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GOOD MORNING TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Morning! How was the weekend?
My weekend was good, a little crazy and filled of nursing a sick partner. now I’m getting sick myself.
Weird double-post to start the week. Not a good sign.
Morning Sire! I’m taking the day off today, as recommended by my boss. Just not feeling quite with it yet after being ill last week. Not sure if it’s from the sickness, or stress due to news from dad on Friday, but I’m heading back to the doc’s this morning.
Hope your week is starting off better!
Hope you feel better mate.
Now to the important question – what game are you playing on your day off?
lol atm just clicker heroes, but when I get back from the doc, I might get in to a bit of Big Pharma!
Haven’t gotten around to getting Big Pharma yet, I don’t mind Plague Inc. though (which is pretty much the exact opposite).
Pesky humans and their stupid global-cure-collaboration…
Simian flu FTW!
I do a totally immature thing where I name my diseases stuff like, “Boganism,” or “Reality TV.”
It makes me laugh. “Reality TV has destroyed humanity.” Symptoms like bleeding out the ass and psychotic paranoia? Yeah, sounds about right.
@transientmind when I did the first tutorial, I named the end product “I can’t believe it’s not Panadol”
Well I hope it all gets better for you.
How do you plan on spending your day off?
Well I just got back from the doctor, so that’s part one of my day out of the way. Need to go get a blood test at some stage too, but the traffic was so bad I figured I’d come home and wait til it dies down a little. Other than that, just relaxing at home. TV, games, and maybe a little research
Hope you feel better soon man.
Cheers bro. I don’t feel bad or sick really thankfully, just devoid of energy. Like my body never really fully recovered after the bout of the runs I had last week. The runs stopped, but it’s like the rest of my body didn’t quite realize it or something.
Just went and had the blood test, so now just a matter of waiting. Also need to get a holter test (I think that’s what it’s called – something where they monitor your heart for a 24 hour period.) That’s gonna cost me though, so I can’t really do it this week. Hope it’s not just age catching up with me after all these years. Up until now, I’ve always maintained that invincible teenage feeling, so I hope this is not the beginning of the end of that phase.
Good morning! I’m still at home, oops. I should do something about getting to uni.
Good Morning! 🙂
Morning all! I’ve finished the final chapters of Tales From the Borderlands and Life is Strange (@dc).
Both good finales, though I thought Life is Strange was a much stronger showing!
LiS finale:
One thing I really liked about this chapter was that every prediction I’d read about how The Dark Room cliffhanger was going to be resolved… EVERY SINGLE ONE ended up happening in one timeline or another. David saves Max, Warren’s photo saves Max, that butterfly photo ends up being crucial to the story’s resolution. And the final decision was a perfect, perfect throwback to the part of the story that kind of otherwise stuck out like a sore thumb: Max’s interaction with paralysed Chloe. Structurally speaking, in terms of paying off and playing off previous events, this episode was a masterpiece. I also really liked the brief distraction of the art show at the start, before being yanked back into the horror of the dark room – that was a legitimately unnerving transition.I chose to sacrifice Chloe, but I watched both endings. The sacrifice Chloe one was definitely the stronger ending, and I think probably the ‘canon’ one, if such a thing could be said to exist.Darn it. I forgot to say “Hi @strange!” when I mentioned Life is Strange.
Hi @strange!
Really have to get back to TFtB. Haven’t played at all since I finished episode 2. Same with Game Of Thrones (only up to the end of episode 3). Still gotta start on The Walking Dead Season 2 and Minecraft: Story Mode too.
Agreed! Our endings played out the same too. Amazing game. Can’t wait to see what they’ve got for us next. 🙂You made me play this game. I blame you.
<3And I’d do it again! 😛
Well, I’m about to play Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, both on your rec.
So in a sense, you’ve already done it again.
Give Rapture a chance. Once it hooks you, I feel you’ll enjoy it but it will take longer than you expect. Vanishing I fully endorse without reservation. 🙂
I also picked up Remember Me today. Apparently, I’m on a DC-binge.
Worst binge ever. 😛
My Warmachine tournament was pretty ok. I got the buy for the first round, for the second my opponent made a huge mistake and left him at a huge disadvantage, than for the third my opponent got a lucky charge against my Vessel of Menoth which left me at a disadvantage, eventually beating me down into a corner. He would have beaten me but he lost to deathclock. There was supposed to be a fourth round but everybody was tired for some reason. So I took second for the tournament.
Also been getting back into FF14. Up to level 49 and I think I’ve started the final stretch for the final missions.
Fun fact: Subterfuge is buggy as fuck on a Galaxy s4. Constant freezes and hiccups (and also Freeze). The chat box is cut off by the on screen keyboard, autocorrect doesn’t work properly and it’s very hard to navigate through text to correct things. Notifications either lag or don’t show up at all.
It’s a hell of a struggle but the game itself is rad.
