishing The Witcher 3). Eight hours later… God that game is good. I jumped onto Destiny, ran some bounties with a friend, got a Red Hand IX (at last), and lost my internet for an hour – some major fault that iiNet was hurriedly trying to fix (so, more PoE time – unlocked Caed Nua, rebuilt the east gate and started on the main keep). Internet finally came back around 10:45, so I jumped back into Destiny to help out where I could. Helped out with a 32, got a friend through the final part of his fourth (I think) Elder Cipher, and started the waiting game on my own fourth.
All in all, a great weekend, but I should have made some time for Witcher 3…
Saturday evening my wife and I had dinner with her aunt and were sitting at her place chatting watching the Party Mix or something on channel V, discussing music etc.
So the aunt was talking about how her father used to think the song that goes “when the going gets tough” was actually “go and get stuffed”, and said that she was astonished her father would think such a “vulgar” song would be on the radio.
Then without a single speck of apparent irony she turned up the volume on the TV as “Not Fair” was playing, and it was her “favourite song by [Lily Allen]”. I’d never heard the song before and for the first time was treated to such family friendly lyrics as:
Which to be honest is a complaint I wholeheartedly approve of women being empowered to make. I just found the contrast amusing.
Why is she lying in a wet patch if she spent ages giving head. I’m getting all confused now…
Spoilered for adult themes
Lily Allen claimed to give her partner a blowjob ‘of significant length’, but as soon as they started having sex he came quickly. I imagine it’s referring to her partners orgasm that is on the ‘middle of the bed’ that she’s lying in.Classy
Hmmm… I see… so I was thinking
she’s still dripping wet and unsatisfied because he came in her mouth before they even started on the sexI guess it’s awesome that song lyrics can engender this kind of discussion?
But holy cow! This kind of song should not be playing on the radio during pre-watershed programming. I feel like a wowser saying that…
Frankly my assumption was that they had sex long enough to create a wet patch after she provided him with copious amounts of stimulation, but she was ultimately left unsatisfied because he didn’t give her anything in return.It makes more sense in the greater context of the song, I just chose to cherrypick the most graphic lines.You see, when a man and a woman love each other very much, the woman will often lie about how great the man is at everything, which will inflate his ego or “give him [a big] head”. In this instance, Miss Allen sounds like she is tired of doing this and had a cry about her predicament, then sat in it.
That’s a fantastic (and totally plausible) explanation 🙂
I assumed she was practicing her beer pouring skills before going to sleep and she hasn’t mastered it yet.
Work is burning me out. It’s a blue collar job, so it’s to be expected; luckily I’m seasonal. But damn, I’m feeling myself break apart. It’s.. discomforting, to say the least.
I decided to hop into the TF2 new hat celebration.. a-ma-bober. Simply put, play as a certain class, complete certain tasks, get hats. I’ve heard people getting their money’s worth and then some out of TS:GO’s equivalent, so I hopped in. Spent $7.49 for the price of admission and sold about $6.80 of skins so far- and it’s only day one for me. I’m pretty happy how it’s all playing out.
Yep, that’s how my experience has gone. Having a lot more fun in it, and for a longer period of time, than I thought I would.
Played some more Bloodborne over the weekend.
Managed to beat Amelia (I had a bit of trouble with her because I couldn’t parry her – my whole strategy goes down the toilet when I can’t do that) and then wandered around for ages and ages trying to figure out where I needed to go next. Ended up finding a whole bunch of areas that I assumed where the next in line but were actually entirely optional…
Eventually found the right path and downed the little Witch boss (best boss fight so far). Then followed by another bunch of wandering around trying to find the right path again. Ended up somehow skipping a big chunk of stuff unintentionally because I found an item that opens a later-game door. Pants came home and saw me in some Nightmare area which I apparently shouldn’t have been able to get to yet 😛 I dunno.
Now I’ve backtracked to the real path and am in a place with a bunch of snakes…
Anyway, fun game. Enjoying it a lot more than Dark Souls so far for some reason. I think it’s the lack of armour/weapon options, honestly. It’s a lot more streamlined.
I initially died a bunch to Amelia so did those side areas (including the Witches). I wandered off and did Paarl and the Blood-starved beast, and I’ve also backtracked to connect the forest to the start area as a convenient shortcut, which is about where I am atm.
It’s a great game.
I liked the big selection of weapons in Dark Souls because it gave the player a lot of choice on weird builds to try. However, Bloodborne is more enjoyable, much faster paced and interesting combat.
I just like that the starting weapons haven’t been completely outclassed yet this far into the game. I probably would’ve ditched two swords or so by now in Souls.
But yeah, I can see how fewer options would probably make replaying the game less fun.
The good thing about Bloodborne is that every weapon is different so technically no weapon is better then another, it’s just about preference.
I’ve been maining my starting weapons, because I just got into a nice groove with them. Saw Cleaver and Blunderbuss 4 lyf!
Yup! I haven’t stopped using my starting Cane yet, it’s great. Finally getting to know the ranges it has so I’m not whiffing as many hits now 😛
I did trade in my starting pistol for the Ludwig gun though. Because it looks totally cool. Also wearing some white robes I found because they also look cool #Fashionborne
All lies, the Kirkhammer is objectively the best weapon by far.
Pros: It’s my favourite.
Cons: None. It’s my favourite.
See? Totally objective.
I don’t understand. The Kirkhammer isn’t even a dapper cane.
THERE IS NOTHING DAPPER ABOUT WHAT WE DO ON THIS NIGHT.
*wipes blood from brow, buys a bottle of blood with some blood, drinks blood*
Somethingstomethingborne…
Some of us just look better in red than others.
I also used the Kirkhammer!
KIRKHAMMER BROS!
I really hope Dark Souls 3 hits a good sweet spot right in between the franchises. I think I’ll struggle to go back to a straight-Souls game after Bloodborne.
I’m sure there will probably be Bloodborne 2 at some point if not! (I hope so anyway – I personally like the world design of Bloodborne a lot more)
I did the whole first nightmare area before I finished the forest. Just go with what you feel like doing.
Hello. Fuck this past weekend. It was a total jerk.
How’s things with you lot?
vent / context / don’t bother with this I’m just fucking venting :
so laying in bed about 1am on saturday morning my girlfriend tells me that she thinks ‘she cant do this anymore.’ well shit. I mean sure, we’ve had a bit of a difficult time this last month, but we’ve always talked things out & reached an understanding or solution. so yeah. this was a bit unexpected.I mean, sure. we have differences in how we do things. we don’t always agree on things. & sure, we might argue occasionally, but when she said we need to “be apart for a while to let us to grow ourselves so we might be able to stay together” it was a bit of a fucking shock to be honest.
not ashamed to admit that we both spent the next 12 hours crying & just holding each other.
now… I dunno. as of this morning, she says she still loves me & misses me & still wants to be with me. but we’re ‘not together’ at the moment. she want’s us to spend the time apart “focusing on ourselves” & that she wants us to reconnect & start over when we’ve done that. if we can. neither of us knows whats happening or whats gonna happen. she doesn’t even know if calling a time out was the right thing to do, or if that’s just unnecessarily hurting us. well, i think that if she’s doing what she feels is right for, then yeah. it’s the right thing to do for her. not gonna fault anyone for that. still, doesn’t make things any easier for either of us. all I can do is support her by trying to do what she’s asked. & to try & look after myself.
Not gonna give myself false hope of reconciliation. as much as I’d love that, as much as we’ve both said that’s what we want, I cant get my hopes up.
so yeah. I’m sad & hurt & confused & scared. I don’t know whats happening. I don’t know what to do next.
/vent
*hugs*
thanks GC.
anytime 🙂
Sorry to hear that dude =\ I’ve had similar conversations in the past and they’re never easy.
All I can say is try and spend more time with your friends/family and minimize your time alone. It’ll make it easier for you to give both of you the space she’s requested.
Those are the hardest conversations, but I think puppetmaster is right – Hang around friends and family, It’s not going to dissolve the pain, but it might help a little
As I’ve said before if you need someone to chat to or a distraction I’m here
*bigger hugs*
Really sorry to hear that man. I am in a similar situation myself at the moment, however we are staying together while she decides whether continuing in our relationship is right for her. I have made my feelings clear on the matter and since we have had that talk we have been a lot more aware of each other and have spent a lot more time together. It’s almost like we just started dating again which is weird. There was about 2 weeks of what you are feeling right now before we both had a really open and honest talk about where we both were to get to us to the point we are now.
I really hope it all works out for you. But TAY is here for you no matter what.
Aww dude, that sucks so much. I hope you can find a path to happiness, either with her or otherwise.
I’m sorry to hear that, that’s really rough hearing that from someone you care so much about. I agree with your girlfriend that some time apart to focus on yourselves will be a good thing, we all at points need to take stock of what makes us happy and how we can achieve it.
I’ve written here on TAY before about some things that I feel contribute to our happiness (family, relationships, hobbies, etc.). What I read into what your girlfriend is saying is to focus on these areas of your life and work on the areas you aren’t so happy with, so that when you are together you can enjoy each others company than to unload each others problems onto one another.
As said below TAY is here for you, I hope your situation works out in a way that makes you happy soon.
Sorry to hear my friend. Sincerest hopes it all works out for you either way. Just be true to yourself – you know what you want. Don’t take anything less. Be careful not to get lost or confused.
TAY RPG Pathfinder on tonight at 7:30pm ACST and 8pm AEST. Starring:
@redartifice @tech_knight @freezespreston @negativezero @beeawwb
The hidden chambers of the Necromancer Nezeroth have been explored and a tunnel leads away from you deeper into the earth. What will you do?
Let me know if you guys can make it.
I will be there. Abelas will be ready to /roll trapfinding
I will be there but I may not be 100% present as I will most likely be playing on my laptop as I pack my figures back away.
I’ve got a shredded throat but I’ll be there, I should be okay to talk
So with everyone playing Batmans I was reminded of the soundtrack that came out with Arkham City and my favourite song on it. Clearly a love song
So, there’s a 200 pack of Tic-Tacs available that you can either open to have like normal, or, flip the lid off and share them around.
Only seen them in orange flavour (best flavour) so far.
Well, that’s some really sad news about Iwata to come back to.
Yep
I wonder if Nintendo are going to get in trouble with their shareholders for not disclosing how bad Iwata’s condition was?
Your not allowed to talk about business yet, too soon, too soon the Nintys are crying!!!
Oooooh, wrong you’re, that’s a paladin
Well it came out of nowhere for us, but it wouldn’t have been a surprise to the company.
Meh, not like it was Miyamoto or nuthin’ *shrugs*
Never heard of him til the Ninty Directs started
Fuck fishnet stocking and chains!
Yes, those words are usually used together.
Bow-chika-wow-wow =P
Edit: *grabs popcorn* How’s your finger scree?
It’s fine. Took a while to heal and I hope I don’t do it again
Another TAY Tagline?
That’d be three from three for @scree, I’ll spare her the embarrassment
😛That same sentiment is probably what’s keeping us from making all the really offensive jokes.
Thank you. Otherwise it’s would be 3 in 3 days, excluding the weekend.
Right? It’s cold enough wearing them up here can’t imagine how you’re going down there.
Still working on @tech_knight’s costume then?
No, Elsa. But I’m having a difficult time with the latest bookmark.
I prefer my explanation.
As do we all
You! TAY! Yes you! What’s DOIN?!
Reading.
…Reading TAY.
THE POST IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE THREAD!
There is no spoon?
Finally replacing my dead AX650 PSU. Anyone had any experience with Corsair’s newer RM-i line of PSUs?
I understood the word… Corsair in there? They’re like pirates, right?
I thought that was obvious? I’m clearly talking about Pirate Supply Units.
I think I bought a cheap cosair psu when I replaced mine
I saw a PSU once.
My PSU occasionally powers my pc!
#helping
honestly never been too fussed about PSUs as long as it was of a respective brand and wasn’t the cheapest money could buy 😛I haven’t had any experience with RM-i but the standard RM’s I have in my computer I built a year ago and in my old PC which my girlfriend uses, which was put in around 2011.
They have probably been the most reliable PSU I have used so far and I haven’t had any issues whatsoever. They are the only Corsair product I haven’t had issues with (don’t even get me started on their RAM, and their RMA process), however my experiences with out products were all pre-2011 so they might have picked up their act since.
For builds I don’t really care much about, I just throw the cheapest PSU I can get with the required wattage and 80 Plus certification.
For my own PC though I always buy Seasonic PSUs. Have found them to be incredibly reliable.
Urgh. Ryan Reynolds continues his tradition of picking the worst possible project to squander his talents in by starring in a Tarsem Singh movie. Why does he keep doing it to himself? Did he lose a bet as a teenager?
I don’t think I’ve seen anything by that Director after a quick IMDB search, but I did just watch the trailer for the new movie..it doesn’t look fantastic but it doesn’t look terrible either. I agree that Ryan Reynolds has not been in very flattering projects recently however and could be doing a lot better.
The Cell was godawful and The Immortals is on the list of worst movies I’ve ever seen.
He makes movies that look nice and visually interesting but seem to forget exactly what a movie constitutes. He’d make a great music video director.
Ha ha! I love those movies. They are all style over substance, I agree. But! I manage to sit through his entire films enjoying the visuals unlike Suckerpunch in which I was having such a horrible time I switched it off.
Reynolds needs a McConaissance.
I have never heard that term before now, but you just made me LOL.
Ugh why did I click on the recent Trump articles relating to his views on immigrants? How does his campaign even have any traction? It’s one step short of outright racism!
Fun fact: He’s currently the second runner behind Jeb Bush in public opinion polls for Republican candidacy.
Yeah saw that; I genuinely feel sympathy for anyone who isn’t white in that country if he gets voted into the presidency.
That said I’m sure we’d have stronger international ties if Abbot and Trump could get together!
Edit: Christ the more I read the more freaked out I get; are there really so many people who want to promote division and racism? Has there been so much hate festering within the American public? It’s like nothing’s changed, except now instead of black people they hate the mexicans?
America is fucking scary. If you have much to do with Americans, they consider Australians to be ‘very chill’. They’re surprised by how relaxed and tolerant we are. They don’t consider that to be the norm. Now, ‘relaxed and tolerant’ isn’t necessarily how I would define Australians, because I am one. Obviously there’s some different standards there. And the US standards are crazy.
Latest poll I saw actually had Trump in the lead (Rand and Jeb were both at 11% to his 15%), but as it is while Right Wing Nut Jobs like Trump, he’s bad enough that the middle would probably vote against him, for that reason I’d put Jeb in as most likely to win the primaries for the republicans (assuming anyone there is forward thinking, which probably isn’t right). But it’s a ludicrously close race at the moment (still a long while before the primaries)
The democratic side is the interesting one at the moment. Clinton is currently the frontrunner by a huge margin (she’s sitting a bit under 60%, compared to 15% for anyone else), but Bernie Sanders has had a huge upswing this year, the problem is that his movement is in people who aren’t the typical “card carrying” democrats, and thus they’re not the people who would typically vote in a Democratic primary. Should be fascinating to see if he can get enough momentum to make a real dent.
I need help!
What colour?
Pink
http://imgur.com/Y5N1pKq
I like the higher contrast in this one.
Alright, thanks. …Should I fix up the stockings?
I concurwith Freeze, pink is best here. Green is the nicer colour but obliterates the ahir and since you’ve taken the minimalist look (which I voted for \o/) instead of the outline/cel-shaded look, it just doesn’t work.
Love the design though. So these are new bookmarks? How many characters are you doing? Where can I buy them?!
I’m just working on the rival gangs atm. The reason I went minimalist is because I plan to make prints for the Cel shaded look.
The gangs I’m doing is the doom riders, poison jam, love shockers, the immortals and the noise tanks
Ha, I didn’t even recognise this character, just the last one I saw which was Beat, right?
Yup. He’s my favourite character
Green
http://imgur.com/P974FdL
Purpley-black
http://imgur.com/akWuot1
Green is clearly the best colour in general …but in this book marky thingy’s case, the Pink one looks the best because of the contrast (as per Freezy). Stockings look fine to me?
Oh, I see what you mean about the stockings…
New advice! 😀
– Make the nets (diamonds) smaller
– Make the stocking lines thinner
– Think about leg placement
– (regarding stocking) Split the left leg in to two sections (top and bottom), as each would wrap differently
– (regarding stocking) Split the right leg in three (top, bottom, and knee)
They’re about that thickness on the character, that’s why I did them that thick. And alright, but doing it separately may also cause more issues. I’ll try again though, thanks.
Fishnet stockings would be the hardest part.
The left leg looks fine.
The right might need some minor work.
Maybe I’ll re-do them.
Reference
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODkwWDQ5OA==/z/FbgAAMXQ1d1TIBkH/$_35.JPG
Yeah I see what you mean
Dye-it.
I has a furry friend.
http://imgur.com/McXulFD
PUPPY
What an adorable rapscallion!
This weekend I went to try and fly a kite for the first time in… 20 years…
I can’t.
To the point where my daughter was waving both hands in a stop sign saying ‘no more kite daddy, no more kite daddy’.
Also – nylon string burns like a bitch when it gets dragged across your finger joints super fast.
Knocked off Portal 2 last night too – a lot of fun and managed to get through every test room without a guide. 2nd half was packed full with awesome one liners laughed rather loud at “BECAUSE I’M A POTATO.”
I find quality of kite & wind speed are important factors.
I mean, in yesterday’s wind with a cheap, even cheapish, kite, May be the issue
On console? If so, Portal 2 has absolutely amazing couch co-op.
Fuck everything, left, right, and center.
Fuck it all.
Fucking tired and exhausted, I miss my kitty, fuck all of it.
Also, I’m still waiting to try and get this fucking game working.
Fuck. This. Shit.
I’m using this to make myself feel better
http://9gag.com/gag/aApwmvZ
TAY RPG Pathfinder completed for another night. Starring:
@redartifice @tech_knight @freezespreston @negativezero @beeawwb
GM Summary: ANGRY YELLING is the solution to many problems.
I *DO* KNOW WHAT WE’RE YELLING ABOUT.
Actually, it’s about ethics in war chants.
I’m supposed to be getting rid of figures not getting more, but holy crap this Tiamo (Cordelia) from Fire Emblem Awakening looks rad.
Looks shit, save your money for necessities overseas.
#helping
Getting an effective pay rise when I get there, plus a payout, plus my bonus will arrive around the same time and I’ll have a tax return. Also this doesn’t actually release until April next year. So dollars aren’t an issue. Space is.
Oh really? My birthday Thursday :p
It’d only be a good investment if you bought it and then sent it to me.
Oops I did a thing.
The person sitting next to me at work is the loudest freaking eater in the world… Seriously YOU’RE EATING YOGHURT… YOGHURT! HOW CAN THAT EVEN BE NOISY!
Don’t even get me started on when he eats rice snacks!
…
Good morning tay, how the bloody hell are ya?
Cold. My breath is steaming outside and I hate it.
I used to love the cold. The colder the better, go out in a shirt and embrace it. As I’ve gotten older I have less and less love for it.
I used to wear coats and jackets in the cold whenever possible… but as I’ve got older (and fatter), natural body temperature seems to be pretty damn high (probably the brown fat burning off all the excess calories I keep putting in).
…But I still jumper up for breath-steam levels of cold.
I HAAAAAAAATE the cold! Ironic from someone from Scandinavia but after moving down here I can’t stand it… 40 degree days on the other hand? Bring ’em on!
You disgust me, you horrible sweat-loving person.
Morning Pixel!
Well, there’s some… gent yelling outside my window, it’s far too early to have to use my brain, and I was just handed a pile of files that I have no idea what to do with…
But we have a cute new medical student for me to embarrass myself in front of, so my day’s going well.
I’ll be waiting this afternoon for at least one story.
Preferably many.
Edit: Also, please let us know if your mum decides to chime in too.
Noooooo. Don’t wait in anticipation, it will only disappoint.
That said, when we entered work this morning my boss looked at us, made some sort of noise -that I shan’t even attempt to replicate in text- and then commented on our familial resemblance, as I hurriedly attempted to hide in my office, only to find that someone had put a desk on its side in the middle of it.
Looking forward to more “A day in the life of Blaghs”!
Also there’s a perfectly good plastic container, usually situated under desks that are perfect for paper you don’t know what to do with!
Tell her her rump’s as big as the Queen’s, but twice as fragrant.
I have a coworker who does the same. Anything crunchy is nightmare inducing. Chips, crackers, etc. First few chews are open-mouthed and so loud I swear he’s trying to make as much noise as possible.
*SLUUURRPPP* I’m good pixel *CRUNCHCRUNCHCRUNCH* how’re you today?
Hello , gentle TAY-folk.
Going to see the dinos in the museum with mah family today, rawrrrrrrrr
Get a job.
Took the week off to celebrate our birthdays.
(Couldn’t come at a better time, that last week was excruciating boredom)
Like Freeze, I am also jealous.
Rawrrrrr
I still haven’t seen Jurassic World because the boy says it’s too scary & everyone keeps agreeing with him even though he laughed at the most scary moments of Park.
No where near as scary as first movie!
Goddammit
Happy with old man day @redartifice you decrepit old geezer! Would you just retire and go into a home already and stop bothering people with your slow old manness. I’m saying you’re old if that wasn’t clear. Old.
Old? Old!
*performs ritual dance of great mirth and joviality sans clothes around retardedface*
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Security? Security! There’s a naked man dancing here who won’t leave me alone
*blows kisses and leaps out nearest window*
Happy Birthday @redartifice , don’t listen to old man Freeze, you’re not old. You’re younger than me !
If we’re being honest he’s younger than my little brother.
Thanks man!
Happy another-revolution-around-the-sun day @redartifice! And on the day New Horizons finally reach Pluto as well, amazing!
Thanks man! New Horizons is a pretty cool present
Happy birthday, Redacted Fish!
Fart Ice Ride! \o/
Da Comrade, Redacted Fish is year older yes?
Gawd, get off my lawn.
HAPPY OLD DAY @redartifice
Every day is old day, but today you are especially old.
Happy birthday @redartifice, my fellow SATAYbie.
So on the train home last night my Gen 5 legendary hunt drew to a close (with Kyurem, the other two happened over the holidays). Cobalion and Terrakion were a little hairy since they maximise attack and use super effective moves on my normal pickup tank linoone. Had to spam healing items any time I got hit.
https://twitter.com/CannonFodderJnr/status/620515677720293376?s=09
Shifted focus to Regigigas, but I’ve discovered that this one is different from all the others.
Every other legendary that has a specific time of day prerequisite just checks for you to be able to enter an area. Once you’re in, you can save and reset all you like. Regigigas is the only one that performs a time check to trigger the encounter, and it won’t work after 8pm.
Given its similar location to the Palkia/Dialga/Giratina instance, it just means that I switch to that if Regigigas stops triggering. Not so bad.
The women in this office are remarkably excited by a new toaster.
Apparently it looks cute.
It’s a toaster!
Send help.
Instructions unclear, sent bread.
Instructions unclear, sent mrtaco
Instructions very clear.
*Grabs popcorn*
Instructions unclear, penis caught in toaster.
Send margarine… or help.
Dear Sunsoar77 (If that is your real name)
Put in a formal complaint to management about the toaster and specifically naming all the staff who are admiring the toaster and say they all need to be removed from the office as they are wasting time and obstructing others from working, costing the company money. Co-workers will be so impressed with your fortitude and company loyalty you will win all their respect.
Hope this helps
Uncle Freeze
I think we need “Uncle Freeze’s business survival guide” compiled into a self-help book.
I’m not sure that “take a dump in the foyer then moonwalk out the door double-birding the receptionist” is enough advice for a book.
Tape a picture of your penis onto the toaster, ask them if it still looks cute. For the sake of your manly pride, hope they don’t say yes.
Upvote, but do not do not DO NOT do NOT repeat do NOT do this.
Because they’ll just walk in and burst out laughing?
…I dunno. We’re not talking about you, we’re talking about Sunsoar. 😉
(I REGRET THIS BUT POST ANYWAY.)
Seems like the classy thing to do would be not to draw attention to it.