So, sounds like the Android version is the issue because I’m on an S6 and having identical problems. I also have a higher chance to crash when opening the app via a notification, which then also clears it. I’ve missed so many messages…
Yeah, that one in particular is making it a huge pain.
Slightly cryptic look into the future.
Fairy bread.
You’ve finally started organising catering for the wedding \o/
Easiest reception in the world, just mountains upon mountains of fairy bread. It’ll be rad.
Get married in a park, don’t even book or get permission, just get like 100 people who each bring their own folding chair and be done before the council rangers show up to kick you out. People won’t mess with you. Reception? Impromptu street party. Apparently you can just close a street and all that happens is you get a $225 fine. Set up tables with fairy bread and party pies. Get ten cakes from the cheesecake shop for the price of one proper wedding cake, which tastes like ass anyway. I swear to god if it wasn’t for weddings and Christmas the fruitcake industry would fold overnight. Save money on a suit by just borrowing a jacket. Pair it with jeans and instruct the photographer to shoot you from the waist up. No need for a proper suit!
Now for your honeymoon you’ll want to get out of Canberra and go somewhere relatively exotic, like Bathurst or Orange, and stay in the finest 3-star motels.
Dems fighting words. Fruit cake is best cake
Agreed, comrade. I am willing to fly my flag for the fruitcake cause.
I didn’t know it was possible to be so wrong.
That’s ok, we won’t hold it against @kermitron.
We got married in the Botanical Gardens down near th Opera House, it was like $80 to get the permission. Well worth it.
my whole plans just changed 😀
SUBTERFUGE UPDATE
Aw man, @bdkiaf is getting crushed under the @Beeawwb train, @gingerchris86 and I had a bit of a scuffle, @freezespreston is a dirty collaborateur, @trjn is taking his shot, and @rize is turtling like a champ
I still can’t win! Hurray!
Just checked out what Subterfuge is then, such a great idea: I know I check my phone regularly through the day so the premise of playing for a little bit during the day while you’re at work is manageable/awesome.
Hah, little bit. Try “obsessively glued”
I don’t know if they’ve started, but @gingerchris86, @transientmind, @jocon and @cffndncr were starting up a game.
I missed the boat on that, they started on Saturday arvo.
We ended up with I think just Chris, Blags, myself and… a friend of Chris’? Unless that’s Jo… the username is unfamiliar. I reckon more players is probably a good thing, though. Shame there’s no real way to get late entries.
yeah It’s a friend of mine, that game is a lot of fun too
Your friend is going to destroy us all.
Eh, game was being screwy so I gave it a miss.
I’m permanently stuck in turtle mode because any attack attempt means both sides lose, which means others could take the advantage…but if I sit here and quietly weep I’m safe.
You say that while having the best defenses on the map and production strong enough to attack inefficiently and still come out ahead. A lot changes in a day in this game, you’d be surprised how much nonsense you can get away with.
yeah I think I’m gonna be dead soon 🙂
I ate some katsu curry last night!
Good stuff!
Woooo katsu curry!
Best curry.
Hi TAY! I haven’t said hello in a while, but I’m very hype to meet many of you this week at PAX and the Meat. (I forget which day the meat is on though, is it Friday? :P).
The Big Meat is Saturday.
Dapper meat is Friday
Main meat is saturday
So I picked up Vermintide over the weekend…. SUCH FUN =O If anyone else wants to group up and kill a few thousand rats let me know!
I just got that game myself and only one of my friends has it, so it would be good to team up. My steam name is the same as on here so feel free to add me if you like? 🙂
Let’s do eeeett! 6.30pm tonight?
Ha ha, I am keen but it will depend on your timezone? I am in QLD so that may be 5.30pm to me and I will still be on my way from work. If that’s the case how about 7.30pm?
BAH Daylight savings! *shakes fist* 7.30 is doable I’ll just do my gym session earlier. Depending on the mrs might have to bail around 8.30 or 9 but that should be enough time to squeeze a few levels in!
Edit: to clarify 7.30pm my time; 6.30pm yours?
Yeah I know right? I don’t understand why we have to be different when it comes to daylight savings but apparently plenty people do.
So yes, 7.30pm your time, 6.30pm my time. I am flexible with my time so always happy to work around personal commitments as well 🙂
Looking forward to wiping out some Vermin!
I LOVED Left4Dead (not the sequel) and playing it with friends was the best. I’m pretty keen for Mordheim meets L4D.
(Although by the time I get it I expect very few folks will be playing, with some luck it’ll leave a good enough taste in folks’ brains that they won’t mind reinstalling six months later or so.)
Get it NAOOWW =O
15 DAYS TILL FALLOUT 4
ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN *choo choo*
I haven’t pre-ordered yet, (really wanted the Pip Boy edition but I missed out). I get the feeling that I’m gonna have to pre-order at least the standard edition or I’ll be left empty-handed on launch day.
Because my wife and I can’t share we have a Pip Boy edition and a lunchbox/bobblehead edition preordered. We got the lunchbox/bobblehead edition of Fallout 3 so it’s honestly kind of fortuitous that we wanted two copies anyway because I would not have let that one pass me by… and I think my wife would have had a fit if I cancelled the pip-boy preorder.
Who gets to play with the pip-boy first and who gets to play with the game first?
My wife has dibs on the pip boy, we’ll get to play together because two xbones.
You should make your SPECIAL stats the inverse of each other, just to see the game play out differently.
She’s more likely to play the evil/asshole character whereas I’m a goody-goody. I mean, she has the mass effect renegade symbol tattooed on her wrist. This is her commitment to being a badass.
That said, I have no idea what to expect from Fallout 4. I’ve been avoiding all info since the original trailer. I think I will try for a heavy intelligence on my first playthrough and see how that works for me, simply because I hate it when I can’t pass int checks.
I’m playing through as Tony Stark, so I expect to pass all int checks
If you preorder from EB you get a Nuka Cola poster, games soundtrack & something else as extra 😛
I should really finish paying my PS4 copy off, too so I can actually pick it up on launch day heh.
Yeah, might drop in today and put some money down on the Nuke Pack, so I can get the bobble head, lunchbox, steelbook and 37×10 print as well.
Yeah that looks awesome. I missed out on the Fallout 3 bobble head & lunchbox so I had to get it this time around for Fallout 4 lol. Even though I already had a Pip Boy paid off for PC >_>
I hope all that shit comes with the Pip Boy edition too.
It’s any Fallout 4 pre order according to the website, so i’m expecting one with the Pip Boy & Nuke Pack. I’m also tossing up going to the midnight launch just so I get the damn stuff, cause I won’t be able to collect my pre-orders until after 4pm otherwise :/
Mine’s coming in the mail. We did have an EB open over the road from work after I preordered, and I considered switching to a pick up in store… but I got paranoid just in case they fucked up the switch so left it as is.
Ah fair enough, you could always email/tweet them see if you get one with yours? I’d assume you would, though.
No way.
You’ll be able to stroll into Target/Kmart/Big W on launch and get a copy no worries.
I doubt it. There’s always stock for such a big release as this.
There’ll be stock of the standard edition. I guarantee.
Played Destiny over the weekend as my wife was out visiting her aunt.
For those who are following the wife’s aunt’s husband saga, the husband has now returned to India. Update udner a spoiler tag so as not to clog up the thread.
The mother apparently attempted suicide by eating rat poison. This is difficult to determine the factual accuracy of but whatever the case, H made plans to return to India then told my wife’s aunt that he changed his mind and would not be going despite leaving all of his bags packed. On Thursday, he packed the rest of his things, agreed to rent his car to a friend for $100/week, and left. On his way out the door the aunt demanded his keys to the house, which caused him to throw a huge tantrum, but ultimately he handed them over and left. He supposedly plans to return, and has hinted that he might bring his mother back with him for her own wellbeing. I honestly doubt he’ll ever return, TBH.Reports back from India suggest that his mother was “thrilled to see him” and practically leaped out of her hospital bed. I presume since she was so easy to track down she is no longer a fugitive from the local authorities for hitting her servant, assuming she ever was to begin with.
Of course now that he’s back in India the brother (B, who as far as I know is still residing in the US) has started angling to get back into Australia. As thos playing at home may recall, this drama started after B visited Australia and wanted to visit again but needed a $30,000 bond which H was reluctant to take out another loan for. Now he has started interrograting H about how much money he has and, because he still can’t cover the bond out of his own pocket, has started up again with harassing H about having no money, what a failure he is, etc.
I’m now assuming at this point that B is involved in some kind of illegal activity and he’s trying to manipulate H into joining him in whatever it is. I have nothing to go on apart from B’s attitude and the fact he has ~$200k AUD sitting in an account which he can’t explain because he seems to be an unemployed vagabond, but call it a hunch.
So my wife spent most of Saturday with her aunt and they went shopping together, which gave me several hours of uninterrupted time with Destiny, which I mostly spent in the Court of Oryx unlocking what I assume are all the tier 2 combinations that award calcified fragments. Even did some tier 3, including finishing the bounty for completing it in under 2 minutes, which awarded me my first 300 light relic. \o/
I remember back when I was 250 light and a group of five of us ranging from 250 – 280 couldn’t make a dent in the boss of the week. Saturday, a group of four of us at around 290-300 light steamrolled the boss for phat loots. Apparently there’s a specific boss at Tier 3 that drops a fragment, so I’ll have to make sure I go back for it when it’s up – I have an antiquated rune ready to go.
I’d certainly rather do Court of Oryx than bloody Crucible or heroic strikes.