You know what you did 😛
Do you have a story to share? 😛
ooohhh what colour?
I read this as a reply to Blaghs…
Then the answer’s mostly pink with a bit of green on top. DON’T JUDGE ME.
Pre butter your bread before putting in toaster.
Problem solved.
I know it’s Tuesday, but I’m bored at work so WEEKEND RECAP TIME (where I’ll probably get people’s tags here wrong, but pshhh)!
Turned up at Sydney on Friday, stared gormlessly at things for a while. Met @alexpants, discussed Batman, and then I shouted Baccano! really loudly at the train station, and waved at the people who looked at me as though I was mad.@cakesmith turned up, so we departed, found @powalen at some point, and then I threatened to kill Pants while falling over, which really emphasised the word kill.
We also saw a show or something, it was aight. (Avenue Q was fantastic, though I may have put the others off a bit at the end by talking about the other shows I’d seen and nitpicking. Man I love to nitpick.)
Caaaakkkeeee and I then stayed up until the sunrise, discussing our hopes, dreams, fears, and bitching about @freezespreston (We were awake later than I’m used to while talking general shit, mostly about alcohol).
Saturday was show day, so Cake and I went and saw the Sydney Symphony Orchestra doing Danny Elfman stuff from Burton films. Did you know that the SSO was set up by the ABC? I did, thanks to reading it in the thingy. We also spent some time playing Rocket League, where we learnt that we’re both rather terrible (Though Cake pulled off a goal from the starting line, which was damn impressive).
We then leant on things, as @cj, followed by Pow and Pants turned up, leading to a game of Betrayal where some people had had three turns before Cake and I had our second. And thanks to CJs terrible rolling, Pants ended up as the betrayer.
@mrtaco turned up as we played, as did @dkzeitgeist, so we then chatted, drank, confirmed that Pez was alive (and were horrified while doing so), and I think I pestered half the people there so much that they’ll never talk to me again (sorry). Good times.
Staying up late bitching about @FreezeSPreston is my favourite hobby. Guy’s a jerk. Tuesday morning game: Insert your story about him being a jerk below.
Man that Freeze guy is a real Jerk! Last year at PAX he gave me a hug and made me feel really welcome in the group and made it comfortable despite having never met him in real life before…
What a Jerk!
Comparatively, despite having spent a few days camping with him, and some time hanging in Sydney, the year before that he acted as though he didn’t know me. What a loveable jerk/scamp.
One time he sent me a torrent of texts bragging about banging my sister. I kept saying he must have the wrong number as I don’t have a sister. Eventually he said “oops, gues ur mum has aged real gud, LOL”.
I want to believe.
One time he was so nice that all of us looked like crap in comparison! WHAT A JERK!
*Vietnam-esque flashback of Wild West Falls*
That prick gave my brother a free PAX ticket, so I had to hang out with my brother ALL DAY. That arsehole.
He bought me Dark Souls 2. The Collector’s Edition. And sent me Demon’s Souls Black Phantom Edition. Presumably this was an (ultimately successful) attempt to prevent me from pursuing my life’s dream for a few months.
But then he sent me an engraved pen telling me to never stop entertaining. So, there’s a mixed message there to be sure.
He’s a monster, through and through.
It takes pure skill to roll 6 blanks.
Glad to hear Pez is still alive. Does he have any contactables at the moment, or is he totally off the radar?
He had some method of communicating with Dan, but I have no idea what that was. #Helping
Tuesday morning complain: My new local post office isn’t open on Saturdays so the only way for me to pick up parcels is to make myself late for work. Bah!
Anyway, enough of that. I played a bit more Bloodborne last night. Managed to beat the trio bosses in the snake area on the first try /brag. Now trying to beat the next boss (the spider gal) and failing miserably…
The snake dudebros (it’s a gender neutral term) weren’t too tough for me, but the fact that you can beat any boss on attempt number one is pretty impressive.
Rom strategy:
I found Rom easiest if in stage one I killed all the little-uns, then just smacked her side as much as I could, then played more hit and run for the rest of the fight.Pants sitting next to me saying “Yeah, well I beat them on the first try too *humph*”
(It wasn’t quite like that but that’s how I choose to remember it)
It complimented us both. ‘That was really impressive. I did that too. Aren’t we so great.’
That’s how I did it with Rom, too. Was able to one-shot the snakes, too. Just as well, I was lost in the forest and sitting on a truly absurd number of souls at the time. I think the fear of the loss is what inspired the winning cautious play.
I couldn’t find the zone for avoiding the ranged attacks so I just went full beserk as soon as the later stage of the battle started.
Achieved mutual destruction, which still counted.
I don’t remember there being any zone that avoided the semi-homing mortar attack, I just rolled a LOT and squashed little guys in between dodges. There was enough time for that at least.
Can confirm: there was no safe zone. I tried retreating as far as possible, to the borders of the map, to regroup, switch weapons, load up flash paper, etc, and got mortared.
I think you’ve overtaken me now, I’ve just found the bundles of snakes and the snake headed dudes and opened a shortcut back to the lantern
The whip-form of the Threaded Cane was a godsend in the snake area. Able to kill them without getting within the nibble zone.
I’ve actually done OK against them with the saw cleaver
I hate that about AusPost. I have two post offices near me and it’s completely random which one my packages get sent to. And only one of them is open on Saturdays so I get more than a little frustrated by the deliveries.
Also doesn’t help that sometimes they just dump my packages outside my front door which I’m actually okay with. Some consistency would be nice though.
For today’s article to deepen the head shaped dent in your desk I present Australia: There Will Be Blood.
http://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2015/7/9/australia-there-will-be-blood/
Penned by an NRA member it argues that our gun laws are an utter failure and explains just how unsafe our country is because of them. In fact, they inform us, armed robberies and gun related violence increased by 69% after guns were confiscated, making us the most unsafe country in the world citing their source as the ever reputable themselves.
They’re right though. I was shot to death twelve times last week while minding my own business.
As someone who lost a bunch of really fun and amazing pistols due to ever changing laws in Australia, I still fully support the idea of banning the vast majority of them. Yes it negatively affected me, but I’m also happy giving up (have since given up) a leisure activity if it means less crazies get guns.
Obligatory mention of Jim Jeffries stance on gun control.
If the NRA presented that hey guys, we like guns as they are an enjoyable recreational activity that forms part of a social community I’d have have a lot more sympathy for their position. Instead they present as the sort of insane, paranoid nut jobs who are exactly the sort of people that shouldn’t ever under any circumstance have access to guns.
This exactly, I know plenty of people that do shooting recreationally. They are perfectly normal well adjusted people but whenever I see an NRA article it’s all “give the crazy people guns because the crazy people might have guns!”
(NSFW language)
Brilliant
I get why they want to have guns from a sporting point of view. Competing in rapid-fire target events is a hell of a lot of fun and when you get a 90 or above (out of 100) it’s an amazing feeling, but once you’re done using a gun the key difference between Australia and America comes into effect:
When you’re done in Australia, you run through the mandated process to ensure a gun is unloaded and locked, and prove it to the present range officer, then lock the gun, mags, and all ammo away in a standards compliant portable safe/lockbox, take it straight home (as direct as possible) and store the lot in a standards compliant gun safe.
In some American states, you whack it on the car seat and go have lunch.
Don’t even need to leave it in the car. Texas allows you to tuck it into your coat pocket and head to your uni lecture.
Ugh…just shoot me n-wait a minute.
Doesn’t Texas also have open carry laws, where you can sling a a loaded assault rifle or shotgun across your back and walk around in public? I’ve seen videos where people do this just to antagonise the police so they can complain about harassment and infringement of their rights because apparently being allowed to carry a gun means they should also be immune from police officers checking in to make sure they’re not about to go shoot up the nearby school.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/20/chipotle-asks-customers-to-leave-assault-rifles-at-home/
Yep. A commonly publicised gun-owner response to things like “Please stop waving your gun around in public” is to wave it around as much as possible because American gun owners are apparently 5 years old.
Seen so many videos of idiot Americans roaming the streets with a semi automatic rifle strapped to their backs, then getting indignant and petulant when a police officer quite rightly pulls them over and says ‘What the fuck are you doing?’ Idiot gun owner cites the second amendment, their constitutional rights, etc. Total facepalm. Most cops quite politely say ‘Sure, you’re legally allowed, but it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.’ Then the idiots post the videos on YouTube saying ‘lol! some cop tryd to tell me I cudent carrie my gun!’ I don’t even.
For a group of people obsessed with shooting it’s incredible how often they miss the point.
I’ll be here all week. Try the veal.
It’s true. Just the other day someone tried to mug me. Sure they may have said “Can I get directions to this street” but I know they wanted to mug me. He was obviously a COMMUNIST trying to steal FREEDOM from me. Luckily I found a blunt instrument nearby and chased him off. If I had a gun I could have killed that FREEDOM hating COMMUNIST in his tracks.
To give this due diligence, I read all the articles linked in the post you provided.
The NRA News article states the 69% increase in crime, but doesn’t provide a source. Seriously, I cannot find a source for this claim anywhere.
And in research nine years after the NRANews article, the “growing consensus of impartial researchers” now acknowledge that crime has fallen, but are reluctant to admit that it’s because of the gun ban.
I haven’t even bothered to try to find a dissenting opinion. I don’t think it’s really necessary. Their argument doesn’t hold water all that well… (surprising none of us, I’m sure)
And for further credibility: The NRANews abstract claims that 6,000 guns were destroyed. Not because I think my argument is bolstered by pointing out a typo, but because I’m a petty, petty pedant.
They just wanted to write 69 and have a giggle.
I was in a presentation today across senior levels of the University I work at, and caught myself mid smile at the fact we had ‘serviced 69 schools year to date’.
Amazing how my perspective changed on all of this once I took up recreational shooting.
A lot of people get really mixed up with the American approach to guns and ours – the American situation is fundamentally different to ours in almost every way. Their constitution plays a massive part in all arguments, which doesn’t apply, and the other major point of contention is home protection and concealed carry – which again doesn’t really apply us at all. A lot of the American arguments and situations can’t rightly be applied to our situation. Them commenting on our gun laws being flawed is viewed from an American perspective, and largely not applicable in most cases.
Ours is a relationship with firearms formed from recreational and agricultural aspects – sport/target shooting, and recreational hunting, as well as hunting for purposes of protecting land and property. It’s a completely different dynamic to the Americans in most ways.
That said, there’s lots of mixed information on how gun bans have affected violence in this country. I’m far from well read or an authority on the situation – but there’s a lot of information to digest. I’ve read evidence citing a decrease in gun violence before 1996. Also an increase in home invasions/robberies and the like since. Also New Zealand for example still has laws comparable to ours pre 1996 gun reforms, ie, they still allow semi automatics, and they’re not having any issues.
A lot of problems stem for societal issues – mental health, etc. I’m all for the current setup of background checks, firearm registration and strict guidelines on storage of both ammo and firearms – but there’s a lot of negative stigma attached to firearms and gun owners when neither is really the major problem. Most proposed laws and reforms punish law abiding gun owners, when they’re not the problem in just about all cases. Bad people doing bad things is the problem, and it always will be.
The loudest pro and the loudest anti gunners usually get it wrong. Allowing people the own 500 guns and 3 million rounds of ammo without any paperwork is not the answer – but nor is just continuing to propose bans and restrictions on all fronts. The answer lies firmly, and reasonably in the middle. Nothing will ever substitute proper procedure in registration, education, safety and background checks.
I wasn’t going to comment, but then.. I did.
EDIT: Apologies if that came off a little disjointed. Got a lot of opinions on the subject, probably a little much to squeeze into a single comment/blurb.
I’m usually a moderate when it comes to my views (especially ones I’m not all that versed in like gun prohibition law) however I have never understood the purpose of allowing society access to a tool which was created with the primary purpose of taking life.
And while I’m usually for regulation and registration to a reasonable degree, humanity at its core is a flawed race. Regulation in any aspect of society from economics to legislation to government only serve to mitigate possible issues like preventing the centralization of power or understanding the over-arching effects of an economic policy. It greatly reduces the chances of something going wrong but sooner or later something goes wrong. If we look at regulation/registration with gun laws when something goes wrong people die, not as a side effect of this tool but as it’s primary effect.
Maybe one day as a society we’ll evolve enough to appreciate the sanctity of life and find a comfortable recreational sector for weapon use; however as we are I feel a 100x more comfortable walking down an empty street late at night knowing guns are outlawed in the country.
But that’s entirely my point. You’ve got nothing to fear from people like me (licensed, regulated, and educated) who are following the rules. You need to be scared of the people that aren’t (unlicensed, criminal, etc) which coincidentally are the same people who wouldn’t be affected in the slightest by any kind of policy change, ban or the like.
EDIT: Appreciate a polite response too – but I’ll deign not to comment further. Guns are much like politics and religion, in terms of discussion, I think. I’ll bow out for now.
I hear your point and I’m not worried about healthy licensed gun users, I’m worried about circumstances that could unhinge or mentally breakdown once healthy licensed gun users. Circumstances that likely to come along in 2-3% of a person’s entire lifespan and having access to a tool that takes life can compound a tough situation into a tragedy. Those are situations that are impossible to regulate for and if a ban reduces possible gun casualties from 5% to 4% of population per year (quoting example statistics as a means to create context) I feel it’s justified; even if it means just one less person dies than before the legislation was introduced I think it’s justified.
I’ll be honest as this is an odd-stance for me cos I’m usually all for freedom over security; and my views here represent the exact opposite. However I’ve just never been able to reconcile the need for weaponry in your average household.
I’ll leave this discussion here cody as you’ve requested, I can understand not wanting to get caught up in a discussion for a cause you hold dear. I will however leave you with this, I’ve always believed the surest means of evolution is to come face to face with views that counter your own, ideally in rational debate, and in my experience this usually leave both parties with more tempered views than the ones they started. So for that reason alone thank you for taking the time to type up and outline your views on the matter as they run counter to my own; while we may not agree I for one have walked away with new considerations on the topic.
Reasoned adult discussion! \o/ TAY strikes again!
Hey fiasco players. are you guys interested in trying this out?
http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/
I have bought the pdf 🙂
Sounds interesting
Sure
I’m intrigued.
New Splatfest coming up this weekend. Considering the first one had an amazingly positive effect on matchmaking (people would stick to teams for ages, rather than jumping ship all the time) I’m really keen for more.
So, what’s your idea of heaven: Eating or Sleeping?
Depends… which one is Marie voting for?
Once again, the wrong one (Sleeping)
Callie 4 lyf
Sleep-eating.
TEAM EATING REPRESENT!
EDIT: I actually went out today and bought a Wired Ethernet adapter for my WiiU today just so I could actually play Splatoon (My WiiU has a spotty connection to the wireless at the best of times)
EATING BROS!
We’ll have to try and organise to jump in some games at some point.
I thought the only question being asked this weekend is “WHEN’S MAHVEL”
Sleeping.
I’m a regular 8.30pm-6-7am it is the best thing ever.
I’m team sleeping, though if I sleep before midnight, I’ll wake up at 3-4am.
-_-
That’s fine, more food for me.
Holy crap that’s a lot of sleep! I used to be team sleeping, minimum 8 hours for a workout routine and all that but I’m going to have to go with team eating now! Hate losing time to sleep if I can avoid it =p
I’m 2-3am until 7am sleeper.
I couldn’t imagine going to work with four hours sleep, don’t you feel sick?
No? After a decade of sleeping like that I’m pretty adjusted to it I don’t even sleep soundly through that so probably a quarter of that I’m awake.
Woooooooaaaah. That’s a lot of sleep.
I sleep less than half that amount! :\
(Probably explains how you keep your youthful looks, and I’m looking like a past-his-prime drug-riddled writer-type)
That’s amazing. I try to do 11pm-6:30am routinely and even then I figured that’s perhaps too much sleep.
It depends on how old you are, I play sport or exercise on most days so I try and get a bunch of sleep as I’ve been reading some scholarly articles recently on sleep length and correlation with injury rates.
9 hours is seen to be the gold standard for injury prevention for people exercising.
I’ve been dropping quite a few truthbombs about spot related statistics, maybe I could add them to fun fact page six…
Sleeping cuts into valuable eating time.
I love sleep…. I love what it does for me, and how I feel after. But I don’t get to enjoy it while I’m doing it, which is where eating has the edge.
EATING!
I want to go back to Japan again and skip all the walking and gardens and shrines and castles and just find new places to eat. Eat and eat and eat. And eat some more. ALL OF THE FOODS!
(Hell, even when I was there, I skipped all the ‘touristy’ things everyone else was doing on free days because everyone always walked past things that looked good to eat. Things on sticks! Bowls of noodles with crazy stuff in them! Parfaits! More things on sticks! Sizzling, melting meat on plates! Pastries!)
A pretty decent Japanese restaurant opened up in town here recently and I’m struggling to avoid going there for lunch every day. It’s not even convenient for me to do so, it’s just awesome.
We saw a new Japanese place in West End on Saturday. We made a mental note for future meat purposes.
I wish we’d had a bit more time to go try some of those things too. I didn’t mind the castles and shrines and whatnot but it was all a bit GO GO GO at times.
I didn’t get a chance to have any Ramen until I was at Haneda airport 🙁
That’s a big part of why I didn’t do the recommended ‘touristy’ things on the free days but just schlepped around poking my nose into hole-in-the-wall cafes and eating street vendor food. 🙂
Kind of did that in Tokyo and a bit in Kyoto.
I think if I was to go again, while the Takayama & Hakone bit was rad and I’m glad I could do it, I’d forgo that for an extra day or two free in Osaka and Kyoto so could do a bit of wandering around and a bit of touristing.
Eating.
I like sleeping, but I’m much better at eating.
Slee-*head desk* zzzzzzzZzzzzzz
Neither really fits my definition of heaven.
I don’t sleep much, and I eat way too much. Ideally, though, I’d do less of both.
If I compare my best experience eating some amazing food with my best experience having a solid uninterrupted night of deep sleep, I would happily exchange the former for more of the latter. Sleep, thank you.
Eating. Sleeping irks me because it feels like such a waste of time. Sure, I’m recharging, putting off going mad, etc – but I’m unconscious. I could be doing far more interesting stuff. Like eating. Or anything, really. I won’t dispute the amazing feeling of a good night’s sleep, but hngh. It’s such a waste.
Agreed. It got to the point a few years ago that I set alarms for 8am Saturday and Sunday of every week so I wouldn’t sleep in till 10 or 12 on either of those days. Sleeping that long made me hate myself and made the weekend feel so tiny.
I do exactly the same thing! My alarm is set for 8am-9am on weekends, depending how tired I am. I had exactly the same issue. Even sleeping 10 or 11 was enough to make me feel like I’d squandered a portion of my weekend. Even if all I’m doing is playing video games or doing my washing or something, at least I’m conscious.
Sleeping. If you’re in heaven then I suppose you’ve taken the long sleep goodbye.
I used to be Team Sleep, but then I had a child and had to give that up. So I’m definitely Team Eating.
Speaking of which, yesterday I made a Lemon and Passionfruit Delicious Pudding, and it really lived up to its name.
Ok I have to ask; my mrs keeps telling me to get used to not having any sleep if we ever have any kids. In reality how bad is it? Like…. how often do you manage 8 hours sleep 0,0
This could be troublesome cos I keep telling her I want 3 kids but I’m gonna have to wipe one off for every 1-2 hours sleep below 8 that you quote =P (I kid of course)
It’s not hard to get plenty of sleep, you just need to be aware that until they can sleep through the night you’ll be getting up for short periods rather than sleeping solid.
You will never get eight hours sleep until your child reaches double figure years old. And maybe not even then.
For the first two years of the child’s life you will only ever get a few hours of unbroken sleep at a time. The first time your baby sleeps for three hours or more will seem like a miracle.
@rize oh god… That’s it I’m gonna have to be the stay at home dad; I can’t function without at least 6 hours of unbroken sleep >.< Like literally can’t function D= I have a feeling I’ll be coming to TAY for sleeping advice in a few years =P
You’ll learn. Before I became a parent I couldn’t function without 12 hours sleep a day.
Food glorious food!
I chose eating, because lately I haven’t been dreaming much, thus making my sleeping much less enjoyable. This weekend is going to be consumed by EVO and Splatfest for me.
RockeTAY League
Come one, come all to the fabulous world that is Car Soccer! Also known as Rocket League! The free game this month for PS+ members. Not to mention it has crossplay with PC players as well apparently.
So my question for you the reader is..do YOU want to hit oversized soccer balls with rocket cars?
ROCKET LEAGUE
I was going to ask about this. Count me in for an unreliable member.
@redartifice said he could do Wednesday if your free on Wednesday otherwise ill be on tonight for an undisclosed amount of hours
I’m keen for wednesday
Ohh I could be in on this
They have pills for that.
And something you put on your tongue
Wonderful.
I’ll play.
I’m not very good, but I’ll play 🙂
Ive done something like 5 hours already, im ranked semi-pro and im utter shit haha
That game looks so dope. Downloading now. Count me in.
Its heaps good but so hard to learn
Yes.
Obligatory @rocketman
You’d best prepare yourself for the Blaghs patented moves. Things like “driving past the ball while swearing,” “Jumping over the ball while swearing” and of course “swearing because I have no idea where the ball is.”
That last one wont happen unless you turn ball cam off in which case why are you turning ball cam off
I’m keen.
Will DL tonight.
We played that a bit on Saturday night.
I scored a goal so I’m going to retire while I’m still on top.
I’ve been kind of interested but wasn’t sure if many TAYbies would want to get involved on PC and-
I’m in.
Well that’s a headline.
http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/millionare-50-cent-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-after-leaking-a-sex-tape/
I’m actually a little disappointed by how reasonably the article explains it 😛
I saw a thread title on Reddit this morning that went something like “with 50 cent declaring bankruptcy, let’s reflect on him keeping $2 million in the trunk of his lamborghini” and had a sensible chuckle. I’m really astonished when rich entertainers somehow lose it all. I mean, isn’t he still selling albums, selling out concerts? Did he simply fly too close to the sun? I like to imagine if I was an overnight sensation once I had my mansion in the hills and a flash car I’d be relatively sensible with the rest, or at least hire someone to be sensible for me and listen to them.
I read an article about this recently, actually. Stars that get huge early in life (such as NBA players) often aren’t prepared for the transition to the ‘big time.’ A bare minimum hire financial advisers, and only a fraction of them heed the advice they’re given. Practically all of them have an entourage of people that they came up with, whose lifestyles are funded by the star. The lifestyle is expensive and as flashy as possible – it’s part of the image, I guess. Insurance and staff to maintain the house and car are not cheap; nor is round-the-clock security if you’re concerned about insane fans… and those are all ongoing costs that persist, even when you’re not earning. Agents and venues eat away at earnings, too. Endorsements and future earnings are often spent in advance, and if something happens that screws up a deal, that leaves the star in a debt spiral of millions of dollars (with interest accruing at a terrifying rate).
Oh, and I forgot to say: the career has a short lifespan, but life itself is very long. Employment prospects aren’t always great for ex-stars, but they apparently often have trouble adjusting their expenses to compensate.
I guess I see all the reasons it might happen, it’s not hard to figure it out, I just still get surprised. At least, more surprised than when they have a specific issue like a gambling addiction or something.
At a recent sports conference I had attended they bandied around a statistic where 75% of all NFL players whom have been on a roster since the inception of the league have filed for bankruptcy.
Terrifying statistic.
This is why we had to take a break from #DanAndKarlsZeitgeist.
Often the case but not with 50 Cent.
He invested in Vitaminwater, made a mint when Coke bought the company. Then he had a series of endorsements and business ventures that went okay. His music career did little more than give him the seed money for his real wealth. Okay. That’s not “little”.
He is one of the rare exceptions though.
Reading up on this bankruptcy, it looks like he’s doing it to protect his assets against a lawsuit. He’s still rich.
Anything easily earned is easily lost kermit; part of learning how to create and maintain wealth is going through the struggles of getting to that point. I’ve seen this a few times in my field where people get an inheritance or come across a large sum of money bigger than they’ve ever had before. Because of the lack of any transition time in accruing that wealth they don’t receive the education (both street and book) to know how to maintain that wealth or to grow it.