You know I just absolutely hate it when people from my part of the world come to a foreign country and can’t learn to leave their culture/values/etc behind. There’s a reason you left, and there’s a bloody reason you came to another country. Clearly the values your old country was based on were flawed else you would’ve bloody stuck around.That said hope your wife’s aunt wipes her hands of this colossal shit fight and moves on. All jokes aside I highly advise terminating any and all association with this person because familial situations back home have a way of…. let’s say going nuclear. If she continues to entertain him don’t be surprised if his mom ends up coming here followed shortly by visits from extended family. Familial connections back home are like weeds; they’ll creep in if they’re allowed to take root and unless your wife’s aunt is ready for the commitment that might come with that this is a cut your losses situation.
The main fear my wife for her aunt has at this point is that bringing the mother into the country again and letting her live with them will give then a foothold for the revolving door/open house scenario. I think this is why the aunt made him give back the keys, because she doesn’t know what he’ll do with them. Assuming he ever returns, he’ll have to announce his return along with a damn good explanation for everything and he doesn’t re-enter the house unless it’s on her terms.I think she wants to let him come back IF he comes back, but not with his entire family in tow to take over her house. :/
Yeah definitely a possibility if he’s already dropped hints he would like to bring her back. Chances are after getting used to the lifestyle here he’ll be miserable back there so he might look for ways in which he can return. One possibility being bringing his mother in tow. I cannot reinforce enough that a situation like this given the history of the issue is an incredibly bad idea. Mother-in-laws back home effectively run a multi-generational household and are expected to have the final say in everything. It’s actually a bigger deal to get a mother-in-law a woman can get along with than a husband.I’ll make sure my wife and her aunt are across this, though I’m pretty sure everyone is already.
Quick question for those of you who buy CDs.
My Mum really likes pentatonix. They released a Christmas album last year that I tried to get but JB doesn’t sell it. Where else may I source it?
Looks like they’re re-releasing that album on Friday.
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/christmas-pop/thats-christmas-to-me-deluxe-edition/838290/
I’ll have to order it on Tuesday (not tomorrow) when I get paid
Never heard of them, had to look them up. Looks like you can get it from Mightyape as well, it’s a few dollars cheaper than JB too, but beware I’m pretty sure Mightyape charge at least $5 shipping as opposed to JB’s $1.
https://www.mightyape.com.au/product/Thats-Christmas-to-Me-CD/22988604
Never heard of them? A CD, or “compact disc” is a kind of pre-internet storage device that uses light to read data. Back in the bad old days, you used to play music on them as an “album”- you, know, that shit that spotify keeps trying to organise your music by.
#helping
Hmm, your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
They’re acapella. So they use their voices as their instruments. I tried to get it last Christmas to no avail.
Can someone tell PAX to stop approaching so damn fast? Kthx.
Hah. I have a house inspection the day I leave for PAX, so I’m running around packing and cleaning at the same damn time.
Ouch. Costume making time is when the whole house just turns to mess and I’ve got stuff and bits and pieces lying around everywhere. Couldn’t think of a worse possible timing 😛
Yeah, it was a tip. lucky I finished my costume about a week ago.
Really, really unmotivated to clean though because ugh cleaning
I’m moving to a foreign country the week after PAX so I sympathize.
Or at least, I’m supposed to be leaving that week. Haven’t heard a peep from the logistics lady or the movers and it’s making me pretty nervous.
@cookingmama couldn’t reply in the last thread, figured I may as well keep it going here.
For GoT
I agree that the narrative has room for improvement, but the story is just so damn good! There’s alot that’s skipped over in the shows for the sake of brevity – there’s a whole storyline about the iron islands that is barely touched in the shows, a few characters that didn’t make it in, and a whole stack of little plotlines that add nicely to the story. Sure, the show is better (I’m with you there!), but I still reckon the books have something to offer.Then again, I just came off the back of reading the whole Wheel of Time series. If he were still alive, Robert Jordan could have run circles around George RR Martin in terms of unnecessary characters and waffle, so I might just be seeing the SOIAF books as better by comparison
The books do way more justice to the GoT story than the show does; there’s just a depth narration available in a writing medium that can’t be brought across to TV.
That said I have an over-active imagination; quite often I’ll leave a book to grab a drink and walk back thinking about the movie I was watching to realize I was reading a book xD
My favourite image on the depth of GoT descriptions
I think that’s the main problem I have with it. I struggled to get to the end of book 3 of SOIAF, and thought maybe it was just me. Then I picked up Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds and devoured it in a couple of days. It’s not that it’s a bad story, and the writing isn’t terrible (Twilight, Hunger Games, I’m looking at you) but it’s not great either, and there are so many other series out there that are brilliant.
That’s another good point. It’s good… but maybe not good enough to justify reading it and watching the show, given there are so many other good books to read!
Guild of Dungeoneering, can you stop being so bullshit difficult with the card draws? >:(
I still love the game though. The soundtrack is amazing too 😀
I saw you playing it and thought “I should really play that again”. I love the little songs the game gives you when beating levels / hiring new
suckersdungeoneers / etc…My favourite was when I did the one fairly early on where a big enemy chases you, and it didn’t give me any cash drops, so my person decided to walk towards the big stomping death.
Good Morning All, I hope you all had a splendid weekend!
After quite a bit of wrangling and organising, I managed to host the first get together for me and some friends to have a tabletop day (hoping to have one once a month). We started with Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes (not tabletop per se but still full), then moved onto Cards Against Humanity as one of my mates hadn’t played it before. It was even more hilarious to play with a first timer and we stopped after two rounds due to our sides hurting so much 🙂 We then finished off with a game of Talisman, the winner ended up being Father Time as my friends needed to leave. All in all it was a fantastic day and a lot of fun was had!
As to games, the only one I got a bit of time with was AC:Syndicate and that got off to a great start 🙂
How was everyone else’s weekend?
I really want Keep Talking but I also don’t want to break up with @freya when it all goes horribly, horribly wrong.
Ha ha! That is understandable. I had the unenviable position of being the first person in front of the bomb, needless to say I did not survive. Actually of the 5 of us that played, only 2 survived, think we might need to work on that 🙂
Keep talking and nobody explodes sounds awesome.
Good Afternoon @alexwalker, I just remembered a conversation I had with some friends on the weekend and thought I would bring it to your attention.
Being a bunch of older gamers, we were reminiscing about fond memories and three names came up, California Games & the Ski/Skate or Die series. I have done a bit of a google search around and I can’t seem to find any spiritual successors, nor any real reason why there hasn’t been any more games made of this ilk (even Indies).
I know you would have a ton of articles already lined up for the site but if this interests you as well I would be interested to know your findings and thoughts on all this.
Thanks for your time! 🙂
I briefly played Skate or Die but not a great deal — I’m not _that_ old 🙁
As for California Games, I never had that as a kid but I did play a lot of Epyx’s Winter Games.
My dad might still have that on a floppy disk somewhere. If I can grab a hold of it, I might try and put together a video of it for a Tribute Thursday or something. I found a way to get DOSBox and OBS playing nicely in 720p the other day, so it could work.
Thanks very much Sir! I appreciate you at least checking this out for me and your very prompt response 🙂
And I would be very interested to know if you do come across any spiritual successors for these. They were a lot of the fun at the time so I hope you at least get some enjoyment from them if you get them working in an emulator. As far as I can find that apart from things like Wii Sports etc, nothing quite like these have been made for a very long time.
Have a great day!
I think the, and for lack of a better phrase, wanker’s cramp problem (see Decathlon on the C64) is a large part of why these games fell by the wayside.
Wii Sports is bad enough as it is for how much you get into it and the strain it can put on you — I think anything that goes back to that style of left-right-left-right gameplay would be very firmly frowned upon by the mass market. The physical stress-to-fun equation doesn’t balance out.
Maybe the only similar games in recent history would be the Sonic & Mario Olympics series, or the Olympics tie-in games.
You do raise a good point, I also realise that I am remembering these through my rose coloured glasses of nostalgia, So you have probably hit the nail on the head there! Though the Trials games are a modern form of the BMX part of California Games, so they could modernise it and still make it a game the mass market will play They just need to keep the humour from those games too! What made them so enjoyable for me at the time was that they didn’t take themselves too seriously (again, like Trials).
I had forgotten about the Sonic & Mario Olympics too.
Well thanks to Yannick I’m going to be staying off Kotaku until after I’ve watched the LoL VoDs now. I had to pick between watching the last semi final and getting sleep for my full time job the next day, but it was an obvious choice considering I value my job. Either wait a few days or keep the spoilery shit off the title/opening paragraph if you really have to post about it!
Pfft. Kotaku has too much journalistic integrity for that sort of crap. Now, let’s all sit back and enjoy a phoned in Let’s Play that exists purely because the author realised they have a large enough audience to skim some YouTube moneys.
Hola Tayberinos
Had a quiet weekend, before the insanity that is next weekend. Saturday did absolutely nothing- played more New Vegas, finally finished the Dead Money DLC. I…really didn’t like it.
Seemed to me it took the freeform experimental approach you can do in fallout and crushed it down to a pass/fail trial and error thing. Plus, I stepped on every fucking bear trap in the whole DLC. Story was fine, companions were kinda cool, just the gameplay ugh.Sunday I went for a walk to Harbour Town, to buy new pants for dapper meat and some new jeans, which need taking up so there’s my tuesday job. Also started the annoying house cleaning process and watched The West Wing, which is on American Netflix. Gosh I love that series. Also Subterfuged, which is still really cool but I hope we get a victor before Thursday.
A Monday Morning Question: The West WIng is in many ways an idealised political process, where characters can argue back and forth with statistics and nuanced points. So, in the White House of the Nation of Tay, what’s your issue that you champion? What’s the serious-ish thing that you can reel off all of the arguments for?
No. Hugs.
NO.
I’m running an opposition platform of mandatory hugs for Bish every half hour.
Board games and fairy bread for everyone.
Free PAX tickets for all, since I can’t afford one.
Basically anything to do with retail banking products, since that’s my job.