This is the best story involving 50 cent.
https://youtu.be/waCF81HdKAA
I’ve committed to going for Arkham Knight’s 100% completion. Which naturally means the Riddler trophies. They seemed like such a cool way of doing collectibles way back in Asylum (the actual riddles, anyway) but now, wow. An actual city just doesn’t work for these kinds of collectibles. I haven’t even gotten to the outdoor trophies, I spent yesterday getting the stuff in the indoor locations, and I’m still not finished there.
A big part of why I’m bothering is that I just don’t have anything else I’m gunning to play right now. I’m thinking of replaying all the Batman games now, simply because I’m remembering all the good things in Asylum and City, but then I wonder if I should give Origins another go too.
Or, maybe buy Anna’s Quest…
Play Catherine, dammit.
*Pow and Pant’s theme song plays*
I’m imagining ‘Spiderman’, but with ‘Pow and Pants’ substituted.
If you say Pow and Pants then it just sounds like you’re saying Power Pants… Saying this now makes me realise that’s actually pretty damned awesome!
Pow and Pants, Pow and Pants
Does whatever Pow and Pants do
Haunted flat, weird neighbours
Always avoiding the outdoors
Look out!
Here comes the Pow and Pants
Have you guys had your first fight yet?
Was it adorable? It was adorable, I bet!
*squeeeeee*
I prefer to imagine a passive aggressive (yet somehow playful) like-they’ve-been-married-for-forty-years sort of a thing.
Oh, sitcom-esque maybe? Like dividing the house into two and they can’t cross over to each others side?
Shouting? No
Pillow? Not yet
Hmm.
Hmmmmm.
Atleast you’ll be rewarded with 100% ending. Arkham Origins riled me up when you got all the trophies and they just… did nothing.
The conclusion to the Riddler content in all of them has been pretty disappointing I think. I remember his stupid plot with kidnapping police officers in City and, man…
But yeah, I loved the clever word play ones in Asylum too that just aren’t as satisfying in Knight. :'(
Hey, there was that bit where you gathered THE FIRST PROPER RIDDLER TROPHY!
You only got that if you had all the others, right? Totally satisfying.
Anna’s Quest is brilliant, starting a second playthrough to get the rest of the achievements on Saturday. That said I’ve also never played the batman games even though I own them so take that with you however you like.
A big part of what killed the enjoyment of City for me was Riddler trophies.
I think the final straw was trying for damn near half a wasted hour to do a jump that I could never quite make, but was within tasting distance and assumed it was just because I was shit. Then when I finally hunted down a youtube video (and endured the torture of trying to figure out which trophy was the one I wanted to look at), it turned out the way to get it was using some tool you don’t get for another dozen story missions. And then I saw there was like four god damn hundred of the god damn things which were going to taunt me with their locktease the entire game, never knowing if I could get something or couldn’t because I didn’t have the tool yet, and just Fuck. That.
I don’t need that. My compulsion doesn’t need that. I could see myself spending the entire game twitching and gritting my teeth. (“Just ignore it.” “But it’s right there!” “Yeah, but that doesn’t always mean you can get it.” “But what if it does? Then I’ll have to go through some frickin’ CHORE of busywork following map-markers to get it.” “You’ll have to do that ANYWAY if it turns out to be one of those fucking lockteases again, and you know you’ll visit the same location again anyway just so you can know where you’re up to in the guide list, because who keeps mental track of 400 collectibles?” “This is not fun. I am not having fun.”)
If I wanted to engage in masochistic psychological torture, I’d do something worthwhile with it, like researching my local electorate’s political candidates in advance of the next election.
*patpat* Deep breaths transient, deep breaths =P
This is pretty much why I stopped even looking at riddler trophies after the first Batman game
I took a deep breath! And edited out all the swears. 😀
Most of the swears.
…There were a lot of swears.
Don’t pat him! Last time I did that I had nightmares for a week.
*twitch*
I found them mostly pretty straightforward. There’s on on founder’s island that annoyed me (involved the electric thingo and the car) but the rest I found reasonably straightforward.
The third riddler race can die in a fire though.
I’m near that point. Finished the main story missions and a bunch of the side stuff. Mostly just have the checkpoints, bombs and Riddler trophies to go but not sure I want to.
I thought the Deacon Blackfyre stuff was a bit of a bust, but the rest were reasonably engaging.
I need to go back in and do some of the challenges.
Wasn’t that just a single mission though?
Yeah. They’d dropped hints all game and in the end it was one melee fight.This comment chain is starting to annoy me.
I know that my tastes aren’t the most common. That doesn’t mean that I’m any more likely to want to play guitar for realsies than someone that listens to Für Elise is going to want to play piano.
I haven’t a musically talented bone in my body, and get a great deal of enjoyment out of listening to guitarists like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Ray Vaughn and the like. My dad was the same, in fact that’s where I first listened to them. Not sure if geo’s comment is ignorant or wanky.
Both?
Also, I can’t play guitar and enjoy listening to talented guitarists, as well as trying to nail that song on a game like Guitar Hero or Rock Band.
Lol just read it…guy is a douche and didn’t actually read your comment before commenting.
Case and point
He responded with:
Don’t take what he said personally, hard to debate with someone over the internet when they can’t read.
I’m not taking it personally, I’m annoyed because he’s missing the point.
Yeah I get that, but again, it’s hard to get your point across when he hasn’t actually read what you have written.
Hey ladies in a horrible and abusive marriage who want to get out, hope you have deep pockets. Abbott and Brandis just rammed through a 50% increase in divorce proceeding fees a day after the senate disallowed them.
Good job Minister for Women.
Things tony abbott hates:
– Labor
– wind farms
– South Australia
– people who want a divorce
– Refugees
– The Sun
– Education
– Health
– The disabled
– Renters
– Freedom of Press
– Lower middle class and below
– Science
– Gay people he isn’t related to
– Women
– Insulation apparently
– Turnbull.
Gonna take so much time to undo what he’s doing! FUUUUUCK!
Yeah and they still have another 18 months to go. It’s enough to reduce you to tears.
I’ve always characterised Abbot as a dog chasing cars, but I never thought he’d actually further the metaphor by shaking it to bits on the off chance he caught one. In another 18 months, all we’ll be left with is one wheel spinning idly on half an axle, with a long trail of scrap metal behind us.
I’d be impressed if it weren’t so freaking depressing.
The worst thing is that they will never be undone. Labor keeps backing these things.
Wow, just wow. It’s like these two learned to be politicians by watching the House of Cards. This is just completely insane, they’re completely side-stepping a senate decision through regulatory loopholes. “Substantially different proposal from the June one the Senate struck down” by which they mean they increased the prices quoted by $5 and treated is a new piece of legislation being forced into use while the senate don’t resume till August.
Redacted, maybe a little too far lol.
I imagine that this is a ‘Triple Whammy’ for the government.
a) Raising revenue by virtue of increasing of the fee
b) Force more people into the ‘Marriage reconciliation’ scheme run by the church & government
c) He can then point to the fact that divorce rates are down, still making roughly the same amount of money off it and also forcing people into the arms of the church as proof that his policies are effective
Bravo.
Pointing to lower divorce rates and saying that’s a good thing makes absolutely no sense. It could mean that fewer people are getting married so fewer divorces could occur which would have absolutely nothing to do with anything the government has done. The idea that marriage is the inevitable destination for a relationship is a little outdated and discounts all of the de facto relationships that exist.
Marriage is a wonderful thing for people that want it. To deny gay marriage and try and make divorce harder indicates that good ol’ Tony has a very old fashioned idea of marriage.
Yes but your reply assumes politicians quote statistics in context. YOU CRAZY?!
Edit: Please see Donald Trump for further reinforcement of my case =P
I agree with you, and I will also say I may be a heretic liar in this instance.
The Stronger Families Trial finished EOFY 2015, so I am a stupid head.
Busy weekend. Down to Mittagong on Friday night with Wingman to see Pillowmaker’s musical. The beard is working well, managed to stand outside talking afterwards and the most cold I could feel was in my feet 😛 First time in ages driving automatic (sharing driving duties, and then taking Pillowmaker’s car home because she’d forgotten her wallet – I still hate Golfs), felt weird. Manual 4eva.
Saturday, hung out with TAYfolk at Cake’s place. Got there when they were playing… some kind of board game adaptation of that Rooms game on DS I assume. And/or MillionHeir. I dunno, it made me think of those. Also played Rocket League which was weird and hard to get grips with, and Cake kicked our arses at Epic Spell Casting game thing guy.
Had to go to Bondi on Sunday, having lunch for my cousin’s 30th. It was at an Italian place there, I was eyeing off the pizzas because woodfire but having had a whole pizza at Cake’s the night before I went with the four cheese gnocchi instead. Maaaan, it was good. So much cheese. And about four times the size of the one I had at the Italian restaurant we went to in Japan (which might have been even more expensive).
Then… yesterday was pretty crappy. Down enough reading all the Iwata stuff, then at climbing two of the guys there were talking about post-highschool stuff. One of them was about to finish and unsure what to do, and was asking advice about it. Another guy started doing the whole “if you don’t know what to do, just travel” thing, and that just seemed to stir up a whole bunch of regret. Bleh.
Also the postie just delivered my Mario nendoroid. The box is surprisingly huge. Maybe twice the volume of Luigi’s. Wasn’t expecting that.
BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL!
… Is what we were playing. Yes, its name is silly.
It’s a pretty fun game I just wish it didn’t split up the group half way through. Would be more fun as a video game with an AI Haunt Monster I think.
I have this great photo of you guys having fun plotting while I sit out in the cold drinking myself to death.
How Super is Dragon Ball Super?! I’ve had more fun with the first two episodes than I’ve had with the first fifteen eps of GT. I laughed out loud at Vegeta’s family adventures – especially the train ride. Also, pretty psyched that my local cinema is showing Resurrection F early next month. 😀
Oooh, I need to watch the second episode today!
I’m going to wait for the show to run a little longer before getting into it. It looks fun though.
Does it fit into the new post-Battle of the Gods/Legend of F continuity?
Apparently it’s set before Battle of the Gods, or so I was told.
Maybe it’s easier to just ignore this whole canon thing.
These episodes are set just before the movies. But then it seems to be doing a weird thing where it might now be retelling the events of both movies, then heading into new territory entirely. So…???
I disliked GT, just had no interest in it. I am keen to start watching DB:Super though. Probably will wait for the entire season to come out though.
GT was… Just… Awful.
I’d watch it but I’ve only ever watched the Funimation dub so anything else sounds wrong. I’ll have to wait 🙁
After watching Team Four Star, it’s kind of hard to listen to the English dubs. I like how dumb Goku is in Japanese.
I want to watch it but my secret shame is that I haven’t watched DBZ past the end of the Frieza arc.
Just got an email invitation to the free three months Apple MUSIC trial.
I am a very happy user of Spotify Premium whilst at work.
But Apple got TayTay! D:So the HighPerformances are gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake…
On a whim, I dialled up Meteora on Spotify for this morning’s commute.
Judge me.
I judge you… worthy and pleasant and good.
I don’t think that’s how this is meant to work.
Where’s the scorn? Derision? Loss of respect?
Not even a bit of ridicule?
I ran through a few songs from Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water not too long ago and still could sing along…
The Limp Biskit Mission Impossible track came on the kiwi rock station on Sunday and I knew it from the first 2 notes.
Neh. It’s a great album. No judgement here.
And it didn’t even come in a proper case.
A little scary that it was 12 years ago when I bought it.
Oh god I have missed everything! /o\ Today has been the worst. Only not really.
I bought the new “harvest moon”. It’s kinda like minecraft. I find that it gives me a bit of a headache but the worst thing is the art. WHY ARE THE CHARACTERS LIKE ENDERMEN? They’re all stick thin and incredibly tall. It’s so freaking weird.
It’s Pluto Day!
Poor @redartifice, having his birthday overshadowed by something that’s not even a planet anymore.
Nuh-uh, @negativezero says its a Dwarf Planet
It’s where Gimly lives!
On the flip side: Happy Birthday! We got you an almost a planet!
Best place for Morrowind mods?
I want better textures and a Quest Arrow so I can slob it to destinations
@shane: this might be interesting to you: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/CelsoRiva/20150713/248338/Making_and_selling_visual_novels_and_dating_sims.php
Thanks!
Good god, Monogatari may just be one of the best anime series I’ve ever watched.
Now I have to find translations of the light novels.
Just wait, they’re going to animate it all. They confirmed Owarimonogatari for TV in October.
\o/
I’m glad Fool Us is back 😀
Is that a PC game?
TeeVee show
Ugh, woke up sniffling and having my nose drip liks a tap…
🙁
Picked up Rocket League. Here’s hoping crossplay actually works properly!
Hey everyone, if you’re interested Yatagarasu attack on cataclysm is published by Nyu media. So if you like fighting games, I suggest you check it out.
Tasmania was fun. And wi-fi-less. D:
Our second place of accommodation had “free NBN wi-fi” but we could only stay connected for about 5 seconds at a time.
Didn’t really have a chance to see @ontargett or @quiz_b, although apparently @quiz_b was at the same Bonfire in Salamanca Place that we were, but I didn’t find out until after we’d left.
Managed to fit a great deal of stuff into one week, and even managed to not hit any wildlife with our car!
We saw Richmond(I bought fabric with koalas on it), Port Arthur(my kids were sad we didn’t do a ghost tour), The Tesselated Pavement(my favourite place as a kid, and now I understand why: so quilty! 😀 ), Museum Of Old And New Art(I loved everything about this place. Super inspiring!), Cataract Gorge (my daughter made me go across on the chairlift with her! I’ve done it before, but since my son was born I’ve been super scared of heights for some reason. I held on tight the whole way, even though my fingers were freezing from gripping the cold metal. 😛 ), drove the Huon Trail( and stopped to shop at the Margate Train), Mount Wellington (it was the kids’ first time seeing snow. They absolutely loved it.), Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary(it was freezing that day but still worth it to see Tasmanian Devils again. Such weird little creatures.), Salamanca Markets, as well as “The Market”, which is a boutique handmade market. Oh and we finally saw Jurassic World. Most expensive movie ever, though. The Tasmanian movie prices were exorbitant and I think Mr. Strange almost had a heart attack when he bought the tickets.
While we were there we didn’t eat one awful thing. I’m going to miss Pizzarazzi in Sandy Bay, too. Best pizza I’ve eaten since the one I had in LA a couple of years ago. The meal we had at Clemens Hill Cellar Door And Kitchen on my birthday was amazing (although Mr. Strange ruined it by shrugging and saying he wasn’t hungry when asked for input on the order, and then stealing 75% of my food when it arrived. And then had the hide to post a check-in on FB saying “Lunch for the Birthday girl”. Uh, I think you mean “Lunch STOLEN FROM the Birthday girl”! D: ), as was the one at Grandvewe Cheese. They make a liqueur from the whey left over from cheese making, as well as an amazingly smooth vodka I desperately regret not purchasing.
So yeah, great trip. Worst birthday ever. 😛
Thanks so much for all the birthday messages on Twitter and FB, I haven’t gotten around to looking properly yet, but the glimpses I had made me happy. <3
Whoa, awesomely big list. Sounds like you had a lot of fun.
Things that are fucked up about Centrelink,
The missus wanted to go one centrelink because she hasnt got notice about any jobs in like 5 months which already sucks. She went into centrelink and because we are in a relationship my details have to be entered too. I understand that its in case we are defrauding them because im worth millions but the fact i have to fill out 14 pages of crap even though im not claiming really grinds my gears. Plus i have to contact my old shit work and get a letter. Grrr
In more positive news i have a job in Brisbane as a electronics technician, Starting on the 27th of July. The job looks good and it includes a bunch of stuff ive never tried including software and hardware prototyping. SHould be a new challenge and best of all no outside work. No driving around fixing stuff for shitty customers.
Wishing you the best with the new job! Hopefully this one will be good to you 🙂
Have you decided to take it then? It sounds like it’d be pretty interesting work.
Yeah iIm going to take it, great pay, interesting work and the people seem really nice.
Awh shucks, why thank you! The BrisTAYbes crew really are ni– oh. Wait.
You meant future coworkers, didn’t you.
I see. *sniffles*
Another potential reason for me to visit Brisbane 🙂
Yeah just wait, they’ll look at your income and go “yeah we will pay her $60 a fortnight.” Thats how much cathryn got told she’d get and I only earn $500 a week on a good week. After that she said she was living by herself and they asked for her dads details because if you havent worked fulltimw for atleast a year you are classed as dependant regardless of if your parents actually give you money.
I’ve floated around Kotaku AU for years now (as some of you may have seen), but I’ve never really jumped onto TAY, as I find it daunting to look at a page with over 1000 comments before I even get started. But I thought I’d get in here today.
Even though it’s now Tuesday and I’m late to the party, I spent a good portion of the weekend playing board games. I’ve been getting more involved in that scene in recent months and my regular group can usually muster at least three players on a Friday.
I also have a (fairly basic) blog about games – Board games and Video games, and movies. If any of you good people are interested at all, feel free to check it out at http://ctrlaltdiscover.wordpress.com
Thanks!
Welcome!
Welcome!
It can be daunting to step out from lurking to posting, but this is a pretty great place to have a friendly chat, even about things that you disagree on.
It’s mainly just looking at all the earlier posts and thinking, “where do I start?!?”
But no better time than the present to make a move.
Exactly! Join in wherever, if it’s on TAY it’s fair game :p
Hi Shaun!
Also, we now have too many of you. Official rules state in the Logan section that the oldest member of the same name now must leave. Sorry @Blaghman. It was a fun ride and we’ll miss you. Grab your complimentary retirement gift from the receptionist on the way out would you? That’s a good lad.
Shaun != Sean.
Sorry, the rules specifically disallow spelling changes to get around the rules.
Unless his name is actually pronounced Seen and it’s a different name altogether.
Of course it’s pronounced “Seen”. I mean, that’s how it’s written, so it must be how it’s pronounced.
A common misconception it’s actually pronounced See-An why else would there be an “a” in it?
Transcribing error.
But without @blaghman, where we will turn to for… hm. I mean, who else will provide… uhm.
…
Bye Blags!
We love your stories! Never leave us!… It’s fine.
nooooooooooooooooo
*What? how does this person know my- oh. right.*
=)
Eh, just do what I do and focus on the current page, because everything else is “so last page” and already forgotten about…
Also hi! Make yourself at home, drinks in the fridge
BOARD GAEMS
What did you play?
Friday we played Letters from Whitechapel, Dead of Winter and Once Upon a Time.
Saturday we played Resistance (Avalon), Once Upon a Time and Escape: Curse of the Temple.
That’s a good mix. I’ve been meaning to give Letters from Whitechapel a go.
Yeah Whitechapel is solid. Hard to find locally so was stoked when I grabbed on at Comic Con.
I have a write up of it on my blog that I did after my first session as Jack. It’s a fascinating lesson in tension.
One big of advice for that game though, the sweet spot for player numbers is probably around 3 or 4 total. It scales up to 6, but it drags with more than 4 players. Less than 3 and you lose some of the social interactions.
I spotted it at a few places, so didn’t realise that it could be hard to find. The same thing happened with K2. We bought a copy ages ago and then found out that it’s meant to be super rare.
Definitely looks like a game with a sweet spot in the player count. Those 1 vs all games tend to do that. Too many and the game drags, too few and the tension is lost.
Not a game that I plan on buying soon, just one I want to check out. It’s in the same category as Tragedy Looper.
Howdy. It’s always daunting delurking. Which is why I haven’t done it… oh.
🙂
Mozeltov for joining in on TAY
Now we need to discuss your first payment and all follow up weekly payments from here throughout*
@pixel_the_ferret_viking get the paddle!
*Throughout includes the rest of your time alive as well as subsequent kin from here on.
Oh, right
*scurries off*
BEHOLD THE PING PONG PADDLE OF- wait no that’s not right
*runs off again*
Behold! THE OAR OF THORNS!
Welcome to TAY!
I really like the angle of your blog with the idea about how games relate to us as people, the Suits entry I totally get you.
If only it was as easy as slipping into gear that allows you to think on the spot and make those kind of conversational manoeuvres to help you resolve the conflict like Harvey or Mike can do 🙁
Xenoblade?
Can’t help but be highly amused at all the Konami outrage. They’re the worst, people scream. They’re disgusting, I loathe them above all others, how dare they treat us and their developers like this. As soon as I give them all my money for Metal Gear I’m done until the next Metal Gear.
Yeah guys, they’re reeeeeaaallllyyy feeling the pain there. *sigh* Gamers….
Yeah, the phantom pain *high fives himself*
Urgh. *upvotes*
Did you just clap?
Because that’s what high giving yourself looks like…
No, I have a clone, solid snake style.
Liquid snake..and lets not forget tiny pebble snake that happens when you cant fully squeeze it out #toilethumour
If you give yourself a low-five instead you’ll never get the clap.
Hello babies!
HI JANE! *flails arms*
What’s the happi-haps?
Back to full, actual health after a rubbish week in the hospital. And I’ve got a new podcast to listen to at lunchtime! Yay! How are you?
Puttering along ok 🙂
Sucks about the hospital! Hope all is well now… What podcast are you listening to? I need some recommendations for my daily commute 😛
It’s called The Lighthouse Painting – it’s by Simogo who made the Year Walk and Device 6 games, so I have high hopes. I suppose it’s not technically a podcast, but a radio serial drama? I love that sort of thing.
Other podcasts you might enjoy: The Flophouse Podcast (about bad movies, with two of the writers from the Daily Show – very funny!), Mystery Show, You Look Nice Today, Reply All, Idle Thumbs, We Have Concerns, and Checkpoints.
This guy! THIS GUY!
…
Or girl. This girl. Carry on.
Are you sure? @janexo didn’t mention what she went into hospital for…
:O
I’m just saying it’s not impossible!
Jane..or is it James? The pot simmers
Janmes.
Hey, Jane!
*Fills nappy*
Ah, relief.
So apparently this recipe produces chicken nuggets that look suspiciously like McDonald’s chicken nuggets…
This recipe was in a well being email I get from work and picture was on top of email.
Ingredients
4 skinless chicken breasts
2 eggs
Breadcrumbs or crushed flaked cereal
Method
Slice the chicken breasts into chunks.
Beat the eggs in a wide bowl.
Dip the chicken pieces into the egg.
Roll in the breadcrumbs or cereal.
Arrange on a baking tray and bake until golden and cooked through at 180°C for approximately 10 minutes.
The result.
That actually looks quite like the golden protein lumps from McD’s.
Those are notttt baked, no way! Those are fried, or at least using a batter, rather than crumbs.
I think they lied about their method.
It probably went a little like this:
1) Go to McDonald’s drive through.
2) Order 10 nuggets.
3) Eat 2.
4) Return home, plate the rest.
They’re totally not McDonald’s nuggets. Nosiree! They just coincidentally are the same shape, colour and texture.
The texture being summed up by the phrase “Damn, I dropped this roll of luncheon ‘chicken’ meat, what are we going to do with it?”
I guarantee you that that recipe will not produce nuggets that look like that photo.
Niiiiccceeeee
Headlining
Wherein I post a bizarre headline I come across. Not looking at content of article, just the headline.
Today’s effort:
Donald Trump campaign tweets photo with Nazi soldiers – then leads the polls
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/14/donald-trump-nazi-soldiers-tweet-top-republican-polls
Buzzfeed articles are excluded.
Buzzfeed is really good because you can read the headline and immediately decipher the article.
Did [implausible thing] happen?
Article content: NO, idiot.
Any headline not phrased as a question won’t relate to any content of significance whatsoever. Relying on the Buzzfeed method, I have stayed completely abreast of all world news in a fraction of the usual time. Now, when does President Trump plan to mine Obama’s birth certificate for WMDs?
I think this whole trump fiasco provides greater insight into people who recognize themselves as republican voters as opposed to any insight into the politicians associated with the republican party.