On a completely unrelated note… how can someone that knows so much about the ins-and-outs of personal finance be so bad with finances? The mystery continues….
Yeah, Dead Money is super brutal the first time going through. I always pick up the Light Step perk before doing it after my first play through.
The use of exercise as a means of reducing the burden of debt on the private and public health care systems (y).
Hearing someone as passionate about F:NV as you say they disliked the gameplay of Dead money is hilariously validating…and I had Light Step.
It’s just it was too constraining. And I got sick of the fucking enemies, which started as serious threats but became “Oh god not these guys again”
Yeah, the enemies were less difficult and more frustrating bullet sponges, exacerbated by a complete lack of any gun I was specced for.
I actually got inadvertently close to 100%-ing Dead Money, but after I finished the main story I just got the hell out of there. Could noooot be screwed.
EDIT: I will add that the setting and some of the mechanics were actually pretty good, but the overall experience tended to be “run through the same corridor for the 5th time” which was sometimes broken up by annoying fights.
I hated & loved that dlc. I thought it was the whole point that it didn’t play like the rest of the game. But it was too Damn hard.
Felt like it was going for survival horror, but the mechanics of the game actually worked against that- creepy jumpy enemies are less of a horror when you have VATS
Yeah, my melee skill was so low that vats was useless. I actually had to play stabby in real time. Perhaps that added to the experience
Freeze for President.
I hated Dead Money at first, but I went back later with a higher level character and the light step perk which made a huge difference. It sets up the DLC’s courier-backstory arc really well. It’s far from a favourite, but it’s much better than I gave it credit for on my first playthrough.
Punching stupid teenagers in their stupid faces. And stealing their ice cream.
I even started a petition 😛
…aren’t you a teacher?
Shh…
It’s PAX week!
Paxterrific!
Paxstronomical!
Paxually Appealing!
PAX!
*cowers into little ball of procrastination*
May I join you?
Sure, misery loves company right?
Huzzah!
So glad I decided on half arsed cosplay so I don’t need to stress to much.
Also considering I have no idea how Tiglet is going to go this year means I have no expectations for PAX. I might get 3 almost full days or I might get a few hours. So wasn’t going to do huge cosplay stuff and find I couldn’t go.
Amazingly, I have 2 days of cosplays done. And almost one for Sunday
Well we have 2 days worth of ‘cosplay’ so that isn’t too bad. One of them might actually turn out half decent. At least I’ll have Tiglet with me so people can focus on how adorable she is rather than what I’m wearing 😉
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Sup all?
Had a pretty good weekend, despite wish I was at Knotfest =( my friend who flew to California from England for it scored a photo pass for the entire weekend, along with one for Judas Priest on the first night & apparently she’ll be getting one for Slipknot tonight (Sunday) as well so I look forward to those pics :D!
Not long until Fallout 4, hoorah! I really am excited about it now, after being stuck in Fallout 3 the last few weeks.
In other Fallout 4 news, which i’ll spoilerise cause I guess it’s a little ranty, but I find it amusing for the most part.
Had to laugh yesterday in regard to Fallout 4, it’s been made clear that it will support Nvidia Game Works, which has upset a number of AMD users, one comment I saw was just the reason why a lot of people see PC gamers as stupid shitty selfish people they said in relation to this “Don’t care about this game anymore, I took a fucking week off to play this.” like seriously dude, Game Works is totally optional, and it’s not like it’ll be turned on regardless of what card you have and not be able to turn it off.Also the internet seems to be up in arms that the PC DVD-ROM of Fallout 4 won’t have all the games files on it, Bethesda’s reasoning? Piracy. I mean that could be true, but also how many discs is it gonna be? Could they also be trying to cut down on the amount of DVD’s in it? Like I sure hope it won’t be 7 like GTA V was 😐 and I still had a 5 GB patch AFTER install, didn’t even get to play it release day =( but eh, I was okay with that, I have the internet cap to deal with it. But others speculate it might just be a few key files that are missing from the retail copy which wouldn’t impose too greatly on peoples internet connections.
Other than laughing at dip shits on the old interwebs, Chilli turns 3 week.. Can’t believe we’ve had her almost that long already. I remember we were at a mates property out west and was watching his Kelpie herd sheep and he was telling us she had pups just that previous week and if we wanted one we were welcome to, dad said yes just about instantly cause she reminded him of a previous dog he & mum had (I think he said?).
Anyway fast forward 6 weeks later, i’m in Melbourne for The Living End’s retrospective tour (fuck it’s been that long already) and i’m talking to mum on the phone and she’s all “So we picked up our new puppy today” and i’m all “Okay cool.. I guess i’ll meet her when I get home Tuesday”
I’ll be honest I was so unsure at the time about getting another dog since we already had Angel, and we had never had a puppy before, we had always gotten a mature dog that was out of the puppy phase, . So it was a big thing for us, especially me. But in all honesty, best decision we have ever made when it’s come to getting a dog, more so since it wasn’t even a year later that Angel passed away (Facebook reminded me the other week on the 10th about it actually, heh). Especially since she’s one of the friendliest dogs you could ever meet, plus all the cute girls think she is just the most adorable dog ever, and I get a lot of Red Dog comments, which i’m definitely okay with.
and this is probably going to go into moderation because more than 1 link BS =(
Chilli is damned cute!!
Cheers! She knows it too haha.
That is the happiest looking dog I’ve ever seen.
You would be too, with the amount of awesome stuff I spoil her with 😛
Aahh puppy-hood… “it was the best of times and it was the worst of times” is still the best description I’ve ever heard about having a puppy… So damn adorable! And so many “get up in the middle of the night to clean up wee/poop/vomit” moments too 😛
And destroyed things… But totally worth it… Have fun! She’s adorable
Haha, there weren’t really any downsides to it with her, she was pretty good. Found that for teething she absolutely enjoyed both ice cubes & carrots haha. She was pretty good when it came to toilet training too, I only recall one accident in the house, every other time she would notion to go outside, which was good.
Why hello there, you.
Weekend with Greenius made for some good times. We did some touristy things like go to the Opera House and walk across the Harbour Bridge and Greenius didn’t take any photos because he is a bad tourist but he paid for lunch so I think I could get on board with a job as a tour guide. We also did the Night Noodle Markets at Hyde Park and saw the fireworks at Darling Harbour. Lots of fun! All these years I’ve never checked out either of those things when they’re on so it was new for me too. 10/10 would night noodle firework again.
So I didn’t play much AC Syndicate as a result but what I have played has been pretty tops. We got a few glitches but they were funny, non-game breaking ones so…whatevs. Evie is the better of the twins and I kind of wish the whole game was just about her, but then you do need Jacob to bounce off of…but I still play as Evie as much as possible.
And, obligatory PAX hype.
“Night Noodle Fireworks” – Name of her sex tape
thank you Brooklyn Nine NineThis seems like a pretty good deal for a GTX 660, $65 right? I really need something a bit better than my 560, and with more vram, but can’t really afford too much at the moment. I could also hopefully sell my 560 for an okay price too.
Just FYI, If you’re planning to play newer games a lot are starting to use the 670 as the minimum spec.
Well, i’m really just looking for something currently to play Fallout 4, specs want a 550Ti but min vram is 2GB which the 550Ti doesn’t have so go figure. I’m planning a new system for 2016 anyway, just want something that has a bit more vram, I would prefer a 670, but the cheapest I can find is $200 at the moment and it’s pick up only so boo.
Always worth asking around here/with friends. If anyone is upgrading it could be a good chance to buy their old card.
True, I never really think like that haha.
Also my other concern with both the cards was they were used in SLI and the seller didn’t mention much about their history, so no idea if they had been overclocked on factory coolers or whatnot. But someone bought both so balls to that I guess anyway haha.
Alien Isolation: A Tale of Love & Hate
I’ve been slowly plugging away at it since I bought it 2 or 3 months ago, but it just never clicked with me.Don’t get me wrong, it’s a solidly made game, the atmosphere & recreation of the future from the perspective of the 80s is spot-on.
But alas, it was far too stealthy & not Survival Horror enough for my particular tastes. Even though there’s far too much shooting, I much prefer The Evil Within (the one everyone else isn’t very impressed with).
The other night though, I got to the part where the alien is (temporarily) removed.
Suddenly, I dint have to sneak ALL THE TIME, the run button is a viable option & I’m actually using the resources I’ve been scabbing.
It feels like Survival Horror!
So, my long-winded point is, the worst part of Alien Isolation is the alien. Whoops!
[Edit: Reply fail. =( But for the record, try and find a way to scare the alien off. It becomes a lot more like Nemesis in Resident Evil 3 once you start manipulating it instead of hiding.]
Wow. I knew the duels in the Yu-Gi-Oh anime/manga were ridiculous, but playing Legacy of the Duelist and using the story decks for the campaign really makes me see just how insanely one sided these duels would be. There’s one chain that requires three cards in the graveyard, more than 3000 LP, a specific type of monster in my hand or on the field, a field card, two cards that let me fuse monsters and a Spell card that only works with a specific trio of monster cards face up on the field. Do that, then get lucky for the next three turns avoiding the pile of traps and spells that destroy your field card/monsters and hoping they don’t revive a monster that nothing in your deck can beat in a straight fight that will almost certainly be in their graveyard by the time you’ve got your initial chain setup. The opponents deck is so pumped full of trap and spell cards that can destroy you and level 4 monsters with 2000 ATK that you literally can’t win without that chain.
I’m sure this made for a really dramatic turn around in the anime but it makes the difficulty spike like crazy.
Meanwhile over in Magic Origins the AI just cheats. I really need to go back to games where shooting until I run out of bullets is a valid strategy. =P
Oh yeah? How to?
I got the flamethrower & that did the trick once.