We played Spyfall last night on TeamSpeak. It was rad. It also made me decide that I don’t need to rush out and buy it.
It’s one of those games that clearly works based on the group. If you’ve got a group of creative friends, it’s going to be a blast. It’s not a game that you can play with strangers. Seeing as that’s how I expect most of my gaming to go these days, that kind of rules it out for me.
Can still recommend it. Although a house rule to ban the question “what colours are you seeing a lot of?” would be advised. Fuck that question.
I’ve heard good thing of this, and I can imagine it would be very dependent on group tone. As it’s quite “outside the box”, it would require creative thinking.
I think it would be playable with strangers, just the right kind of strangers.
Maybe with the right group but if they’re strangers, how do you know?
I’m sure that Quinns could bust it out anywhere and have a good time. Most of us mere mortals would struggle.
There was only one point where that question did not help me 😛
But yes, I enjoyed it a lot and want to play it again
I picked up a Wired Ethernet LAN adaptor for my WiiU yesterday so I can finally play Splatoon without getting constantly disconnected! Played a heap of games yesterday which basically resulted in me (level 6) getting grouped with all level 20’s and the one time there was someone my level in the game it put us on the same team and all the level 20’s on the opposite team. I would say the team balancing in Splatoon is terrible but I have seen no evidence of any kind of team balancing yet.
Still, despite being in the losing team for 80% of the games (but usually placing 1st or 2nd) I am still thoroughly enjoying it.
Ultimately level means very little in terms of gear in the game. It only really means they probably have more experience (get it?!?) than you. Once you have better map awareness you’ll start to ignore levels because they don’t mean squat against knowledge/ability.
Why do they have better gear though? They are running around with stuff with multiple upgrades whereas I can only get ones with one bonus stat …
Secondary upgrades do very little in terms of raw numbers. Something like 1/5 the strength of primary things. Plus, if you like a person’s gear you can literally buy a copy of their stuff in game by talking to Spyke.
Doesn’t have the same stats if I recall. I remember him saying he can copy the look but not the stats
Should be the same primary but not secondaries. Regardless, easy way to get 3-slot gear!
Also, the fact that weapons are also linked to level means I may not be using the perfect combo for me. It’s not a huge advantage but at the end of the day it’s still an advantage over low levels
FREAKING AERO RGS MAN!
I was on a team of under 20 against a team of 20 with aero RGs. I friggin’ hate those weapons.
Definitely. I’ve changed weapons numerous times, and some I love with the right abilities that I hate with the wrong ones.
I’ve read that most of the matchmaking is actually based on how you play rather than your level.
So your average score each game is used more than your actual level (a level 1 who does well all the time will be paired with level 20s more often)
And people who aim for kills get paired with similar people. Those who paint the ground a lot also get paired up.
Bleh, seems like it would be better to mix it up. Perfect team in my opinion is a mix of those that paint and those that go for kills
I politely disagree! I think it’s better for people who want to go for kills to be faced against people who also want that instead of preying on the calm painter types (who can enjoy the game how they like it in their own section). Seems good to me!
(For an actual coordinated competitive team though I agree! But we won’t see much of that until the online update comes in next month :P)
Yay! Update!
I do both. If I am using a roller, I’m am focusing on painting. If I’m using a 52 gal, I’m going on the offensive.
I think my play style could be described as ‘offensive’ regardless of whether I attack the other team or not.
That’s terrible.
But more what I mean is that I’m looking on going into the other colours territory and paving a way for my teammates. I’m so sick of people ‘camping’ where they hide in the ink until you come by and they kill you. So frustrating.
Still annoys me that the Wii U doesn’t have an ethernet port built in
Got a message from tpg saying a field technician needs to come down and fix my internet. Problem is they don’t seem to do anything on the weekends and are constantly available on the days that I work. Don’t want to take a day from work where a technician may or may not come in. Not to mention that they probably won’t need me there in the first place.
You got a neighbour who could open the door?
Nope. All sorted though. Give enough calls and suddenly the field technicians do have the time to come in on a weekend.
Oooh payrise. \o/
Now I can afford slightly more expensive instant noodles.
Are more expensive instant noodles faster or slower to prepare?
The more you pay, the more instant they get.
Or maybe even a egg?? im overreaching arent i?
Also, how long do instant noodles take to prepare before they stop being instant?
Oh I forgot to tell you your rent increased as well today.
Coincidences, huh!
But…my noodles.
Pay rent in noodles
OH yeah, you totally deserve it. Not only are you a good worker but a great guy in general. Yup, one of the best guys ever always willing to help a friend.
…
Can I have some money?
YOU CAN PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD HAAAAAAANDS.
I mean, no.
Ugh, already turned into a rich snob.
Damn 1%
Yes, finally. I can welcome somebody else to this club. It’s been so lonely here.
Yo, yo, yo.
Korean chick at work was all “Make instant noodles on the stove, idiot.” and holy shit, it’s amazing.
You should give it a whirl if you’re not already eating ascended noodles.
Do you buy expensive lunches? I bought one today!
Finding a flateshare in south brisbane seems to be fun.
No wait the opposite of that, unfun and shit. I dont wanna live with christians or families of 5
Good luck!
Maybe try looking closer to a university or something if you’re looking for similar-age people? I dunno 😛
Looking for apartments is a special hell I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Mate.
Northside is the best side.
Also, look around New Farm and Newstead.
Looooots of young people in share houses there.
And it’s close to the Valley, City and River.
TAYlist has taken a backseat to laziness and a lack of caring, not anymore, gimme those song requests
Muse-Panic Station/ Stevie Wonder-Superstion
do a mashup for me son
Slayer – Raining Blood
Rockin’ the mic? =P
I have no idea because I’ve only been listening to JSRF music
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Or failing that, Shallow Be Thy Game, again by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Titus Andromedon – Point Noir
*Pinot
Or maybe Peen-o. Who knows.
Yes. Freaking autocorrect on SwiftKey is incredibly heavy-handed.
In retrospect I’ve decided it’s definitely Peen O’Noir.
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Or “The Football Song” as it’s known in our house, because Mr 4 heard it at the football 🙂
What’s Up? Four Non-Blondes!
500 miles – the proclaimers
Agadoo – Black Lace
To Be With You – Mr Big
Dizzy – Vic Reeves and the Wonderstuff
Got any Seth Sentry? Play some Seth Sentry
Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac
Jungle Boogie – Kool and the Gang
Off to the Races – Lana Del Ray
Can’t Remember to Forget you – Shakira ft. Rihanna
Roxanne – the Police
Want it All – Arctic Monkeys
Miserlou – Dickson Dale
Paperback Writer – The Beatles
Paul Simon – Call Me Al
Hey has anyone seen @evilmonkey? He’s been oddly absent =O
He got murdered by those internet people.
He might be absent from TAY but he’s not absent in my heart *stares dreamily off into the distance*
You! You should be busy preparing for page 6, not staring dreamily into the distance!
Yeah where is that ol’ scallywag?
Scallywag is a great word, I should use it more
Hes out giving gifts to people around the world, also hes probably making that sweet sweet dosh
I’ve noticed that there’s a few that haven’t returned in some time.
Nova, Vonsack, Phoenix, Stickman, Virus to name a few..Splicer, Dillinger, BloodApathy, Q-bo, Enduwolf, Dawdle, CrabJiffy….
I’ve never seen those in the three years I’ve been around here.
There’s some real old names there.
Anonymous_Pessimist
Yeah, where’s he been? It seems he’s taken himself off the internet.
I can confirm that he’s alive!
I can also confirm that as of last weekend I know way too much about his penis.
You’re just making up random words freezy! =P
Dawdle and Crabjiffy! I remember playing LoL with them back in 2011…that’s a long time ago!
CrabJiffy’s map awareness was godlike, I miss playing with the guy
Ambrose IV, Tristosterone… I think Mr. Waffle still comments on the main site, Oggob is infrequently seen as well…
Aidan is only on Twitter, Aaron disappeared, as did Ema Nymton, no idea what happened to Palstran…
…
Shit, I’m old, aren’t I?
‘I don’t need this DVD right now. I’ll wait til a sale. They won’t be having one of them for a while heheheh.’
*JB email descends from the clouds* LOOK 20% OFF ONE DAY ONLY
nooooooo
So long fancy noodles!
RockeTAY League
Kicks off tonight at im gonna say 7:30ish melbourne time, jump on and play with others who are also playing.
Depending on amount of people and stuff I might make a league chart and we can either form teams (the game allows 8 players 4v4 max) or just have single player tallies (which would require a screenshot of the end scoreboard on each game) to decide whos the RocketAY League MVP but thats if people are interested.
Tonight is just for fun between friends and listening to alot of people going crazy over a ball that bounces stupid and learning the game for those who tonight might be their first games.
See you all tonight!
@redartifice @FreezeSPreston @dkzeitgeist @liondrive @BDKIAF @gingerchris86 @Powalen @crazyguy1990 @Blaghman @rizeWoop! Gonna be fun. I played a bit last night and I’m hilariously awful at it.
Since finding out that you can do a bicycle kick I have more or less dedicated my life to them.
Bottom of the board, here I come.
I always bicycle kick away from the ball by accident thinking im closer than I am
Keeeeeeeen. Will drop into party chat on PS4 when I’m ready to go. I have you on PSN yes?
Fairly certain you do will check when I get home
Keen. Played a couple of hours last night and it’s so much fun. I’ll probably be on a bit later that 7:30, so I’ll just jump in when I can.
Thats fine ill be on/pff throughout for pick up hames simply because its my night to cook dinner, hello fettuccine cabonara
I played some this morning,loving it, I’ve just got to convince Anton to let me use the TV during masterchef time…
Does your TV do twin picture? not ideal, but with a headset you’d at least be able to co-habitate.
Or plug into your comp monitor
I’d need to buy a monitor for that, Which I could probably do
I dont think it does Twin picture 🙁
Hop on anytimr again ill be on/off like i am most nights so pop in whenever and either I or Cathryn will be playing on my account
So here’s a question: am I the only one on PC? Because I assume that’ll make things unnecessarily difficult for everyone, seeing as I can’t join a PSN group…
I thought there was cross play with psn?
It’s more the talking to people part that’s tricky cross platform
I’m actually also not sure how grouping in general would work. I can manage without voice (or use TS is others are on it).
From my not very deep digging, there’s currently no easy way to do it (while it has cross-play in public matches, it’s only if you use matchmaking, so I don’t think there’s a way to do it with groups), but supposedly the plan is to fix it in the next patch.
I’ll be there, though if there’s more than 8 people wanting to play then I’ll jump out.
We can juggle it either 4v4 or 3v3 they even have 1v1 and 2v2 for smaller more tactical gameplay
Wish I could, but my PS+ account expired this morning, and I’m too far in debt to renew it for a while. Enjoy!
I’m in!
Bought it on mobile Steam and am downloading as we speak.
I’m also 50kms away from my computer. 😀
I’m foreseeing a number of people getting frustrated at their inability to hit the ball and holding impromptu drag races from one end of the field to the other, hoping to cause crashes on the way.
I CAAAAAAAAAAAANT!!!
I forgot I’d already scheduled some Destiny with buds.
Sorry gang!
Setting the new hire up through configuring applications and the various other trials and tribulations of having new network access.
The ego stroke of, “Wow, you really are a genius like they said,” is fleeting.
I know how things are done because I’ve done them a lot.
But… her instinctive guesses were much, much, much better than my first ones were before I had done this a few hundred times. There is a very real possibility this young person is smarter than me.
CUE: TERROR. AWARENESS OF MORTALITY. INSECURITY.
Her?
…
*eyes the popcorn*
Well, I guess if you can’t beat ’em…
Break her leg.
There can be no competition.
I’m fairly sure their job can be done with a broken leg.
Break her fingers then I don’t care just break something.
By the looks of things, the only thing broken is Transient’s spirit.
Yes… but @liondrive gives me inspiration. Bless him.
I’ll gladly be your advisor when you’re supreme dictator of the world 😀
Gee transient maybe she’s just flirting with you!? You used your spy line on her didn’t you?? DIDN’T YOU?!!?!?
=P
And so begins your transition to being old and irrelevant. Soon you’ll be promoted up to sit at a desk and stay out of everyone’s way.
If that includes a payrise, probably wouldn’t be all that bad!
Oh no. This is government. Instead, it involves being shuffled to other departments where you can’t cause any real harm because it’s easier and cheaper than firing you!
Oh..that sounds less appealing 🙁
A genius in the public sector; you’re not capitalist-izing right.
As someone that used to work for the government before I got made redundant I can confirm this. They will shift people into jobs they really hate which leads to either them quitting or the person hating themselves and every moment they spend at work. But, at least the government saves a little bit of money right?
Who’s they?
This is a popcorn moment.
I’m finally getting somewhere with Elsa \o/ However I am starting to panic so I’m thinking bookmarks will have to go on the backburner for a while. Sorry.
*grabs popcorn*
*grabs…* Hey wait a minute!
I don’t…?
You’re “getting somewhere” with Elsa.
Sounds like.
y’know.
Getting.
Somewhere
I meant in regards to attaching sequins. It’s friggin’ hard work.
It looks like I will have to paint over them anyway, as the colouring is scratching off the sequins.
Yes but where’s the fun in interpreting everything with its intended meaning? 😛
I know right! We’d never be able to grab popcorn then!
In other workplace horrors, a new poster is up, celebrating ‘daggy day’.
“Wear your daggiest jumper to work in support of the homeless!”
The poster features a couple attractive, well-made-up women smiling brightly in what looks like Winter 2014 fashion. Because apparently that’s what ‘daggy’ is.
Soooo, if I’m understanding this right, the goal is to raise awareness of homelessness in a somewhat misguided attempt to show solidarity by ‘dressing like a homeless person’?
Apparently I wasn’t the only person to draw this conclusion.
Overheard:
“Oh, daggy day? I’m going to go buy some new jumpers for it!”
“Isn’t that sort of missing the point?”
“Yeah. How about we just give the homeless our daggy jumpers!”
“Isn’t that what we already do with St. Vinnies?”
“How about we just support the homeless. Y’know… without mocking their wardrobe.”
Also, if you say ‘daggy’ enough, it loses all meaning.
Pfft. True daggy jumpers are the ones that went through the wash with that bloody red shirt from South America that the dye ran with so now you’ve been wearing it around the house for two years and it’s been used for everything from painting to cooking to gardening to shed building.
The only poster I can see here at work is;
TO ALL EMPLOYEES – NEW INCENTIVE PLAN: Work or get fired.
There’s also another;
Due to a shortage of robots, workers here are human beings and may react unpredictably if abused. 😛
This reminds me of a “South East Asian Night” that was being organized at my last workplace and for 3 months it was these two female managers who were best buds organizing the whole thing to be an Indian themed night.
Eventually employees started coming to them with questions about you know actual SEA culture which includes Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan and various other countries and they realized their error in their advertising and organizing of the event. It’s like “hey morons I know you’re organizing this to be as inclusive of other cultures as possible but you’re accomplishing the exact opposite by making it about a single culture”. Needless to say I had the outline of a palm on my face until this event was over and done with it.
We’ve had ‘multicultural food’ days before but in our last one a number of folks expressed disappointment at the lack of curries.
I noted, “You know, you can just have a ‘curry day’. It doesn’t need to be tied to any kind of cause or enlightenment or any other kind of excuse. Just say for folks to being curry because you like curry.”
…So next Monday we’re having ‘curry day’.
Also, if you say ‘curry’ too much the word loses all meaning.
Curry never loses it’s meaning
I like curry but I don’t want to be curry.
I don’t think South East Asia means combining South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) with East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Best Korea). South East Asia is another thing entirely.
They should have just made it North Asia and got hammered on vodka.
Can confirm South East Asia is made up of the likes of Laos, Indonesia, Singapore, East Timor, etc.
Negress Appreciation Day!
But we don’t know anyone with dark skin, male or female?
Well, can’t we just paint one of our faces black? The thought is there?
Brilliant idea!
Wow. So Mum just got off the phone with the adoption department people place thing, and apparently there’s actually another three half siblings of hers out there somewhere. This is in addition to the three-plus-one siblings she’s already tracked down and talked to. So that explains why there was a bit of confusion with them as to memories of their mother’s pregnancy and who might have been the father and how Mum should have been older, etc. Got some interesting phonecalls to make now 😛
Been busy doing Work(tm) and haven’t gotten around to this write-up!
The Third And Probably Final In A Series Of Fantastic Posts In Which Negs Describes The New Anime Season Shows So You Don’t Have To Watch Them
This will be a FIESTA EDITION where I also copy paste the previous ones from last week so you can bask in their radiance once more / get everything in one place.
Bikini Warriors
This is… well, basically exactly what it says on the packet. Dumb five-minute show in which a group of four generic fantasy girls with barbie-doll figures sort of parody the ‘bikini armor’ cliche of just about every pop fantasy setting since the 80s. Turns out that skimpy bikini-looking thing is actually enchanted to be super awesome, and also it’s not embarrassing as long as it’s not underwear. Or something. Show is about as awful as you’d expect. Unlikely to watch more.Jitsu wa Watashi wa
A guy who is apparently utterly incapable of keeping secrets because his face and/or actions effectively telegraph his every thought has a crush on a girl in his class. Everyone knows. Except her, apparently? But then it turns out that she’s actually a vampire and he finds out and that’s the plot. Couldn’t see much redeeming qualities here, even the art is pretty awful. Not worth wasting your time.Joukamachi no Dandelion
I liked this one. Akane is a cute but extremely shy girl who has a massive family, with eight other siblings of various ages and genders. As far as I can tell she’s the ‘middle’ sibling. Also, despite living in a seemingly normal household where everyone pitches in on the chores and so on, her father is the King. As some of the siblings are reaching the end of high school, it’s time to figure out who his heir is, and it will be decided by popular public vote. The kids all additionally have some kind of power – flight, teleportation and so on. The setup is interesting, Akane herself is extremely cute, nice art all around and generally seems fairly promising.Chaos Dragon
Had high hopes going into this because it’s basically one of the original Lodoss adventurers getting together a who’s-who of visual and light novel authors and artists (including Kinoko Nasu of Type-Moon fame, and Gen ‘The Urobutcher’ Urobuchi of Fate/Zero and many other things). As I understand it the project is adapted from records of their play sessions as they play out a pen & paper RPG, but I’m not sure about that. Basically set on a large island continent, where the original country has effectively been divided up by two warring empires, and their supposed guardian deity, the Red Dragon, has gone insane and started murdering everyone. The main character lives in an orphanage but is actually the prince of the original country and it turns out heir to the dragon’s power, which lets him effectively kill any opponent he faces, but only by sacrificing the soul of one close to him to the Dragon. The way this is structured makes it pretty clear that most of the cast are going to end up dead – Urobuchi’s hand is very evident in the details. Also I’m really unsure about it. The character designs are fucking atrocious, art is average and the characters are poorly drawn out, hard to follow who’s who and what’s going on and also very hard to get interested in the cast. Watched two episodes but not excited to watch more.Kuusen Madoushi Kouhousei no Kyoukan
Aka ‘Sky Wizards Academy’. This is one of those dime-a-dozen action light novel / manga adaptions that crop up every season. Very much by the numbers. The characters use magic to fly around and fight monsters. Main character did something at some point and despite being incredibly skilled is considered a ‘traitor’. He’s assigned to be the instructor for the absolute bottom-ranked team, which is naturally a trio of cute girls with various personality issues. Hijinks ensue beforehand and they all have decided he’s a pervert. Yawn. Every now and then one of these actually turns out to have something going for it, but it’s pretty rare and this is unlikely to be such a case. It’s unoffensively mediocre.Danchigai
Short-form show about a guy that has four sisters. Seriously that’s all I can tell you. I think it’s a comedy maybe? They’re all named after months of the year (Mutsuki, Satsuki etc) which has to be the absolute worst way to name your children. “Oh since you were born in April we’ll call you ‘Yayoi’.” Thanks parents, sure put a lot of effort into that decision! Anyway, if you really want to waste five minutes of your life, go aheadGakkou Gurashi
This has actually got a pretty good fake-out toward the end of episode one. From what it appears, it’s a slice of life comedy show about a girl and her three friends who are in a special club where they sleep at the school every night, have a dog, eat lots of canned food and spend time growing food in the garden. I liked the first episode, it seemed pretty promising. Not sure if they can pull it off though.Spoilers for episode 1 ending:
It turns out that the wonderful school life that you see throughout the first episode is just from one girl’s perspective, and she’s quite clearly insane. The four of them are holed up in a school during an apocalyptic zombie outbreak. Everyone else is dead or undead. The other students she sees and talks to are either not there or want to eat her brains.Million Doll
Another short-form show. I usually just skip these, they’re rarely ever good. This one seems to be centered around a girl who sits on social media and promotes idol groups, and also her having massive whinges about shit idol fans that are fickle or chase the flavor of the month or whatever. Idol fans seem like they’re even more annoying than anime nerds. Show might be good if I gave a shit but I don’t think I’m target audience here.Prison School
Ready to get acquainted again with our friends Mr White Fog, Mr Bar Of Light and Mr Area Of Strange Blackness? Because this is censored. No panty shots for you, pervert. Anyway, this is kind of a comedy, though I didn’t really find it funny so much as awkward and rote. Main character is one of only five boys that enter a boarding school that has just become co-ed. They are all perverts. However the school is ruled by a ‘shadow council’ of girls that ruthlessly enforce morality in the school. After they are caught during an elaborate attempt to peek on the girl’s changing room, they’re sentenced to a month’s hard labor in a prison-like building at the center of the school grounds. Verbal and physical abuse is involved. Aside from some fantastic reaction faces, I feel like this was the one funny sequence that happens as a one-off comedy segment in a lot of shows, but expanded to be an entire premise in and of itself. Which is not great. I didn’t dislike it, but I also didn’t like it much. Art’s not great either. Doubt I’d return for more. Certainly not when it’s also censored.Durarara x2
Direct continuation of the first cour of Durarara x2 that ran at the start of the year. Still just as good. For those unfamiliar, Durarara’s a fantastic show adapted from light novels by the same author as Baccano. He uses a similar storytelling style here – a large ensemble cast, with the perspective moving around and events overlapping as it follows what had been happening with different characters, slowly unveiling the bigger picture by giving you glimpses of it from different angles. The story’s set around Ikebukuro, following different sort of ‘underground’ elements like Yakuza and the Russian mob, a gang, the ‘dollars’ who are organized via social media, an information broker that likes to set up conflicts for his own amusement, a crazily strong dude that likes to throw cars, a Dullahan that is searching for her missing head and so on. It’s fairly brilliant so if you haven’t tried it, go back and watch from the beginning.God Eater
I have to admit I was a bit disappointed by this. I’m used to much better from ufotable. Content-wise it’s basically just the plot of the first God Eater game, but animated. And that part’s fine. Basically it’s post-apoclayptic. Most of humanity has been wiped out by monsters, Aragami. Only some elite fighters can combat them, because they’ve been implanted with Aragami cells, and wielding God Arcs, huge weapons that are either large blades or large guns. The main character turns out to be a ‘new type’ who can change his God Arc between blade and gun at will.The thing that really disappointed me was the art style. It’s got this weird shading style which doesn’t use a lot of outlines and is lit in a really odd way. What it ends up looking like is cel-shaded 3D, much like the God Eater games themselves. I like that they tried to be consistent, but the problem is that it ends up looking like average-quality 3D Cel-shading from a game, but moves like a 2D anime instead of the stiff awkwardness of actual 3D (see Arpeggio of Blue Steel). The end result is they’re in this weird no-man’s land where it looks like shit 3D but isn’t, and my brain can’t keep up with the conflict and just rejects it wholesale. I feel like you might be better just playing the game.
Older thoughts (have changed opinion on a few):
Charlotte
New show written by Key’s Jun Maeda, author of Angel Beats, Clannad etc. A lot of the Angel Beats staff are on this and it’s PA Works so it had a fair amount of interest going in. Main character has a superpower, allowing him to take control of the body of anyone he has line of sight with for five seconds. Being a devious shit, he uses this ability to hop between the bodies of all the smartest students in all his exams to cheat his way into a prestigious high school and try and hook up with a girl he’s interested in. Trouble is, he’s noticed in the process. It turns out he’s not the only one with strange abilities, and he finds himself strong-armed into transferring to another school to with the student council there, who all have similarly supernatural abilities. Overall I thought this was average, but I generally don’t like Maeda’s writing. Guy seems to always write about sarcastic loner assholes with deep family issues, to the point that I suspect that it’s at least partially self-inserted. Hopefully it’s more internally consistent than Angel Beats was. Going to give it a few more episodes to grow a plot before calling it.Ep 2 update:
Much more promising after ep 2. Doesn’t have the Angel Beats issue where no one has any proper motivation for what they’re doing, for once.Classroom Crisis
This surprised me a bit. Set in the future, mankind has colonized many of the planets and moons of the solar system. The core cast are a special class at some kind of school on Mars. I’m not completely sure but I get the impression that their entire colony is owned and run by a corporation and the students are all employed as basically engineers in training. Trouble is, they’re wasting millions of dollars on their engineering, so a new transfer student is sent to the class to get things back on track. I liked this a fair bit. Brought to mind late 90s / early 00s science fiction anime like Twin Spica or Stellvia. Nowadays just about all the SF anime is either all dark and depressing robot stuff or near-future Earth stuff. This might be a regular for me if it staysdecent.
Ep 2 update:
Episode 2 properly explains the setting and sets the plot hook up better. This seems like one of the most promising this season.Gangsta
Gave me a strong Black Lagoon vibe. Darker-edged violent action anime about a pair of assassins that work for the highest bidder. One of them is your typical cool and collected guy, the other is a bit of a nutjob that likes to slice people up with a sword. The interesting twist is that the guy is nearly deaf, which is pretty uncommon in anime. Anyway, not sure where this is going to go but the first episode was pretty good. Definitely worth watching a bit more.Gate
This actually has a ridiculously long subtitle but let’s just call it ‘Gate’. The main character is a nerd who uses his job as an officer in the JSDF to support his hobby. While in Tokyo to attend a doujinshi convention, he is caught up in organizing the evacuation of the area after a magical gate from another world is opened in the center of the city and an invading fantasy army of knights, orcs and dragons came through. The invaders are quickly dispatched when the JSDF arrives – turns out that your dragon-rider might be rad, but against a modern helicopter gunship it’s going to come off second best. Incensed by the unprovoked attack on their citizens, the Japanese government creates a special task force and sends them through the gate to the other world to ensure they’ll never be attacked again. This one seems great. Remember playing Civilization and rolling over dudes that are still in Dark Ages tech with your mechanized infantry and tanks? That’s what this is like. Really enjoyed the first episode and this is straight onto my regular watch list.Okusama ga Seitokaichou
Short-form (8 minute episode) show that’s basically a dumb comedy with a side of smut. Main character is defeated in the student council elections by a girl who pledges to abolish the school rule about students not being romantically involved. Punctuates this by throwing out handfuls of free condoms. Then it turns out that the two of them are part of an arranged marriage and her parents are out of the country so she’s got to live with him. Stupid anime bullshit. Not going to watch any more.Ranpo Kitan
Mystery anime often doesn’t work, but when it does work, it works really well. I’m hoping this is one where it works. This show is (kind of loosely) adapting selected works of Edogawa Ranpo, a Japanese author from the early 20th Century who is considered the father of Japanese mystery novels. He created a long-running mystery series for teenagers starring a school-aged genius detective, Kogoro Akechi. This has a really interesting and slightly creepy presentation where characters are all blank silhouettes unless specifically introduced and stuff. The first story is an adaption of Edogawa’s ‘The Human Chair’. A boy wakes up in a classroom with a bloody hacksaw in his hand and the dismembered corpse of his homeroom teacher in one end, with the body parts arranged to resemble a chair. Seems very promising but will need a few episodes to see how it’s being handled overall.Rokka no Yuusha
Seems to be basically B-tier fantasy. Every few hundred years, a Demon King awakens and threatens the land. Six warriors are chosen by the goddess, branded with a mark of a flower, and tasked with fighting and defeating the demon king. The main character has trained from birth to fight it, and declares himself the ‘strongest man in the world’. Whether that’s actually the case remains to be seen. The world in this is atypical for fantasy stuff – it looks like pre-conquistador Mesoamerica. Depending on what they do with that it might be okay, but it felt very B-tier to me.Symphogear GX
Symphogear is fucking nuts. This is actually the third season, so if this sounds of any interest then you’d want to go back to the first. Basically if you want to thin-slice it, it’s a magical girl show. Except it has constant action and things are exploding and everyone is always singing and it’s all stylish and hot-blooded like Gurren Lagann or something. At one point in this episode they’re trying to stop a space shuttle from crashing and it’s on a collision course with K2 so naturally they have Hibiki stand on the front of the shuttle and punch the mountain to bounce the shuttle back the opposite way and this basically annihilates a slice of it and they’re all “guess it’s the third-highest mountain now!”. It’s not a great series if you examine each part. The writing’s average, animation’s a bit ugly, Aoi Yuuki is a fantastic actress but she can’t sing, and so on. But the whole is much more than the sum of its parts. Guaranteed to be a regular watch for me.Shimoseka / Shimoneta / ‘A Boring World Where The Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist’
I feel like the biggest issue this comedy series is going to have is that there’s a fair bit of cultural and language nuance that’s lost in translation. Basically the setting is near-future Japan. Government censorship has cracked down to the point that pornography is contraband even saying naughty words will set off an alarm on your mandatory collar or wristband, calling in the public morality cops to take you away. The main character transfers from a school considered to be one of the most morally corrupt in the country into an elite school so pure that the student body apparently have absolutely no idea that sex is even a thing. On his way to his first day, a series of events results in him encountering a ‘terrorist’, blue snow, a crazy girl who wears panties on her head to hide her face and shouts rude words everywhere. It turns out she’s the vice president of the school council and wants his help to overthrow the current oppressive regime, because a world where you can’t say dirty words is boring.The big issue it has is that a lot of the jokes are language puns. Also a lot of them are censored – I’m not sure if it’s a deliberate stylistic choice or if these are actually words which are considered unfit for broadcast on Japanese TV (which would be amusing if it were the case). Because the jokes don’t translate that well and we’re not coming from a particularly sexually repressed culture (despite perception to the contrary, Japan is almost puritan in a lot of ways) it doesn’t really work that well in English. The premise is a bit too far fetched and the comedic timing is just not there. If you want to watch an anime which is basically just a long string of perverse innuendo then watch Seitokai Yakuindomo, it’s a better show. Probably won’t watch more of this.
Ushio to Tora
This is actually an adaption of a really old manga from the early 90s. Going to run 39 episodes so presumably they’re adapting all of it. Violent kid Ushio’s family are the caretakers for an ancient shrine. Ushio’s father is always going on about a monster that their ancestor sealed away with a holy spear, but he doesn’t believe it until after his Dad goes away on a trip. While clearing out the old storehouse he discovers that there’s a sealed basement. Unsealing it, he encounters Tora, a giant tiger-like Monster that’s pinned to the wall with a spear. Unwilling to free the creature, he leaves it in the basement, but with the doors broken Tora’s evil aura begins to seep out, attracting many small youkai which start attacking Ushio’s love interest. He unseals Tora by removing the spear and in so doing reveals that he can control it, just like his ancestor from five hundred years before that had sealed Tora away in the first place. This basically scares Tora into submission and the two work together to take out the Yokai in the area. I’m not completely sold on this yet. It’s animated well – MAPPA are former Madhouse animators – but the story didn’t grab me hugely yet. Going to give it a few episodes though, since shounen stuff like this often take a few episodes to hit their stride.Wakaba Girl
Another 8-minute show. This is about a cute but airheaded girl who… goes to school. With her friends. And they chat a bit. So it’s a show about cute girls being cute. Pass.Working!!!
Season 3 of one of the better comedy series of the last few years. Working (or Wagnaria in the US for some reason) is about the daily lives of a bunch of weirdos who work at a family restaurant. At this point the cast’s grown fairly big but the jokes all still work. Technically the central character is Takanashi, who is a strange guy who has a thing for stuff that’s small and cute, presumably because of childhood trauma growing up with a bunch of sisters who are all giants – his 12-year-old younger sister is taller than he is. He’s initially approached to work at the place as a waiter by an upperclassman at his high school, Popura (i.e. ‘poplar’ as in the tree) who despite being several years older is extremely short and has a complex about her height. Among the other characters is Mahiru, a waitress who has an extremely violent fear of men, usually resulting in her randomly punching Takanashi in the face, and Yachiyo, a complete airhead who used to be part of a delinquent gang and carries around a katana but is completely infatuated with Kyoko, the manager of the store who does nothing but wander around and eat parfaits. The two chefs are a chain-smoking taciturn dude who has a secret crush on Yachiyo, and a guy who basically knows everyone’s secrets and acts as a constant shit-stirrer because it amuses him.The store’s owner is Otou-san (a pun, means ‘father’) who is rarely around because he’s busy searching for his wife, who has such a terrible sense of direction that she went out one day several years before and never returned. This is the source of a lot of comedy. Finally there’s Yamada, a girl who is obsessed with soap operas and after watching one decided to run away from home and attempt to convince Otou-san to adopt her. She lives in the store’s attic. Basically each episode is a series of comedic vignettes. It’s fairly brilliant, almost like an anime take on The Office if it were a bit more ridiculous and set in a restaurant. Already knew this would be a must-watch going in.Non Non Biyori Repeat
I don’t normally go for slice of life stuff, but when I do, I like it to be like this. There’s a term in Japanese art which I’ve mentioned before I think, ‘mono no aware’. It basically describes being aware of the transience and impermanence of life, the idea being that understanding nothing is permanent and nothing is perfect enhances its beauty. The really good so-called ‘slice of life’ anime tend to try and do this. Non Non Biyori is one that actually succeeds. It basically follows highlights in the day-to-day life of four girls that live in a tiny rural village in the middle of nowhere. What makes it work aside from some wonderful scenery porn is Renge, who has a very innocent view on everything due to being only about five years old. This is the source of a lot of comedy. It’s a really entertaining, lighthearted and positive show, really good to sit down and watch as a pick-me-up compared to the shit of everyday life. This is actually the second season. I think you could start here (the bulk of the episode is a flashback to Renge’s first day of school) but you’d be better going back to season 1. About the only thing I was a little disappointed with was the opening tune. It’s still nano.RIPE and still good, but the piece they wrote for the first season fit the tone of the show brilliantly and this one not so much.Akagami no Shirayukihime
Aka ‘Snow white with Red Hair’. This is a shoujo anime so aimed at girls, but I often find that when done well (usually when the protagonist is made to be actually strong and capable) I enjoy this style heaps (recent example: Akatsuki no Yona). Shirayuki (lit ‘white snow’) is a talented herbalist in a small kingdom, where she stands out from the rest not just by being the ‘fairest in the land’ but because she has bright red hair, which is incredibly rare. Prince Raj, the crown prince of the country, declares that she will become his concubine, and she responds by immediately running to a neighbouring country where she meets a swordsman and his two friends. Things progress and the prince sends a basket of poisoned apples to which he has the antidote, but in another twist from the usual, it is the swordsman that eats the poisoned apple and passes out – and then it turns out he’s also a prince. I honestly don’t know how this is going to go. I enjoyed the first episode but a bit worried that it could go off the rails quite fast. There doesn’t seem to be as strong a conflict or a hook as other shows of this ilk. Still, adding it to my watch list for now.Ep 2 Update:
Thank god, it’s not another shitty ‘girl can’t do anything without a man’ show. Now if they could stop Damseling her for a bit it’d be good,Aoharu x Kikanjuu
An extremely boyish girl who dresses in guys clothing gets involved with a really good looking guy who is the extremely popular leader of a host club. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she loses a challenge and ends up racking up an enormous debt which she can pay of by working… as a member of his airsoft team. Yes, the premise sounded a lot like Ouran High School Host Club. No, it’s sadly nowhere near that good. I’m not entirely sure what audience this show is aimed at. It’s basically about a girl who acts and looks like a guy hanging out with super fabulous guys, getting hot and sweaty and firing off their loads at each other? I don’t know. First episode wasn’t too bad and I might give it another couple to see how it’s progressing but it’s kind of mid-tier and wasn’t doing anything much for me.Monster Musume
Aka ‘Everyday Life with Monster Girls’. This is a thing that actually exists. Holy shit. So apparently the governments of the world had been lying to us all this time. Monster people exist, and now they have signed some kind of agreement allowing for cultural exchange programs. Main character (if you can call him a character since he has the flavor and personality of a slice of white toast) finds himself the host for an extremely persistent and under-sexed Lamia. For those playing at home, imagine a hot redhead with huge boobs… except from the waist down her body is an about ten-foot-long snake. Apparently the law states that if a monster-girl comes to harm or harms a human she’ll be deported, and that also precludes sexy times. Which might be okay because the sheer mechanics of it are mind-boggling. Next episode, our hero’s wierd harem apparently expands to a Harpy and a Centaur and based on the opening there’s also at least a Slime and an enormous creepy Quelaag-style spider-lady that may make me just Nope right out if I haven’t already. In 2674 when they’re digging up the remains of our culture to try and determine what caused the collapse, they’re going to discover this show and realize this is where everything went wrong. I’ll probably watch it all 🙁Himouto! Umaru-chan
Main character (who appears to actually be an adult in a shocking twist) has an issue: he lives with his 16-year-old sister. When they’re in public, she appears to be effectively a perfect person: highly attractive with a wonderful personality, incredible athletic ability and gets straight As academically. But it all changes when she comes home: she puts on a hood, shrinks down three sizes and blobs infront of a computer or TV, sucking down snacks and cola, making a mess and throwing tantrums to convince her brother to buy things (Sounds a lot like my sister :P). That’s… basically it. Umaru is ridiculously cute and the episode was entertaining, but I didn’t see much of a hook. No conflict or anything. She hides the fact she’s a huge nerd from her friends and schoolmates but that can’t possibly be enough to keep things running. And I can’t see how they can get 13 episodes’ mileage out of ‘super-deformed girl performs nerdery’. Liked it enough that I’d watch more but I suspect if it stays like this it’ll lose my interest in a few weeks.Overlord
Yes, it’s yet another presumably Sword Art Online-inspired person-gets-trapped-in-a-MMORPG show. Once again, it’s one of those deep-immersion jacking-into-the-matrix style games. And in this case, the main character, Momonga, is the leader and last remaining member of a guild, with the rest having moved on to other real-life things. They’d built a crazy castle and populated it with minions and everything. Also, they all had inhuman avatars, with the lead character being a skeletor-style undead skeleton dude in a cloak. The game had run for many years and is in the process of shutting down. He remains connected to the game as the time runs down to midnight… then keeps going. And he finds himself trapped in the game, which has now become real, with the Minions now walking, talking and living creatures. He has become the evil overlord and now must defend his guild’s castle. Even though these trapped-in-a-game shows have become a dime a dozen, feel like there’s a bit of potential here. Main character seems interesting, internal monologues in a whimpy nerd voice but actual spoken-out-loud stuff in Bad Guy Voice and stuff. Some more episodes will reveal if this has some staying power but I’m cautiously optimistic.Disappointed about Bikini Warriors.
Lol who am I kidding, the only Anime I’ve ever watched was DBZ and maybe three episodes of One Piece.
You know there’s new Dragonball this season right? I haven’t tried it (never finished DBZ, secret shame) but it’s apparently pretty amazing.
I do! Unfortunately I stopped watching during the Kid Buu saga and never returned (Really liked the show but I’ve never made the time to re-watch it… I really should though).
I’ve only picked up God Eater for this season so far (because ufotable). I was expecting it to be more flashy like F/SN UBW, but I kinda like the aesthetic style it has, it’s something different.
Not sure what else to watch this season (no Kyoani shows on ;_;), might pick up Gangsta though.
I’m really liking the look of Gate, Classroom Crisis and Working!!! this season. (Working only if you’ve watched the previous seasons, though. Which I recommend.)
Working! has been on my radar for a while now but I’ve never got around to it. I think now might be a good time to start watching them.
Well so far, sequels aside, the most promising look to be Classroom Crisis, Gate and Charlotte. Joukamachi no Dandelion, Akagami no Shirayukihime, Gangsta and Overlord are all reasonable.
There’s no KyoAni show (been a while since that’s happened!) but there is PA Works (Charlotte) so not like you’re missing out on quality animation. Presumably KyoAni is busy with the Free movie that premieres at the end of the year? Don’t think they’ve announced anything for the next season yet either.
Cool, I might pick up Charlotte then. I’m halfway through Shirobako, and I just love seeing the characters using the same industry software that I use haha
Charlotte is a PA Works / Jun Maeda joint. Don’t know if you were one of the people that liked Angel Beats a lot? Basically the same team.
Yeah I loved Angel Beats (dem feels), Charlotte sounds like something I should watch.
It doesn’t have the thing that annoyed me about Angel Beats the most either, which was the paper-thin motivation for everything.
I do suspect that Jun Maeda has some personal issues though. Ever noticed that the protagonists in everything he writes are either orphans or have deep family issues (often a shitty father) and are all very world-weary, snarky and kind of cynical, yet always have a deep yearning for a family that accepts them?
I’m interested in watching the God Eater anime. I’ve been playing Project X Zone lately and I like the idea of the game but I won’t ever have a chance to play it.
Didn’t know Project X Zone had God Eater stuff in it. I bought a copy because Sakura Shinguji in it is the closest I can get to a properly localized Sakura Taisen 1 & 2, but never actually played much.
I’m online playing Rocket League, yet I can’t seem to join anyone else on TAY.
If you’re playing, drop your SteamID in your reply so I can try and join you.
Also, this game is my GOTY so far.
We were on PS4- though I know @Rize was on PC?
@cakesmith did you ever get that 1v1 with @rize to work?
Nah, it’s a crapshoot to try and get in the same game. However, playing against PS4 randoms all works fine.
We were having trouble because you can’t make a party with PS4 and PC users together.
The cross play is only for online match-making, not private matches.
We couldn’t play with the PC guy(s) cause there’d be no guarantee we’d be matched together.
Apparently cross platform parties are coming in a future patch though 🙂
Thanks to Transient, I am now a PS+ member again. I nominate him for our ruler. Alas, I was unable to connect to anyone’s Rocket League games, so I jumped back into Wolfenstein New Order and finished it off. It was okay, with occasional moments of legit feels. I don’t really think it was the second coming of FPS-storytelling that reviews touted it as, though. And those difficulty spikes! Glad to have that one done.
Finally having a look through some of the content I got last week with the Game Making Humble Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/), and there’s an insane amount, even though I’m pretty much only after audio assets. Music and sfx in massive quantities, and some very decent stuff too. Astonishingly good value. \o/
I just signed off an email I was writing:
Kind regards,
Kotaku
I’m in sooooo much trouble D: Damn you Freudian Slips!!!!
The hive mind is slowly taking hold! Praise Kotaku!
I forgive you, Kotaku.
You know you need to change your display name now.
Kotakuperformance? highkotaku?
Yeah
Alphabear is…an interesting game.
https://twitter.com/ShadowRize/status/621309916456726529
My two strategies;
1. Go for a high-score
2. Spell as many dirty words as possible so the snapshot at the end can be awesome.
https://twitter.com/gingerchris86/status/620928898746834944
and this one
https://twitter.com/gingerchris86/status/620561226272129024
RocketLeague last night was absolutely awesome. I had so much fun guys!
Leading goal scorer for both teams!
That was the most amazing game we played :p
@rize @gorzilla @lucifer9783 @sernobulus @shiggyninty (?) @powalen @blaghman
Seeing as there is a splatfest happening, maybe we should play each other sometime this weekend?
I don’t think you can join friend matches during Splatfest, but before that I’m willing to try. Might take some time to pile everyone into one game, though.
It might depend what team you joined. Team sleep here.
Team Eating. Sorry Scree but for this weekend, we’re enemies!
Team Eating here \o/
You are both terrible *fist shake*
Sounds like you could use a nap.
Sounds like you’re a bit hangry.
That’s my secret @scree…I’m always hangry.
Sesame Street is always relevant.
There’s nothing wrong with joining the winning team!
Unless it loses!
@scree Which it won’t now that I’m there (H)
I really hope Team Eating wins by playing a tonne between like 12am and 6am, thus proving that sleeping made you lose.
You have to sleep sometime.
I don’t need sleep when I have…THIS!
*holds fistful of bacon in the air*
Great, now I’m thinking about heart attacks again D=
Sorry, I can’t, nos took the wii u to Adelaide for AVcon
WORST
Had an amazing time in Rocket League last night with @cakesmith and @crazyguy1990. Some amazing shots, some even more amazing saves, and an abundance of screw ups 😀
Also, starting to find that I’m enjoying defence far more than attack, which works well in 4v4 because everyone rushes the ball.
My description of Rocket League was that it was like watching children play sport for that exact reason
Rocket League is amazing. @coldcamv and @gingerchris86 are goal scoring machines.
Cam’s a freaking ninja.
Now I’m even more keen to get some TAY vs TAY crossplay matches happening.
Apparently the ability to crossplay parties is coming in the next update. Keeeeeen.
Rushing the ball using all your boost power as soon as the game begins is the only way to play.
Boost power, then front flip as soon as it runs dry. That way, you usually get there first.
This has no tactical benefit, it just makes the inevitable crash far funnier.
We had one game where everyone seemed to do that, so the ball just popped up a little above the group, and then someone (I’m assuming Liondrive or Cam) just nudged it into the goal. It was amazingly pathetic.
yeah that was me. I was so surprised that everyone had rushed it and I fluked a goal
I think that was Lion but it was infact Chris, Who was also MVP of a match because he scored 6 goals betwern both teams, @Blaghman was crazy good at goal scoring too while @liondrive had some of the best goalie skills going around
@liondrive was an Intercept master!
We had a couple of matches where the ball flat out didn’t move. I stayed back in defence for one instance of it and nearly fell off my chair laughing.
Run over the first boost pad in front of you, then you’ll have some left for the inevitable recovery
So I went to the hospital last night because I had chest pain that lasted more then 15 minutes. I ended up waiting in emergency for 2 hours. They obviously didn’t think it was too serious, so I ended up going home because I wasn’t going to be seen any time soon. I’m still suffering some chest and back pain and it may actually be from the way I’m sitting.
Either way, I’m seeing a doctor on Monday, (earliest I could get).
I had a similar issue a couple of years ago and was in the waiting room for 2 hours, with people who were throwing up into buckets and a guy who had impaled himself on a pole who had been waiting even longer than me so I went home as well.
Try some back and chest stretches:
Pec Major: http://www.physioadvisor.com.au/8280350/pectoral-stretch-pec-stretch-physioadvisor.htm
Pec Minor (The tighter one): http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/172928/file-18490714-jpg/images/rsi-pectoralis-minor.jpg?t=1434945712857
Lower Back: http://media2.onsugar.com/files/2013/07/23/828/n/1922729/d42da87d10383a19_glute-stretch-twist-edited.preview.jpg
Are you sore in your arms, your neck or jaw too? Do you feel fatigued?
None of those are sore but apparently women can have a multitude of symptoms
Good to hear you’re feeling a little better, keep looking after yourself though!
I thought chest pain was one of those things that gets you to the front of the queue.
Hope you’re okay and feeling better today, bud.
The pain has moved to my back and I prefer it that way
2-4 hrs in the emergency room is pretty standard for low-priority triage whenever I’ve been. Y’know, stuff that’s not bleeding profusely (or could be, internally).
If I ever need to go to emergency, I just see it through, waiting the several hours until you eventually get seen. Try to nap, write the next day off as a loss if it’s serious enough. Waiting hours then going home makes the entire exercise a waste of time. (Maybe not a waste of the ER docs’ time, but yours at least.)
Chest pain can be all kinds of things, some of which worsen over time. As an example, both my younger brothers have had cases of pneumothorax, which is basically a rogue pocket of air/gas in your chest that squashes your lungs, causing pain and – after a while – difficulty breathing.
One brother thought it was a heart attack and went to emergency to get treated straight away. The other thought it was just gas or heartburn, and only saw a doctor after getting worried by the fact it had got worse over several days, instead of better.
I left because the pain faded, several ambulances arrived and my friend had to work the next day
My worst chest pain (sounds relatively similar to what your brothers had, presumably less bad though – only lasted five days or so) was only really a problem because I’m an idiot. Day 1, I realised that it was at its worst if I breathed in deeply, so I checked with my parents, and they were like “Ehhh, it’s not life threatening, if it still hurts in a week we’ll do something about it (I blame them for my refusal to see medical practitioners).”
Day 3, it was relevant to what we were discussing in Biology, so I brought it up. My teacher questioned the “hurts if I breathe deeply” bit, causing me to take a really deep breath just to confirm it, and I nearly fell out of my chair from pain. After commenting that that was a terrible idea, I joined the class in laughter at my stupidity, which was rather painful.
Patient: “It hurts if I do this thing.”
Parents: “So don’t do the thing. Your pain costs me money.”
Patient: “It hurts if I do this thing.”
Doctors: “Yeah? Show me. I WANT TO SEE YOUR SUFFERING.”
…The last bits may not be all that common.
When I went to my parents with the fear that my shoulder was sublocating, their response was to threaten to do the apprehension test. Rather than the actual test (where they basically just twist your arm and watch to see if you’re apprehensive, rather than watching for a pain response) their version was to threaten to twist my arm to see if I was worried about something happening.
Since then I’ve avoided mentioning any long term issues I have (left sided headaches, right sided back pain), and only bring it up if it’s an issue in the here and now (that time I had a stress fracture and just avoided walking for a few days (and never actually had it confirmed (but I was limping for over a month, so.. yeah)), nocturnal leg cramps, so forth). They still usually laugh at me.
My wife had back pains last year that she was worried were transferred through from her heart. We went to the hospital and she got rushed through to have an ECG or something, but then the pain went away and all she wanted to do was go home. I think we were still there like three hours even though we ultimately refused treatment and left after sitting in an exam room.
Just recently we spent 7 hours at the hospital because she was having severe abdominal pains. We got into an exam room really quickly after the triage nurse spent several minutes arguing with my wife about what her symptoms were because apparently listening to the words the patient is saying isn’t something they teach these days, then sat there for an hour before the radiologist came to take chest x-rays. We told him it was abdominal pain and he said “well they told me to do chest x-rays, I’m doing chest x-rays”. Those came back clear, we finally saw a doctor (who did a positively awful job of taking blood) who admitted ordering the chest x-ray was a mistake (because the triage nurse recorded incorrect data because she didn’t fucking listen to us, so some abdominal x-rays were done, which also came back clear. The blood test cleared any possible issue with the pancreas or liver, so we were told to go get a referral for an ultrasound because it might be gallstones.
Seven. Goddamn. Hours.
And to boot, on the referral they wrote down that she had a blood pressure of 172 instead of 127.
BTW a chest Xray is actually a good test for abdominal pain, generally better than an abdominal XR at diagnosing one thing that will kill you quickly (perforation), whereas abdominal XRs are mostly only useful at showing bowel obstructions (which won’t kill you quickly).
Fair enough, we weren’t told that, the doctor just said “yeah, we didn’t need to do that, it was ordered by mistake”. I guess it doesn’t help that in this case a bowel obstruction was my wife’s primary concern as well. Her mother had a bowel obstruction but the staff at Westmead mistakenly thought she was pregnant/in labour despite her protesting that she absolutely was not and could not have been. Her bowel burst, leading to an ileostomy and numerous health issues that culminated in her suffering a fatal heart attack about 8 years ago.
A potentially burst bowel is my wife’s #1 health fear. I think she’d practically welcome a quick death in comparison to how her mother spent her final years. :/
Ah, well. I hope your wife has nothing that is too sinister going on then. I am so sorry that your mother in law’s obstruction was missed. (Seriously? Pregnant? A urine test would take about 5 minutes to do!)
Instead of testing her they waited for a midwife. When the midwife arrived she took one look and said “yeah, she’s not pregnant, she needs surgery”. Wtf to the max.
Edit: oh yeah, my wife’s thing turned out to be gall stones.
HAI GAIS!
Couple of stuffs:
Stuffs 1 – Skyrim Stuffs
The internet has ruined the “arrow to the knee” thing for me. Ok… Not really – I still snigger when i see it.
I spent 20 minutes yesterday stealing from a alchemist in Whiterun – Most of that time was trying to place a basket on the shop-keeps head so i could steal from her in front of her. Stupid thing kept falling off. Eventually the she walked into another room, so i closed the door and took ALL of her stuff.
ALL OF IT!!!!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Stuffs 2 – Works Stuffs
So one of our internal sales people quit. The CEO offered me her job, saying that he thinks I would be a perfect fit with my product knowledge, customer interaction skills and marketing knowledge.
Plus side: a potential to make an extra 20-30k per year on top of my current base. It’s also only inbound sales – so there is no cold calling at all
Minus side – My current team is amazing and the management i work for are just as amazing. I love working for them and they make everything awesome. It’s going to suck moving to a whole new team.
Sure, my current team will be across the room from me – but I’m seriously going to miss the banter. There will also be a lot more pressure…
Long story short, though – I’ve accepted to role change, as opportunities to advance don’t come up very often… Wish me all the lucks.
Congrats on the new role and good luck, Primarch 🙂
Congrats man. its, good and change can be hard, but hey it’s a promotion!
I recently saw Inside Out at the cinemas. Although all of the internet has been saying it for weeks, I feel the need to say it as well.
*Deep breath…
OHMYGODTHISFILMISAMAZINGIT’SDEFINITELYTHEBESTFILMTHATI’VESEENTHISYEARSOFARSOMANYEMOTIONSINPLAY.
OK, thoughts out. You many resume your more exciting lives (or boring, I don’t really know).
#NoCrying #Just
So this will be the *counts fingers* 7th time I’ve tried to download the rise of flight client, only to have had the download drop out during it for the other six times.
🙁
Kinda wondering why I wasted my money on this shit, honestly.
Refund!
Can’t, as it’s a store-bought pc game. 🙁
Product does not work as advertised.
I’ve started playing Diablo III again now that Dragon Age: Inquisition is out of my system (I played a tiny bit of the DLC but wasn’t feeling it, probably because I had to use my first character instead of the other two I was more emotionally attached to, plus it made it a post-endgame thing which is never very motivating) and I finally completed Act 1.
I also bought a super pretty Pillars Of Eternity collectors edition guidebook thingy while on holidays but haven’t even opened it because I’m afraid of spoilers. The cover sure is nice, though. 😛
PILLARS
I need to play more of that but BLOODBORNE and WITCHER are eating my fantasy game time.
Tides of Numenera, however, will have my undivided attention.
I need to play more PILLARS too. But sewing is eating my game time so when I do get a chance to game I usually choose Diablo because I can play it in my comfy place in the loungeroom, not the very uncomfortable place where the computer is set up. I really need to set it up so I can connect it to my TV.
That’s funny… I prefer post-endgame DLC. It always feels really weird and forced to jump back to a previous point in time in the story to pretend like the ending didn’t happen, and the DLC is just, “OH, we forgot to mention you also did this before beating the big bad.”
Planned post endgame DLC is good. Planned inserted afterwards DLC like that Assassins Creed game that deleted a whole chapter so they could put it back in via DLC is bad bad BAD.
I don’t think the DA DLC is like either of those, though, I’m pretty sure you can just play it during your game, or after the ending, as long as you’re the right level. My problem is that in my second and third playthroughs I didn’t explore or do much outside of the main game stuff so those guys were too underlevelled for the new area, meaning I had to use my first character who I’d finished the game with and I was completely done with her(Inever liked her 😛 ) so it was difficult to feel motivated.
I was just thinking I should start another Dragon Age: Inquisition game.
Tomorrow I move into a house for two months with a 300gb download limit.
Netflix, Stan or other?
Netflix is the king.
Stan is reasonably worthy but ask @shane
Get one, and then when you’ve consumed all you’re interested in, get the other. Or, get your free trial with one and then move onto the free trial of the other (does Stan do free trials?), and then you’ll know which is better for you.
Netflix has Sense8.
Yeah, that and Bojack Horseman have got me interested. But Stan has Adventure Time D:
I hear Adventure Time miiiight be on Netflix Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and UK.
Maybe.
Learn how to manually set your DNS settings on whatever device you’re using, then use Netflix and this: https://tvunblock.com/
Free, fast, effective. The US Netflix library shits all over the Australian one. When I first hopped the geofence last weekend, I was staggered that my front page was FULL of reommendations for series and movies I had idly wondered about but not been able to find on NetflixAU.
Will I go to jail for this though? I’m also using someone else’s wireless router, I’m scared I would ruin everything lol.
Well, it’s not a crime (but even piracy isn’t; just a civil wrong that you can be sued for damages for.) But also, no-one’s been sued for bypassing geoblocking yet either, just blocked. It would be difficult to actually prove the harm, because at WORST, licence-holders make their deals based on views and you’re giving the licence-holder a view which appears to come from the US, and they have no tracking system for views outside of there. So you’re really just giving them a good thing: demand.
And even then, blocking attempts haven’t been Netflix; mostly Hulu and HBO. Netflix have been very cool about it. It’s borderline endorsed.
Foxtel might care, but they’re just pissed off that you’re having fun they’re not a part of, which is like getting pissed off that the neighbours are having more sex than you. They don’t actually have a right to do anything about what you’re doing, because they’re not an involved party.
Ohhhhh I understand now.
I will need to change the DNS on my PC or XBone (More likely the Xbone at this stage, does a US VPN work with an Xbone and will it ruin matchmaking for me though?). Do I need to write down what it is using now so I can go back to it when I come back home/don’t use a VPN anymore?
Mm. There’s a bit of a difference between a VPN and changing DNS settings, though.
To use analogy:
Using a VPN is like skipping the airport and instead tunnelling into the US and popping out at your VPN-provider’s server room, being handed some US documents and pretending you’re American and that you’ve always been there… then hopping back into the tunnel and shipping your data back into Australia that way. Depending on the quality of your tunnel, that can be a slower way of doing things that you could do just fine via the airport as an Australian, but does get you access to kewl US-only shit that they deny us poor Aussies.
DNS isn’t quite as deceptive. It’s a lot more like, uh… say, going to a concert which has US-citizen-only backstage passes and Aussie-peasant nosebleed seats. Instead of getting your tickets from the e-store your ISP uses, you instead go ask a buddy in the US or an ebay scalper to get you some tickets. If anyone is bothering to check your ID when you hand the tickets over, they’ll realize you’ve bought the wrong ones and stop you, but most places are pretty lax and you’ll normally get into the regular-person seats with the Americans.
In real terms:
The DNS (Domain Name Server) is the server which looks up and converts your typing of a domain name like ‘google.com’ into the string of numbers that is the ACTUAL address of google, which is much easier than you trying to remember it and allows us to use clever names for addresses.
Your ISP has DNS servers it prefers by default, and some of the solutions you’ll see online when ‘the internet isn’t working’ is to manually override your device settings with a different, backup address for the DNS because the default server has probably fallen over. By using an online ‘unblocking’ DNS service, what you’re essentially doing is telling your machine not to rely on the ISP to figure out what real addresses are, but ask these guys at the address they gave you, because the numbers they use are ones which are provided to locals.
In practical terms, what you do to change your DNS is open up your network properties and enter in the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx number into your DNS field.
There’s a teensy bit more technical about it to do with how sites like TVunblock actually secure that address, but in practical terms all this means is that if it breaks after a while (eg: 30 days), you just go back to the website and grab some new numbers.
There can be some side-effects with things that look back at where you got your tickets and where you’re coming from, but in general all you have to do is empty out the settings to their defaults and attempt to connect again, using your far-more-official ISP-provided tickets.
And to answer your other question, yes, a VPN will probably ruin Xbone match-making for you, because everything will detect that you are in the US and you will be up against Americans who are on 45ms ping to your 450ms.
You’ll need to come up with a method that you’re comfortable with switching back-and-forth depending on your usage.
If you have access to messing around with the settings on the modem, you can configure it to do all kinds of things with DNS and such as well. The absolute EASIEST way is to manually input some free DNS settings and switch back manually if you run into problems.
Thank you good sir!!!!!
I bow to your unyielding knowledge as The Overlord as stated below!
If you use a Chromecast you will need to do some fiddling around in router to kill access to the default Google DNS’s (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) as the Chromecast uses them to connect to content and Chromecast will serve up your actual location and Netflix shits itself.
Haven’t done it at home yet because I’m a lazy mofo but it’s not super difficult.
If you’re just on PC or console you can happily ignore my comment.
@sunsoar77 I have no idea what a Chromecast does so I’ll stick to the PC I reckon 😛
@highperformance just let’s you share whatever is playing on your phone or pc screen to your TV.
So I can use the Netflix app on my phone as a remote for what’s playing on the TV.
@sunsoar77 what do you think of the lag between the chrome cast and sound?
For what it’s worth, I use unblock-us and have had zero issues with PS4 or Xbone matchmaking.
Oh? The VPN or just the DNS?
@transientmind Just the DNS, using a VPN would absolutely cause issues. Haven’t had any issues with anything using unblock-us, can’t recommend them enough.
Yeah, I was wondering. Some people report improved speeds with using VPNs, but that’s usually for stuff which is already hosted in the US, like MMOs that don’t have Aus servers.
I recommend TVunblock because it’s always free but allows registration of your IP for a donation, but I’ve heard Unblock US is good, too. Glad to know the DNS side hasn’t screwed with your gaming. I can’t think of many situations where it would, but I wouldn’t ever rule it out as a possibility.
Radio show is now live.
Listen live at http://www.5yyy.com.au
Oh hey, while we’re tagging @shane…Shane was it you who got the big Dark Souls artbook? I need to know if there’s any good pictures of Solaire in it.
That sounds like you’re plotting something.
I am always plotting something, haven’t you learned anything from Pants’ TAYS of Our Lives thing?
I’m pretty sure I was framed by @trjn in the last episode
*sips tea*
The Design Works has a little bit of him, this specifically: http://www.entertainmentbuddha.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Solaire-Design-Works.jpg
Ooh…that is exactly what I was after. Thanks, O Man of Blaghs!
I’m sure the results will be grossly incandescent.
I’ll see if I can find it tonight and let you know!
Oh, @blaghman beat me to it. Nvm
THURSDAY AFTERNOON QUESTION:
I was a sceptic, at first.
I doubted it, wrote him off as some sort of deranged nutjob.
The more I think about it though, the more I believe.
@transientmind will someday be our supreme overlord.
So!
Under his regime, if he offered you any position or title you liked (granted you’re on his good side and he’s feeling charitable), what would you be?
I’d be the government Whip.
Since it is a dictator ship and therefore a whip isn’t really needed, the position would become literal.
I’ll just whip people instead.
Those on Transientminds bad-side, of course, like slow drivers, cyclists, and anyone who opposes him for instance.
Chief Propagandist.
I’d talk the populace into liking it goddammit.
Chief Popcorn Maker.
(Enough said)
DAMMIT CHRIS XD
That’ll learn me to refresh before posting
Chief Popcorn Eater.
Minister of Questioning.
All I want to know is why. Why are these people so dumb? Why are they against reasonable things? Why can’t they understand that allowing more refugees into the country would eliminate any issues with so-called “illegal immigrants” and that it would be vastly better for the economy to do so?
So I would question people. I would very forcefully question people.
NCP (No Console Peasantry) agent…
Master Race! That’s why!
Edit – black vans, black bags, people will be screaming “look out its the 6-o” when we arrive (60 of course being a clever play on 60fps)
Badges says Master Race on them, justice will be true or final!
ooohhh I can I one of your jackbooted storm troopers?
I can call you Mr Creedy
I encourage it!
Ideas are bulletproof Mr Creedy. =P
Head of Popcorn R&D
MOAR BACON!
IT support.
Hey @transientmind, may I wear mustard pants to work?
I will whip you to death.
Yes.
Especially on days in which we have meetings with @liondrive.
Popcorn Brand Manager
Gimp.
You can whip me.
😛
Popcorn Development Steering Committee Chair
Nemesis.
But Strangey…
Can I whip a friend…?
Ya’darn toot’in I can! 😀
Some even ask for it!
If it’s a Dr Doom/Reed Richards thing, I’m totally all for that.
(Dibs on Doom.)
Defence Minister
Because I’m sure you want the machine army on your side when the time comes 😉
Having seen Techie on the end of a lightgun, I can attest to this.
I can even use two at the same time! Dual lightguns! 😀
Popcorn Sales Manager
Dad Joke Overlord
You’d be the Minister of Shaders.
Corn Operations and Regulation Nominee
Looks like there’s alot of popcorn to be made… seems only reasonable.
Leader of the Opposition.
Someone needs to keep the more insane undercurrents his policies have in check.
I don’t think you quite grasp how a dictatorship works, Freezy 😛
There’s still opposition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara
Drunkest I’ve norm in a Kong ting, bit still not tgaaaat drunk, compparitely speaking.
You’re all good bunch.
I need to drink more often.
But good bunch ebetg when I’m sober.
Better when I’m sober even?
Eloquently said.
My first drunken reply fail.
Minister for Popped Corn – “We need now more than ever LESS taxes on melted butter and MORE stringent policies and policing of that shit Hoyts sell as “popcorn flavouring” for over exorbitant prices”
Chief game ‘taster’ – like the old food tasters to prevent poisoning, but to ensure that any games played would be suitably fun and appropriate for intended purpose (multiplayer parties, single player epics, engaging puzzles, well-structured board games, etc.) – inferior game developers would then be deferred to @liondrive and be denied their weekly popcorn quota… as would support tasters who are not suitably engaging in multiplayer (or who refuse to read the instructions where necessary).
Oooh! I have a late start tomorrow. Sooooooo
Who wants to do some late night gaming tonight?
I’m tempted to suggest more rocket league.
It would have to be after 9pm though (because anton would kill me if he missed masterchef 2 nights in a row)
any interest?
Hell yes.
Hooray! are you on PS4?
No, on PC I’m afraid.
Sorry.
It’s Okay, I’ll probably end up buying it there eventually
Can’t do tonight or tomorrow, unfortunately.
Keep me in the loop though!
Last night was super fun! 😀
I’ll probably be around. I’ll be Rocket Leagueing whenever I get the chance now.
Hooray, do I have you on PSn?
Nope. B-G-S-
Edit: I have sent you a request.
I’m keen! Send me an invite!
*bursts into tears*
Will do – you on PS4?
*continues to cry and hugs computer*
Hmm, I could probably do after 9pm. I have never played this game before, but I’ve got it installed and ready to go. How do I join up?
I’ll invite you when I’m on 🙂 – PS4?
Yup! Thanks
Previously, on ‘Things Strange Can’t Stop Listening To’: Sabaton, Gloryhammer, Ancient Bards, Pathfinder.
And now for this month/year’s edition: Kamelot’s latest album, Haven.
I think I told the story before about how Thomas Youngblood was my favourite guitarist until I met and observed him on 70K and discovered that he loves acting like an asshat? And how I couldn’t really go back and listen to all my favourite Kamelot albums due to that? Well, this album is so good it eclipsed that feeling of disgust, so not only can I now listen to the new album all the time, but I can also now listen to all my old favourites again. Yay!
Kam – e – lot you say
It is a silly place.
But have you listened to this banger
TAYlist for the 16th of July 2015
TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by pulling my finger outSantana & Michelle Branch – The Game Of Love
Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
Powderfinger – The Day You Come
Four Non-Blondes – What’s Up? (Requested by @dc)
Stevie Wonder – Superstition (Requested by @rocketman)
Transvision Vamp – I Want Your Love
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (Requested by @cookingmama)
Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al (Requested by @beeawwb)
Beatles – Paperback Writer (Damn it @shane)
U2 – Song For Someone
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Californication (Requested by @crazyguy1990)
Police – Roxanne (Requested by @liondrive)
Crowded House – Chocolate Cake
Black Lace – Agadoo (Requested by @haggis)
Sugar Ray – When It’s Over
Adventure Land – The Eastern Sky
ACDC – Hell’s Bells
Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy (Requested by @alexpants)
Rubens – My Gun
Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Requested by @haggis)
Dear sir or madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write; will you take a look?
Woohoo!
Wait… doesn’t Paperback Writer usually get rejected?
It’s got up five times so far! \o/
Usually, but it’s been at least 2 months since I last played it.
My brain is struggling with having the artist first
Nice list this week though
Artist first is the One True Way.
How else did you people sort your MP3 collections? Title first is madness.
Folders
Multiple copies of songs in genre based playlist folders
Unopened emails in your inbox
Just the normal ways
Unopened emails in your–
…
I forgot. You’re one of those monsters. Blasphemers against the word of Inbox Zero!
But seriously you don’t have individual folders for each artists and a folder within that for each album.
All you mps are just a giant moosh of all your artists?
eww, that sounds gross.
Artist/Album 4 lyf
Artist\Album (year)\[disc no,-]TrackNo. Artist – Title
Where [] is optional and only appears for multi-disc albums.
Has to be Artist\Year – Album\[Disc]Track – Title[ – artist], so that things sort correctly and don’t get screwed up on devices that can’t read things properly or if tracks don’t have the title in the tags (artist before track in the filename would make everything look the same on my car stereo, unless you waited for it all to scroll past for each individual one).
@mrtaco “if tracks don’t have the title in the tags” or you could just tag your shit properly before you sort it into folders.
Also this is assuming storage for PC consumption on computer machines, not weirdo car stereos that can only display eight characters.
I prefer a robust system that can just be copy-pasted wherever I need it without further hassle. Especially since weirdo car stereo is basically the only place I actually listen to any of it 😛
Inbox Zero is the natural state of affairs and those that do otherwise baffle me.
I have followed a rule of Inbox Twenty-One for some time now. They’ve been the same unread emails for all those years, and there’s something comforting about them.
ROOOOOXANNE!
The more i dive into the world of electronics, the more i think im completely out of my depth. I was watching a video about someone designing a switch mode power supply and jesus that is some complicated stuff. I mean when they explain what is happening i understand but how people originally designed stuff baffles me. I Think it is good to be continually perplexed though. I wouldn’t enjoy electronics half as much if i knew how everything worked.
This is how I frequently feel about software development. Everything we do is built on the backs of the work of what feels like much smarter people who had to work much harder. If it were all gone tomorrow, recreating it from scratch would be an overwhelming undertaking.
Yep, we are just mooching off the collective geniuses of our forefathers and mothers
It still blows my mind that Space Invaders was programmed (“programmed”?) at a hardware level.
I feel this on just about all levels, like how did people know they could turn stuff into string and yarn or that putting something on your feet would protect them. Shits cray
I like to think that I usually have a pretty good instinct about people and the more I read about Trump’s presidential campaign the more it’s starting to sink in that he’s going to demolish his opposition. I know he’s a long way away, he’s got to get past his own party before going against the democrats but it’s his message.
Society historically loves divisive and hateful messages, by carving out a section of a community you unite and inspire the rest. This Tweet I’m seeing flying around “I love the Mexican people, but Mexico is not our friend. They’re killing us at the border and they’re killing us on jobs and trade. FIGHT!”
He muddies his hate by opening with a disarming phrase followed by a call to arms. Replace Mexican’s in that tweet with any other ethnicity/religion and attach 2 problems they cause any society for the rest of the tweet and it’s inherently racist. People are supporting that. Hitler inspired a nation through a message of hate and he didn’t have half the resources Trump has backing him. Maybe I’ve lost faith in the majority of humanity but the more I read the more it worries me. Someone convince me I’m getting worked up over nothing D=
I’m not particularly concerned about it. Even if Trump secures his place as the nominee after primaries, the very concept of ‘President Trump’ is so laughably absurd that it’ll never happen. It doesn’t actually matter who opposes him, they’ll get the left, the centre, and probably a bit of the centre-right.
Where is @aidan when you need him.
aidan would probably say something like, Here are some stats that indicate that he wont win and here are some well researched facts that show why.
Basically he is a show pony who is getting a lot of airtime but he doesnt haave more than one trick in his arsenal.
I choose to believe that it’s all a ruse. He’s actually a true champion of the people, and is gathering support of all the ignorant bigots in the United States, and then will march them into a volcano.
It might not be believable, but then him being president isn’t either.
I know a guy in Texas who genuinely believes Trump is a Democrat plant, because he can easily get the hardline Republicans backing him but will completely fall over at the election.
I hope to god you’re right because holy shit
I’m not Aidan, and I don’t have his political know how, but the fact of the matter is, the Republican primaries are anybody’s race right now. Sure, Trump was ahead in the latest poll, but that really doesn’t mean much when the actual primaries are so far out. In January, Bush was ahead (12% to 8% of his next rival). In April, Walker was ahead, and I don’t even know who the hell that is) Trump has had a recent surge buoyed by the hard right finding someone they agree with, but I doubt it will last. In a few month’s time the Republican frontrunners should clear up, but until there’s more than two people hitting 30% (or one hitting 60) it really is anybody’s game.
You know what Blaghs? I’m not @aidan either and I’m ok with that.
There, I said it.
*smashes through wall*
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/2/8881175/donald-trump-president
The Democrats are hoping against hope that Trump makes it a fair way through the nomination process, because in a general election he’d never win a whole bunch of key population segments in the US.
There’s a divide in the US Republican party atm because a lot of them believe that the “hispanic vote” could actually be a natural republican vote- lot of social conservative churchy types within those communites, but they’ll never vote GOP while they take this immigration stance. As long as people like Trump keep demonising that population, they’ll vote democrat, and these days in the US if you can get that segment of the population voting for you you’ll win easy.
GOP can’t win Texas with candidate like Trump. No Texas, no chance of victory. My money is still on Bush.
Okay this is a weird idea
Half-gnoll; a generally despicable half-breed of human-gnollish parentage.
What?
I’m currently the only person in our PF party who speaks Gnoll. Abelas learned it as part of a con some years ago, realising that gnolls are essentially vicious idiots who aren’t particularly careful with their money.
Don’t ask where half-gnolls come from; All that’s likely to achieve is a punch in the face from said half gnoll rather than any enlightenment.
So work has given us a completely unstructured ‘justify yourself’ style review system this year. No guidelines, nothing.
If I cared less about the job I’d be making a video with me recreating the Inquisitor sequence from Red Dwarf.
@blaghman do you know how long Avenue Q went for? Trying to organise stuff with friends, but can’t seem to find anything about that on the internets.
Pulling it out of my arse, I’d say two and a half hours, but I honestly have no idea, sorry!
Maybe Pow or Pants will know, since they had to catch a train home… Or Cake, since he’s potentially less of an idiot than me.
Maybe two and a half hours? Possibly less. Likely less. I wasn’t paying too much attention really.
/helping
It’s nearly the end of Thursday and we haven’t made it to page six. What’s going on?
Shenanigans
Nope, too early.
Saving it for page 6.
Dammit Nintendo, why do you keep pairing me with people who are all a higher level then me?
Also, some of them don’t even bother painting the floor. Ugh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru
Oh my god.
It was a pun all this time??
Numenera: Tales of the Ninth World – Thirty-second Session Recap (24th June 2015) starring:
– Blaghs aka @blaghman the tough Glaive who masters weaponry,
– Elandar Kintan aka @popdart5 the foolish Nano who controls gravity.
– Scrappa aka @tech_knight the mechanical Jack who talks to machines, and
– Storyteller aka @redartifice the awesome GM who weaves tales.
The party boarded the Deschn as they passed under the gaze of Captain Ieza of the Redfleet. They hauled their meagre belongings and equipment and stowed it in their respective bunks at the stern of the ship. They had spent almost every shin they had on this voyage, all to gather the mysterious Gharolan substance that was located at the bottom of sea near some thermal vents. This trip was likely to be dangerous. Then again, almost everything the party had ever done was dangerous and they weren’t going to stop now.
Read more at http://taynumenera.tumblr.com/
Woke up at 3:30am.
Now I feel blergh. 🙁
Just realised if I don’t work today then I’ve had a 4 day weekend, that’s not gonna be good seeing as I get paid hourly…shit
And of course this is a page get. Oh well.
LIVE FROM PAGE SIX ITS DAD JOKES!
Any PC TAYbies up for Rocket League at around 9pm AEST? (8:30pm ACST, 6pm AWST)
Unfortunately I’m out and about this evening otherwise I’d be on.
Ooh, get a load of Mr. Sochellyfe over here.
I am seeing a ladyfriend whom I have mentioned here previously. I don’t think it’s going anywhere but we’ll see.
First it was a toaster and now there is a big fucking hoo haa about a god damn coffee machine.
Sometimes being the only guy who is also the team leader is an absolute curse.
Oops… That wasn’t meant to be a reply.
So this woman walks into a sex toy shop and she says to the guy at the counter, “I’m looking for the biggest dildo you’ve got”.
The bloke takes the woman and shows her a 9-inch dildo, 2-inches thick.
The woman shakes her head and says, “No, I’m after the biggest one you have.
He shows her two more, neither of which are to her liking.
“No!” She exclaims. “I need something thick and filling, like this!”
She points to a tartan-wrapped phallic-looking object on the counter.
“That’s the one! I’ll buy it”
The guy behind the counter turns to her and says calmly, “Madam, I’m sorry, but I cannot sell that to you.”
The woman looks incredulously at him, “Why not?” .
“Because,” he replies “That’s my thermos flask.”
To be fair, any machine that’s capable of bringing delicious coffee deserves to be worshipped
We got a coffee machine in the office a few weeks ago and, despite the fact it’s a domestic model which has faltered occasionally under the continuous stream of caffiene junkies who need a coffee quickly before a famous last stand in a bell tower with a high powered rifle starts to seem attractive, it has changed everything. I never used to buy coffee (because jesus, it’s like $4 a cup around here) but for $5 I can buy a box of ten nespresso-compatible capsules that last me almost an entire
weekday.I don’t drink coffee but I understand I’m the exception.
Catch is there are at least 2 people in the office here (not my team, but who’d use it) who use ‘special’ milk and can’t drink coffee/hot chocolate from capsules that have milk additives.
Then all of a sudden there’s this discussion about people not being considerate enough to get a machine that uses capsules that don’t have milk additives.
Just about ready to veto the whole goddamn thing and they can keep buying it or drink the instant stuff.
When they sent out the opt-in list for the office Christmas party last year they had a list on the side for dietary requirements. One person is apparently kosher, we have a few vegetarians chime in, and then one person wrote in “I might be no gluetin that day” [sic].
Gluetin. Glue tin. I also do not consume glue from the tin, as I’m not a goddamn animal. Clag on a stick or GTFO.
This then sparked another person to write in “gluten free all day erry day”.
Followed by “pescatarian – that means fussy”.
I was awful, awful tempted to add “I will only consume a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man’s hat”, but I was worred I might actually wind up being served that.
I don’t know about any of the other manufacturers, but the actual proper nespresso pods contain one ingredient: ground coffee. There’s no soy, no dairy and no gluten in them. That might not be the case for third party pods and isn’t the case for their shittastic ‘dolce gusto’ range, but the actual Nespresso-branded pods are just coffee. Note: might not be true for the flavoured ones eg Vanilla, Caramel but those are foul anyway.
Hey taybes! Can I get some advice from anyone who’s travelled OS recently? What did you guys do as far as your phones/SIM cards go? I need to get my phone unlocked by Telstra, but did you buy a pre-paid SIM here, or one in the country you went to?
Prepaid in the country I went to, all of them should have like a $20 job you can just forget about once you leave again 😛
Just be aware if you go to multiple countries that some prepaid sims only work in the country you purchased it in
I’ll be in the UK, and then in the States and Canada.
Where in the US?
California, and Washington state 😀
Didn’t at all in Japan, just twittered as needed.
But we were in a group most of the trip.
How did you access Twitter?
I went to the US last year and found free Wi-fi in hotels and some local places was pretty good for Internet access. Didn’t even change my Sim or anything.
Pretty much all developed nations OTHER than Australia apparently have free wifi hotspots everywhere.
It’s certainly one of the (many) things that makes you pout and ask, “Why don’t we have that back home?”
But… how ;_;
Outside of our hotel (which had the password stuff on the lobby desk) and the airport (thank god for that, dunno how I would’ve got home without it), my group only managed to find maybe one free wifi spot at one particular station throughout the whole trip. Otherwise there was McDonalds, but they only had a Nintendo free wifi spot so could only use my 3DS there. But couldn’t use it to communicate with anyone because the stupid keyboard doesn’t let me use one of the punctuation characters that’s part of a whole bunch of my passwords.
Otherwise there were plenty of publically accessible WiFi spots all over the place, but they all seemed to need some kind of prepaid account to sign in with :/
In Japan? Pretty much all the train stations in Tokyo and Osaka had free wifi.
Ok, I had a story dredged up from hell.
I bought a T-Mobile simcard and cheap phone to use whilst I was in different countries in Europe. I was under the impression that you could purchase this ‘credit’ at any number of T-Mobile stores around different parts of the continent.
This is not the case. Credit only works if your purchase it from the country who’s simcard you use, and the english in most of the T-Mobile stores isn’t quite what you would hope. It took me halfway through my trip before I realized I had a phone with no credit lol. You can purchase it online, but I had problems with the ‘validation process’ which wasn’t a good time.
TL;DR: If you buy from T-Mobile or others, make sure you load on up credit in the country you purchase your simcard from.
I used wifi/Internet for communicating back home and otherwise didn’t use a phone.
Depending where you’re going, just use wi-fi, it’s so much easier.
That’s the plan, but I’ll be travelling on my own a lot, and all over the place, so I want the data as a fail safe.
Do you have an old phone? Unlock that and get a cheap sim and hotspot through it. THat way you don’t have to switch out your primary sim.
I don’t, but I could probably get one easy enough; that’s a good idea!
It’s that or grab a cheap dual-sim phone.
If you’re spending an extended period of time overseas it’s always more advisable to pick up a pre-paid sim from the country; if you’re looking at a short burst of a time like 2-3 weeks (you know kind of like a timeframe for a honeymoon trip? =P) you should be fine with international roaming if you don’t use your phone excessively. However international roaming depends entirely on your provider and I’d get a comprehensive understanding of how they charge you for it.
Canada noooooooo
Stay awaaaaaayyyyy
hiiissssssss
Haha, it’s Vancouver! For three days.
I’m with Vodafone and Vodafone is owned by Japanese mega-telco Softbank. When I landed in Japan and got off the plane, my phone sent me a message welcoming me to Japan and told me that I could continue using my phone the way I do in Australia and be charged the same rates for voice and data, no need to worry about changing or adding any plans or being charged for roaming.
Sooooo… make sure your carrier has a parent company in the country you’re visiting?
Telstra. Goddammit, Australia.
Telstra just launched their Telstra Air service if you have a Telstra internet service at home?
Allows you access to any Fon hotspot around the planet for free and uses your home connection quote.
wut.
That’s amazing, thanks for the heads up!
….Huh. I was still on Vodafone at the time, but just never bothered turning my phone back on til I got back to Australia. Dammit 😛
Pretty sure this is feature of their “Red” plans, right?
Travelsim, yo.
http://www.travelsim.net.au/?gclid=CKmXpYW64cYCFRaXvQod0t4Llg
Ooh this looks good. Thank you sir.
My home PC installed some windows updates and it’s caused it to lose connection with my wired 360 controller, for lack of a better description.
It says its an unknown device, but it doesn’t list it as a controller or interface device. So it doesn’t even let me force it to use the generic Microsoft Controller Driver.
Anyone had this issue, have a fix for me?
Have you checked the Xbox website?:
http://support.xbox.com/en-AU/xbox-on-other-devices/windows/xbox-controller-for-windows-help
You may need to redownload the latest drivers on that page, hope that helps!!
I have. i spent the better part of last night trying to get it working. got the latest drivers but it just does not recognise the device as a controller. It even says it’s installed appropriate drivers for an unknown device and that it’s working fine.
You’ve tried all of your different ports?
yup and tried it on my 360, controller works. all other devices work on all my ports.
That sucks 🙁 After doing a little digging I found this: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1883879/xbox360-controller-problem.html
Some of the solutions look logical, this solution I’ll spoiler because of it’s length below:
If you already have the software installed, go to programs and features and uninstall Microsoft XBOX 360 Accessories 1.2.1) Download the drivers from http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/download.asp…
2) Choose Gaming > Xbox 360 Controller for Windows > Windows 7 64 bit > English.Don’t run the drivers. Save them to a folder. (Or Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows depending on your controller)
3) Right click the Xbox360_64Eng file in the folder you downloaded to and click “create shortcut”
4) Right click the shortcut you created. Select properties.
5) On the compatibility tab in properties, click “Run this program in compatibility mode” ChooseWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 as the compatibility mode. Apply setting and click ok.
6) Right Click on the shortcut and select “Run as administrator”
7) With your controller plugged in go to Device Manager. You should see Microsoft Common Controller for Windows Class. It located under Mice and other pointing if you do, you have arrived. If you don’t, try this.
Continue only if you don’t see Microsoft Common Controller for Windows Class in Device Manager
8) Right click the unknown device that shows a problem.
9) Update Driver Software > Browse My computer for Driver Software > Let Me Pick from a List of Drivers
10) Choose Microsoft Common Controller for Windows Class > XBOX 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows
Ignore the warning.
Good luck, otherwise it might be worth contacting your local computer dealer to see if they can help?
Thanks, but I found that link on Toms hardware last night too. My problem is, it isn’t recognised as a controller, so it doesnt let me choose to apply the common controller driver. Quite frustrating.
But thanks for looking and posting!
Damn! I’m sorry I couldn’t come up with something, when you work it out post back so I know what to do :p
TGIF
Why do people study gravity? It’s a pretty attractive field.
You’re going to be a great uncle!
Not until his neice or nephew has children he’s not.
Technically that would only make him a granduncle and he’d have to wait for those kids to have kids to become great 😛
…I think.
You’ve changed, man. A lot. And I don’t think you appreciate the gravity of the situation.
Gravity, it’s always putting everyone down. Just like you. :'(
Man, that’s a bit heavy!
I should have weighted before replying, I was angry.
So is the study of magnetic fields
You’re dead to me.
Yeah. Yeah, that’s fair.
A mate of mine wants to take his phone on holiday to Italy.
I told him to be wary of Rome-ing charges #dadjokepagesix #hi@strangeTopical!
This is absolutely killing it in the office. Because we deal with phones and officers who go overseas. This may very well spread.
Cos you’re the head of a secret spy agency working on turning mobile phones into deadly weapons?
How did y–
…no?
Played a bunch more Rocket League with some friends last night. Decided I was going to try and exclusively play as a midfielder, and ended up getting some hilariously bullshit crosses done, including one from the top of the side wall right near the corner.
Got tonnes of praise from team mates, I didn’t have the heart to tell them I was just smashing at the ball and fluking it.
Yep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILgybwgbP1w
This looks just fricken chaotic
4v4 mode is literally called “Chaos”
I just drive around until I see the ball, then I boost like a me.
Dear TAY
You want this.
http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/mad-max-fury-road-collector-s-edition-3d/11147020.html
Yes, but not for $190.
My thoughts exactly.
That’s not a doof wagon though..
Does anyone have any weird superstition in regards to numbers? Perhaps something akin to Hurley’s cursed lotto numbers sequence from the television series Lost?
I do. 717. Seven seventeen, which began with an ex and her birthday, 17/7. It’s the weirdest thing but when I glance at the clock mostly on the way to work, I’ll see 7:17am and wonder why I happen to look at that exact moment so often. Mobile numbers will stand out if I see the series in them; car number plates, invoices, device serials sometimes creep me out too.
When I see them I’m reminded of Hurley’s series of unfortunate events and ponder if these seemingly inconspicuous numbers have something sinister in store.
Today is 7/17 in American speak – which reminded me, naturally.
Not the same, but being reminded with seemingly separate events. I was once keen on a girl named Katrina. Things went sour just as Hurricane Katrina broke in the US. Seeing that name on headlines at the time was weird.
Good call, maybe I should have worded it strange coincidences instead of superstitions.
Confirmation bias!
I do. My numbers are 3 and 6.
It’s so weird. Every single year whenever I see the numbers 3/6 on my calendar in that formation, without fail, I have a birthday. It’s starting to get scary.
Getting old is the really scary part.
2222. I see that time a lot on nights when I glance at the clock.
Also, about 7 years ago I met someone with the same birthday as me. We had a deep and meaningful and I said that there was a number that I see all the time and he said “Same. 2222.” And I was like wuttttt.
My theory is that the world will end in 2222.
Also, the number 23.
…and do you read strings of 2s in a Richie Benaud voice? 🙂
Oh man, I’d totally forgotten about the curse of the repeating numbers. I was informed of it (and thus, afflicted) during uni.
If it comes back now, I’m blaming you.
Goosebumps.
So Nineties.
Reader beware, you’re in for… ’90s nostalgia?
Boy the 90s were terrible.
THEY WERE THE BEST.
YOU WERE THE BEST.
ohhhh shots fired
Yeah, but I can’t argue with that.
I have those books to thank for actually encouraging me to read.
I’ve still got most of the books at my parents’ place. Loved ’em as a young’un.
I enjoyed them until I realised they ended one of two ways. The straight ending, where everything was as it seemed or the twist ending
Man that brings back memories! Remember those choose your own adventures ones?! After Goosebumps I jumped into Animorphs =O
Time for a revival
Read so many of those. But I don’t think nearly as much as Animorphs.
Bun and I are going to go sign another lease today. WOO.
Hooray!
One which allows pets, right?
Congratulations!
Everybody’s heard about the bird!
About the bird?
A b-b-bird bird bird, bird is the word!
A Page Six Headline, courtesy of Gizmodo
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/07/why-does-asking-siri-to-charge-your-phone-call-the-cops/
ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHINGLY, THE COMMENTERS AND THE ARTICLE’S AUTHOR SEEM OBLIVIOUS TO THE PUN.
It probably has something to do with the battery.
I honestly thought this was one of my best. No love. Tough crowd.
No love.Some love. 😀Anyone else reading Go Set a Watchman?
I haven’t even read Mockingbird.
Never a better time!
I haven’t either, but I did once read a fascinating instructional manual on how to kill one. It wasn’t very helpful on the actual process, but never the less it was pretty interesting.
It’s okay but I was forced to read it for English in high school so as a result I hate it passionately. 🙁
Nearly bought it at the Co-Op today.
I hold Attitcus as a paragorn of truth and justice, from what I’ve heard the book might affect my fragile mindSORTA SPOILERS BUT EVERYTHING ABOUT THE BOOK HAS MENTIONED THIS
Jean Louise has just found out he’s racist. I’m about halfway through. She… hasn’t taken it well.I can feel my mind unravel allreaddyyyyyyy
I am looking for something new to read…
Another busy Friday at work.
*twiddles thumbs*
So I’m starting to panic about Elsa and @tech_knight cosplay. I spent most of my shower stressing and then most of Sid’s walk as well.
On the up side I figured out some stuff. Hey Techie, would it bother you if the glove was detachable?
Not at all.
I’ve done all the cuts but I have no idea what sticks on to what, I might leave that to when I come round tomorrow.
I’ll show you how to. It’s actually quite simple when you know how
What’s the difference between a scruffy looking guy on a tricycle and a well dressed man on a bicycle?
Attire#pagesix
*applauds*
A little bit flat. Kidding! That was pretty excellent.
I don’t know, I found that joke wheelie tiring
😛Suddenly inflated egos everywhere!
These puns just seem to go around and around.
We just keep peddling.
The cycle continues…
Ok enough is enough! I’m hitting the brakes on this thread!
Last night my manager took our team of managers out for a team building exercise. We went to a place called Ignition Racing (http://www.ignitionracing.com.au), where they have simulators set up for V8 Supercars (I think they do F1 as well), complete with steering wheel, pedals, sequential shifter and the whole machine was rigged with hydraulics so you moved with the car which was pretty cool.
I have never really been one for racing games, have dabbled a little but quickly get bored. When we started with the practice sessions, I kept wiping out and smashing into walls, losing control, etc. I eventually got the hang of it, we were put into teams of 3 and had to do 27 laps on Barbagallo Raceway and Bathurst, doing 9 laps each, we had to make multiple pit stops as we only had enough fuel to do a maximum of 8 laps.
A lot of the other managers had been into racing games and/or watched V8 Supercars and knew the tracks really well so I expected that our team would lose. But we won on both tracks and I set the hot lap record of the night on Bathurst which was awesome. We got to take a trophy home and now I am seriously considering getting a Steering Wheel/Pedal set for my PC and getting into some racing sims!
Any positions vacant at your work?
Haha not as a manager but if you feel like taking support calls for internet troubleshooting, then there are jobs available on the iiNet website. That’s where I started! But this is definitely not the norm, it was the first team outing we have had since the end of last year and it was a thank you for pushing through a really difficult first half of the year.
Eh, I was just adding puns to jokes Page 6..
*looks up iiNet website*
Just remember this means TPG soon =P
Go for it!
Although I haven’t spent very long with them, the fact that I am pretty sucky when it comes to the Batman riddles makes me think that I may not be of too much help in the escape room tomorrow. My family that are over booked the hardest one too. However, I believe there is some number crunching involved. If so, then that will be my time to shine.
They heard the same advice as me (from which I read here in TAY a while back)…check everything.
Which escape room are you doing?
We are doing the Escapism Forensics room (in Strike bowling at King St Wharf.)
That’s the one my work team did. I don’t know how much they change it to keep people from giving out hints, but if you want some advance advice, I can offer some (without spoiling anything, because I’m not a total dickhead). For the record, we didn’t beat it in the alotted 50 minutes but we inadvertently got hung up on things that weren’t puzzles.
One thing you absolutely must know is that there are some combination locks. If you think you have the right combination, make sure the tumblers are lined up perfectly and jiggle ir around before giving up and trying a different code. We lost at least 10 minutes on that right at the start because we figured out the first combination in like a minute but the lock didn’t open so we went on a wild goose chase.
Yeah that’s really helpful without spoiling it. Cheers. 🙂
No worries, it’s something I would definitely have liked to know beforehand! I’m tempted to run the room again with friends now that I know what I’m doing somewhat, but I might try an easier room first since I’d like to, you know, beat one.
Picked up The Witcher III again last night and really enjoyed it after previously fumbling around for an hour and quitting. My first attempt at playing it was hampered by my inability and the resultant fact that I DIED TO EVERYTHING.
Spoiler for wall of text:
Oh look, a drowner.. DEAD
Oh look, a level one wild dog…DEAD
Oh look, a peasant child…DEAD
…You get the idea.
Something clicked last night though and although I’m still terrible at combat, I wasn’t blindly mashing buttons. I also started to get the knack of dodging and taking the right opportunities to attack. Although I couldn’t do it reliably, when you chain together a counter attack into a flurry of attacks and throw in a sign or two, you feel like a bad-ass, as opposed to a bad…..ass.
Preparing for a battle and using potions/oils is something I would normally skip, saving them for big bosses.
Anyone else ever finished a Final Fantasy game with 99 unused Mega-Elixirs in their inventory?
They do really help though, and I found myself searching a long time for the components to create Hybrid Oil and the Swallow potion, which I combined to help take out the Griffin. Swallows regeneration kicked in when the Griffin took to the air, provided I dodged it’s attacks. Successfully preparing for a large encounter and beating it (after several failed attempts) felt incredibly rewarding – kind of like solving a puzzle.
With combat frustration alleviated, it opened up the rest of the game to me. I can honestly say this is the first RPG I’ve played in a long time where I am not mashing the SKIP DIALOGUE button. Even minor characters have a lot of depth and I’m enjoying being immersed in a world for a change, rather than it being a shitty background for a skill point/experience system.
A slight concern I have with the game now is that I have yet to woo anyone (although I am still at White Orchard). I thought for sure a dialogue option would open up by helping the herbalist, but all I did was maker her Swallow (badum-tish).
What good is level 3 Axii if I can’t even influence a peasant to…let me plough their fields?
9/10
I suck at spoiler tags…
You will plough, give it time.
THe thing about the oils & potions is, they replenish whenever you rest, so go nuts.
But make sure you stockpile enough Alcohest in order for them replenish! I believe 1 Alcohest per rest is used up to refill used all oils/pots.
Dwarven spirit is a better medium to use, alcohest is used for other stuff. Stockpile dwarven spirit.
tl;dr stockpile booze.
Witcher 3 is considerably more tasteful in how Geralt accomplishes his “wooing” as opposed to the previous games where it was like a collectible trading card game =P The people you can “socialize” with or as mrtaco puts it “stay up all night talking” with are greatly restricted! Bright side they’re more meaningful interactions.
Think of Witcher 1 as the puberty ridden teen and Witcher 3 as a more refined aged individual.
It was only the first game that had the cards. And I think that was because they knew their engine couldn’t render it well. Second game only had a few options for that and it was handled more like 3.
Also, random fact page 6: The male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating. If she is, it’s go time.
Giraffe mating rituals seem like a tall order.
Female Giraffe: Are you hitting on me? Or just taking the piss?
This is the best.
I hat myself.
Bungie’s announced it’s weapon rebalancing plans… At least auto rifles are getting a much needed buff, and Hard Light and Necrochasm might actually see some use. And Thorn and The Last Word are fixed… kinda… sorta… maybe… though both sound like they’ll still be useless in PvE.
Requiescat in pace, my dear Ice Breaker, Black Hammer (*tears up*), Fatebringer (*sobs*), Gjally… (*runs off crying*)
Okay, melodrama aside, the only thing I’m overly annoyed about is Black Hammer – White Nail will now pull from reserve ammo, instead of just refilling. Will have to try out the hand cannon changes (reduced base mag size, reduced ADS accuracy at range) to see whether it breaks Fatebringer – I doubt it will; and jury’s still out on how much Gjallarhorn’s wolfpack rounds will be nerfed, so will reserve judgement on that, too. Fusion rifle changes are somewhat confusing – they were basically useless in PvE because shotguns (and now, sidearms) were more effective – and these changes seem to make them even harder to utilise effectively… hopefully it won’t affect the Mythoclast too much…What’s happening to Ice Breaker?!? D:
Well usually once you get to know someone you don’t really need it?
Not too much, really – recharge rate is dropped from one round every 5 seconds to one every 8 seconds. Not a huge deal, but annoying – It felt just right where it was, imo.
One every 5 seems right to me, a 3 second increase to that is totally unnecessary. Looking forward to trying the other guns out though 😀
Linky usefulness – https://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=13147
OK, IceBreaker nerf is livable. And damage reduction for Wolfpack seems reasonable too. Mild rebalance. All seems reasonable enough and at least Bungie seem to be using SCIENCE.
Oh thanks again for last night’s training run for hard mode Prison. By the 4th or 5th crack at Skolas I think I’d made some real progress, and a proper go at it should be doable over the weekend. We definitely got further each time (same with the dismantle mines round, every round was a bit better than the previous one).
I need to look at my Titan’s health options, I was getting killed a little easily (I know it’s L35 but even so, I was feeling REALLY squishy…). I reckon I might have tuned agility up and armor down or something.
Any time, mate – had a blast last night, even if we didn’t get to finish it. 😀 Skolas really just takes good coordination, I think, so it’s gonna take a bit to get acclimatised. Everyone feels squishy in that fight – the key is to just keep rotating around the arena, pick off adds when you can, and if you think you’ll die to splash damage or tracking fire, remind everyone to move to the next point.
Yep. It’s nothing like the mental chaos that is the Atheon battle but there’s still quite a bit going on. The dismantle mines in the final battle was a slap in the face! Reckon another hour in there and I’ll actually be useful rather than just barely keeping up with the action… 😀
Got all nightfalls and all weeklies this week. Need to run L32 PoEs on all, and then another run at the L35. Want cipher. 🙂 Prolly no raiding this week.
Yea, I really like the design of the Skolas fight – level 35 adds aside. 😛 Just when you’re getting an idea of the pacing, the bonds break and you have the taint to deal with. Once you get a handle on that, you have mines to deal with. After that there’s a bit of breathing room, before everything goes to hell again. 😛 Awesome fun.
I’ve got a cipher to work on – would be happy to help out with 32s if you need a third.
Might as well chuck Black Hammer in the bin now, all you’re saving is reload time instead of a potentially bottomless ammo pool, which was the only thing that made it good (the hive disruptor perk is negligible in most situations). I’m glad they increased reserve ammo but 18 isn’t enough. Make it 24 and we’ll talk.
Becoming less and less motivated to go back. :/
I tend to agree. However, I currently use it for two things – fallen walkers and the ogres in the abyss. I guess it means it’s less punishing for missing a shot – you end up having the same number of shots regardless, so missing a shot means reloading anyway. Plus, it wasn’t breaking any encounters… too much :3 I feel like the only encounter it truly broke was Urrox.
Bloodborne Update!
Played a little last night. Finally managed to beat Rom. I also had her on my second last try (just a few more hits!) but then I got blasted and one-shot. Ugh. By my last try though I really got into a rhythm and (relatively) easily beat it. Felt good to be able to fairly easily predict each move.
Kept going into a place with a bunch of horrifying things so I hightailed it out of there and decided to go back and explore the Nightmare area that I got to earlier. Damn things throwing rocks at me! I was pleasantly dispatching octopus horrors and then bam, one-shot by a flying boulder.
Lots of one-shots last night 😛
My next two projects are the Nightmare frontier and the castle. I’m sick of the snake nests atm.
“Rocketman: The Welcoming”
A Brisbane TAY Meat Production.
Coming soon.
“Rocketman: The Initiation”
A Brisbane TAYzing Production
FTFY
There’s two cuts. Mine was the PG-13 one. 😛
Are you implying Rockets is 13?
He hasn’t been 13 for at least 2 years.
I don’t know if Rocketto wanted to do something himself, but I keep meaning to do a proper post, since I’ll be in Brissy on the 8th of August, if anyone wants food/drinks.
We should go to this place called “the burrow’ , the ladyfriends aunt owns it and the foods good, lots of room and the booze is cheap.
We went there with @quiz_b! Was good eating!
Was actually pretty great. We had our own little dining room thing separate from everyone else. Really good service too! Also pretty close to Dan’s favourite watering hole and Freeze’s favourite whisky bar. XD
Are you freaking serious!?
The Burrow is amaaaaaaaazing.
Yeah i went there in april, twas the tits.
where is it?
West End near Three Monkeys if you know the place.
Probably know it, just not by name! Sounds good though! I’m down for going there for meats! West End is goodly!
I still vote for “Meat Rocket”
is that like RocketMeat?
Rockets is coming? For reals? To stay, or just visit? Man, I miss everything these days. I’ll do everything I can not to miss this one!
forever. and ever and ever
\o/
Board games? BOARD GAMES!
I haven’t been board gamesing anywhere near as much as I should have lately. Picked up the two expansions for Village and only just got around to punching the tokens and reading the rules. They look super fun.
Village: Inn adds meeting strangers in a pub and getting them wasted.
Village: Port adds going on a boat to pick up tea. TEA! Also chocolate.
I am excite.
BOARD GAMES
I bought Star Realms last weekend because I’d picked up the box and put it down on like 4 separate occasions.
Tonight, I’m going to the Hungry Hippo. I dunno what I’ll play there, will depend on company, but I may teach ticket to ride.
Tomorrow, I’m playing Commander all day. Gonna play my tweaked Xenagos facebeat deck and hopefully play my Alesha deck too.
I’ve got a copy of Star Realms from the Humble Bundle thingy a little while ago. You should get your hands on the iOS/Android/PC port of it too. It’s pretty worthwhile and a good way to get your head around it.
That being said, the two times that I’ve played the physical version (against Blaghs) it was a complete luck fest with the winner determined almost by coin flip. We were not good at that game.
I have it on Android, but it’s not super complex after playing Ascension on tablet. lot of similarities there but the “tribal” stuff in Star Realms is more pronounced
I played the Tuscany expansions for Viticulture last night. Screwed myself over a little bit by not planting any vines until the third turn as I went straight for maximising works and facilities. Was good fun though. I want to try the cheese making one next time though.
Everyone keeps talking up Viticulture. It’s a worker placement game about wine. I really don’t understand why it’s missing from my collection.
That description is pretty much spot on. One of my friends always describes it as “It’s basically Agricola but with wine”. There’s not a whole lot that really makes it stand out from other worker placement games so you’re not really missing out on anything.
We’ve got Agricola, Village and Tzolk’in as our worker placement games. There’s also Agricola: All Creatures Great and Small and it’s kind of okay (although Freya refuses to play it anymore because she keeps getting the same score).
I’m always down for more worker placement games. It’s just hard to justify getting more, especially when the three we’ve got give a pretty good coverage of the genre.
Fungal fact page 6!
Fungi are more closely related to animals than they are to plants. One practical element of this is vitamin D synthesis under sunlight, which will continue even after being cut up. So if you’re ever trapped in a cave with only mushrooms to eat you can keep your vitamin D levels up by dying rather than eating mushrooms because blergh, seriously, they’re disgusting.
This is what you get for taking forever to type that on a phone, Blaghs.
I like mushrooms. I had some really nice cooked ones last Sunday at the Warradale.
A thick ribeye fillet steak that you can’t see under a pile of thick cut garlic butter mushrooms….
I could have eaten a plate of just these mushrooms without the (ultimately fine) roast of the day I had with it.
Or mushrooms in pasta, so good.
Oooh, are we playing “How To Ruin A Steak?” How about…a t-bone marinated in dynamic lifter?
Only way to ruin a steak is to cook the juices out of it or getting cucumber involved.
I feel like there’s an interesting story behind your cucumber hatred. Did something happen between you two in the past?
Freeze finds cucumbers intimidating.
I think I just blacked out!
I should make this again soon!
Also all the mushroom haters are monsters and clearly has never played Mario! Mushrooms are good for you
Me and you and @freezespreston need to have a mushroom feast.
You don’t like mushrooms?
I always knew you were a monster, but this…
What can I say? I don’t love the feeling of slime in my mouth, accompanied by the taste of rotting pigeon mixed through sewage.
If slimy rotting sewer pigeon tastes that good, I know what I want for dinner tonight!
I missed page 6 but it’s always page 6 in my heart.
Married Math Lesson:
If you have $20 and your wife has $5. She now has $25
Stealing that.
I think I’m doing marriage wrong! If he has 20 and I have five, I can borrow the twenty, but only if I pay him back. And if I have one dollar,and he has a thousand, he won’t even give me a dollar. 😛
My wife thought I was obsessed with Algebra, so she dumped me.
She’s now my X.
People who take Helium on a regular basis speak very highly of it.
I have a fear of speed bumps. I’m slowly getting over it.
I can’t stand those babushka dolls, they’re so full of themselves.
I saw an advert in a window that said “TV for sale. $1. Volume stuck on full” I thought, I can’t turn that down.
A guy walks into a bar and see 3 pieces of meat hanging from the ceiling. The guy asks, “What’s this all about?” The bartender replies, “Well, if you can jump up and slap the meat, you get free drinks for the rest of the night. If you miss, you pay for everyone’s drinks for the next hour. You wanna do it?”
The guy replies, “… Nah, the steaks are too high.”
I don’t know about you guys but I always find potato puns… a-peeling
There was a farmer who had 196 cows and when he rounded them up there was 200.
I gotta steal this one, that’s an awesome one xD
New work starts at 8.30 and finishes at 4:30. I dont know what this magic is but i like it.
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/games-consoles/platforms/xbox-one/mad-max-ripper-edition/764012/
That box art. THAT BOX ART. THAT. BOX. ART.
THAT.
BOX.
ART.
BLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
*vomits*
THat game had better be good, because otherwise we’ll forever be going “how did they fuck that up?”
General buzz around the critics that played it around E3 was that it’s Mediocre. You can say that with an Immortan Joe voice if you’d like.
I’d be surprised if they let it stay like that.
It looks like a poorly done photoshop job.
At least it’s not Max, facing away from the camera, looking sullenly at the gun in his hand.
It’s not stellar, but it seems okay… I don’t really have a problem with it.
Mad Max Simulator 2015.
Its godawful. They layout, the font, framing of it, it all looks like they had a teenage intern in the janitorial department whip it up.
If real, that is the funniest box art I have seen this generation.
It looks like a SNES game or something
It’s not too bad if they’re intentionally going for that washed out, low budget, ’70s one sheet look…
http://www.jeuxcapt.com/upload/module_images/1333135975_FarmingSimulator20123D_3DS_Jaquette_001.jpg
Definitely in comparison with the key art of Fury Road, it’s looking very bland.
Damn what’s the go with all the Warhammer 40k games getting announced this year? I just found 3 I didn’t even know about! Dark Nexus, Battlefleet Gothic and Space Hulk Deathwing (and who’s the moron naming these games?!)
Edit: And the game that got me into this search in the first place! Warhammer 40k Inquisitor – Martyr (aka D3 version of Warhammer)
Uh, if by moron, you mean AWESOME GAMES WORKSHOP PERSON.
40K has been insane grimdark forever and it’s great because it’s played super straight.
I appreciate it’s lore centric but the way they’re actually structured is insane. Example – Warhammer 40k: Inquisitor – Martyr or Dark Nexus: Arena, it’s completely outside of normal naming convention! It’s like they’ve taken all the pronouns from the Warhammer 40k genre and created a random name generator with those words >.
Edit: Don’t get me wrong I’ll probably shamefully end up playing ALL OF THEM; but I can’t even bring myself to say them out loud without trying to figure out when to pause or what the sub-title is D=
Need more grimdark? Just add skulls!
Spaceskull Bloodwarp Grimbattle…
Is the main character in Warhammer 40k: Starkill Darkspace Colosseum
Might as well just give in and call the next guy Skullblood Bloodskull the Grimdark
I always liked the fact that the Ork Warboss in SPAYCE MAUREEN was named Grimskull. Or that Ghazghul Mag Uruk Thraka was a cheap shot at Margaret Thatcher. GW at least knows how to take the piss.
Well Space Hulk Deathwing, Battlefleet Gothic, and Inquisitor were all side-games that GW produced for a while before ceasing production on them. Dark Nexus is a completely new thing to cash in on the MOBA craze which is probably the stupidest idea ever. That said, I really, REALLY enjoyed the Last Stand mode in DOW 2 so if Dark Nexus is like that I’ll probably enjoy it.
Watch this space because I’m half expecting a Necromunda, Gorkamorka, or even an Apocalypse strategy game in the next few years. GW went from barely any video games at all to everything and anything except DOW or SPAYCE MAUREEN. Makes me equally sad and happy.
Edit: Spelling and grammar.
40k is one of the few IPs that I think an MOBA actually fits into neatly. Much more than DC comics or LOTR.
I can’t help but feel the genre is super tired now. Blizzard has waded in with Heroes and all of the small MOBAs have collapsed due to disinterest which has left only the really big MOBAs behind. Dark Nexus: Arena will be a flash in a frying pan before it dies out like the rest. Which is a shame because I can see the idea working quite well but not as a MOBA. A free-for-all battle arena where there are no sides or teams would probably be far more suitable.
Agree with both of you. It could have been a moderate success 3 years ago but I think the timing is off.
Maybe a mix of DoW2 Last Stand and Natural Selection could be a cool idea, 4v4 style where 3v3 are the heroes, and the other two players are the commanders that control the base/resource use/summon support squads/vehicles like an RTS
Last Stand was awesome! I think I played that mode more than I did the main campaign for DoW2.
I know I sure did, and I finished all DoWII campaigns.
A warhammer 40k MOBA is really making me think about how they could make that interesting xD. Maybe your team is a specific race (Including your base) and the creeps are the two lowest levels of infantry, (Using LoL as an example here) say for Orks the waves would have 3 Sluggas at the front and 3 Shoota’s at the back with maybe 5 Gretchens or something (to take on the Green Tide style of this race in particular so numbers are higher per wave but the gold gained would be roughly the same overall but in conjunction these minions would have less HP), the cannon minion would be like a Wartrak or something.
The players are Ork specific elite/hero units like the Mekboy, Warboss, Nob, Flash Git, Burna Boy, Stormboy, Rokkit Troop, etc. In terms of items it’d be one of two things, items to make your own guy stronger, or consumables/summons where you can bring in a larger vehicle (Killa Kan – Like a super minion in LoL, Wartruk – Heavy vehicle, not a lot of damage but can summon a large group of minions on a cooldown, Looted Tank – Long range skillshot artillery just as examples) in the lane with you (Either comp controlled or even you could pilot it) or even airstrikes.
Killing the Baron Nashor of this game gives you the DoW’s Relic unit in a lane of the team’s choice, so in this race’s case, it summons a Squiggoth.
From what I remember of the short alpha gameplay they showed for Dark Nexus, it looks a little like Dead Island: Riptide (which is another MOBA cash-in because why not). There didn’t appear to be any lanes or creep per se but it looked to be heavily focused around specific objectives and scoring points that way.
But yeah, it was super early alpha when I saw it and they’re saying it’s not even coming out until next year so who knows what it will be like.
I’m bored!! @redartifice TAYDRENALIN SHOT! D=
Stupid Friday arvos. No work =@
Hi bored, welcome to Kotaku!
*Hesitantly grabs popcorn*
A Friday afternoon question: if you were @redartifice, what would you ask as a Friday afternoon question?
If you were @rize and asked a Friday afternoon question: If you were @redartifice, what would you ask as a Friday afternoon question?
If you were @highperformance and you were asking @rize what he would ask if he was @redartifice ask for a Friday afternoon question?
With being less of a smartass my question would be as follows:
What is the weirdest coincidence that has happened to you in the Universe?
For example; you had a feeling you wanted to hear a song on the radio, and the very next song it plays. Or when you wake up crying and something bad has happened to your friend overseas?
Any time I’ve experienced déjà vu has pretty much confused the shit out of me and blown my mind at the same time.
If I was @redartifice, I’d ask “This week Bronwyn Bishop has got in trouble for taking a helicopter from Melbourne to Geelong, but helicopters are pretty tame these days. If you had parliamentary privileges, how would you travel everywhere?”
FINE @RIZE @pupp3tmast3r
A FRIDAY AFTERNOON QUESTION
when did I become your question monkeyThis week Bronwyn Bishop has got in trouble for taking a helicopter from Melbourne to Geelong, but helicopters are pretty tame these days. If you had parliamentary privileges, how would you travel everywhere?Levitating Roller Boots attached special maglev rails!
If we’re being realistic…. I would use a private jet. As a politician I believe I reserve the privilege to freely splurge tax payer’s dollars. It’s the least these ingrates can do while I run… wait drive the country into the ground (am I democraticizing right?) =P
By whatever means is acceptably priced for the distance, time and duration of the trip and inside the rules and regulations of parliamentary privilege?
Far, far too honest for parliament.
I dunno, seems like aside from some really bad offenders – people who, it turns out, are human garbage in other ways too, who’d have thought! – most of the pollies keep within acceptable limits.
You are sucking all of the fun out of this question.
Gawrsh, Neg, anyone would think we were talking about ancient babylonian cultures again!
Riding around on a saddled low income Muslim lesbian, throwing peanuts on the ground and accusing people of bias and treason if they don’t pick it up and eat them.
Diagonally, just like Mrs Bishop.
I’d take a helicopter as well, that way you you are sufficiently above the peasantry to not catch scent of their serfdom while seeing if they are working hard for
my moneythe nation!i would buy 14 drones and tie a garden chair too them and fit it out with solar panels so i could stay in the sky for infinity
This guy gets it.
Mate you’re in trouble when the sun goes down.
Actually you’re in trouble during the day because the government doesn’t support small-scale solar installations.
Maybe win–
No.
How about geothermal power for your drones?
I’d fly in a helicopter that has a wrecking ball so I can save
my coal company buddiesthe nation’s sanity by knocking down all those ugly and noisy wind towers.Techie.
I’d ride around in a litter carried by four lawyers billing me for their advice at an extortionate hourly rate.
Less realistic answer: I’d be ruling the country from my orbital headquarters. Anyone important enough to see in person comes to me. The rest is why we have teleconferencing.
That’s more like it!
Specifically teleconferencing, because our infrastructure can’t support the waste of money that is video conferencing.
Internet? Pah! We don’t need no stinkin’ Internet!
This is in the hypothetical situation that I was in charge, right?
We would have good internet then. >:(
Messages sent via homing space pidgeons
Like this. Then claim a huge expense and pocket it.
On rollerblades because I really enjoy rollerblading.
Rocket skates?
Nah, I’ll end up with speed wobbles.
A mathematically inclined salesman was talking to an easily-excited farmer.
Upon showing him some tractors, the farmer exclaimed, “I’ll take 10!”.
The farmer’s wife rang the dealership later that evening.
“Hello…” the receptionist replied. “Yes… what do you mean your husband bought 3,628,800 tractors?”
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/07/17/atlus-and-vanillaware-are-teaming-up-for-a-new-hd-project/ !
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW D=
I want to know why they’re announcing it from Boston.
Today I learned that apparently there is a national baseball competition in Australia called the Australian Baseball League. I’m more surprised at how surprised I am than I am actually surprised.
Moved into a new place for 7 weeks today, first thing I did was a speed test.
I’m used to 400-800kb/s. I’m now twerkin’ with 14.42mb/s. All of teh gammmz and Netflyxxx
\o/
Meanwhile @TheCracks is laughing quietly to himself about your “speed”.
Not me. I’m jelly.
What speed are you rocking?
Anywhere between 300kb and 3mb. It’s super inconsistent and unreliable. They replaced the lines not so long ago and I jumped to 11mb until everyone else in the area got back online and I was back to terrible.
😛
Despite being on NBN, it still annoys the crap out of me that the rollout has been neutered. More people need actually functioning internet speed.
The road I live on is finally getting the NBN setup, apparently should be accessible by September, I’m excited.
@pupp3tmast3r A year too late amiright? 😛
The Continental Soccer Association is coming to Melbourne!
It’s all here – fast-kicking, low scoring, and ties? You bet! You’ll see all your favourite stars; Ariaga, Ariaga II, Bariaga, Aruglia and Pizzoza! Tonight will determine who is greatest team on Earth: AS Roma or Real Madrid.
Dear @dc
Life is Strange is a deeply flawed gem. I don’t think a game has ever made me feel so conflicted before. The dialogue is shit awful, and it’s a real slow burn game. But there’s something there that compels me to keep going, and I really like all the ‘optional/additional’ story content they’ve thrown in there to reward explorers.
Halfway through Ch 2.
One thing that has bugged me a little, though:
They show that Max is capable of going back in time and preventing events. Case in point: I’ve so far twice prevented this girl from being sconed in the head by projectiles. But now that I know that Frank is skulking around the junkyard, I can’t go back in time and explore around to find him (he’s just nowhere to be found), and Max is somehow unable to insist that Chloe leave the area immediately. I get video-game-logic means that you need to make one of two choices, and can’t prevent the encounter, but I’d really appreciate a semi-hidden third option in some of these cases. It’s just one of several examples that makes it seem like Max’s power has been unevenly implemented.Where does this put our friendship?
We’re okay, bae. <3
I’m excited for splatfest but I should be working on cosplay… So conflicted.
What is… Splat fest?
A splatoon festival I guess
Broken Age? Good or no? Half price right now on PSN
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-au/games/broken-age/cid=EP2154-CUSA01963_00-BROKENAGEBUNDLE0
Looks cute! I have t thought to play it though, only ever seen the artwork.
@liondrive
Never.
When you think about it, bread is just toast in Early Access.
Sportsball!
Australia’s lead is now out to 400 over England in the 2nd Ashes Test.
Also does anyone else want to play Rocket League sometime during the week?