You can distract it using noisemakers and flares, even flashbangs if I remember right. However use them too often and the alien will look at where the flare or noisemaker was thrown from (you) and you’re dead then.
Hey there everyone. Played through all of Vermintide on the weekend and I hope to crack onto the harder difficulties with my crew soonish. I’m very, very interested in the future of the game as the developers have hinted that future installments might take the fight to other cities and against the Vampire Counts, the Undead Legion, or the Warriors of Chaos. All of those sound like terrifying prospects but, if they do happen, I’m looking forward to the different playstyles that might come with each type of enemy.
In RPG news, Black Crusade has gone somewhere interesting.
My players seem to court disaster and daemons like they were eating food. The Tzeentchian psyker intentionally created Chaos Spawn to act as shock troops of their warband and then quickly realised that was a terrible idea when the Spawn mutated wings. The Slaaneshi psyker intentionally sought out corruption and warp energy to gain his Mark of Slaanesh. The Khorne space marine destroyed a giant mutated blob in the space of ten seconds simply to prove that he could despite the fact that the blob almost ate him. And to top it all off, they created a daemon engine out of a Predator tank because the wall of a fortress had a bound daemon inside it that they wanted to use. The turret of the tank has transformed into a massive horn and the tank is now more of a mechanical daemon unicorn than a tank.The good news is that they’re succeeding quite handily. The bad news is that they’ve received almost too much favour of the Chaos gods and are more at risk of daemon possession than actually winning their upcoming fight against a rival Khorne lord.
I actually enjoyed every second I spent hiding inside a locker or under a bed.
But I know what you mean. The middle missions are a bit long winded and you can only enjoy so much of hiding inside lockers. I was willing to ignore all that though because the atmosphere was doing it for me. It could just have been a little bit shorter.
Vermintide is surprisingly awesome =O Can’t wait to get stuck into it more! Hope they release new heroes and locales!
I actually enjoyed every second I spent in a locker or under a bed.
But I know what you mean, the middle missions are a bit long winded and you can only enjoy so much of hiding inside lockers. I was willing to ignore all that though because the atmosphere was doing it for me. It could just have been a little bit shorter.
Sounds like an interesting weekend
Ah I failed at replying to rottingscumface @jimu about Alien: Isolation… Twice. Sorry.
Yeah, had everyone been referring to it as stealth first, survival horror second, I might have come at it with a different attitude.
As it is, I had to learn to appreciate an obviously solid game.
Hi all! Had a fairly chill weekend. Got into a King’s Fall Hard Mode group on Saturday afternoon, and we got to the daughters, where everything broke apart. Still, not a total loss – scored some experience for the encounters and the new mechanics, a 315 fusion rifle (which will probably be getting infused into my sniper), a 318 MG, and some 316 gloves, getting my warlock to 310.
Tried some GH Live… ugh.
Not sure if it’s the UI or what, but it’s really hard to get the timing down in that game. I’m thinking it’s a combination of the up/down picks floating above the track, and the lack of familiarity with most of the songs that’s screwing my timing up. Did the first three sets on Advanced, but not really liking the songs anyway, and can barely hear the guitar (when there is any – Eminem and Skrillex? I’ve played them, and I’m still not sure they have guitar parts), so probably a waste of money for me. Wouldn’t be too bad if you could play the songs you want on GHTV, but you have to unlock “play tokens” to be able to choose the occasional song you’d like to play, or level up to unlock stations you might be interested in playing. Too much effort, so going back to Rocksmith. 😛Played some AC: Syndicate, too, which I’m rather enjoying (likely not in small part due to skipping a year of broken
dreamsAC games last year).The setting is interesting, the name-dropping is almost comically hamfisted, and the mission variety is pretty decent. Adding the grappling hook makes navigating the city or infiltrating a factory feel like you’re playing Batman in 19th century London (aided in no small part by the fighting system, which ain’t half bad). Also really like that Evie and Jacob have different playstyles, so you can play most missions either stealthily or bashy, but you have to commit to that playstyle, which rather adroitly avoids what made Dishonored so enjoyable but also made most missions devolve into “go sneaky, screw up and kill everything in a desperate dash for the exit.” 😛 Hoping gadgets add to longevity, as I’m on the last line of the skill tree for both characters, and have only just crested 25% completion (maybe 35-50% through the story). On the downside, AC macrotransactions are back in full force, and it feels like they’ve made resources more scarce than they should be as a result. Most of my gear, weapons aside, is still starter gear, and my gang has about half the first row of upgrades unlocked – plenty of money coming in, but not enough resources to craft/buy the upgrades, everything I find goes into keeping my weapons in line with my level. Thankfully, a throwing knife to the face tends to kill anyone under twice my level, so it’s not too big a deal 😛Yeah, the rap/dubstep set was just weird (though not surprising for GH). It gets better after that, excluding some odd songs here and there.
With the timing, try using the calibrate tool. On my TV I had to move it a good margin and fiddle around a little to get the timing right.
With the timing, I can get some notes, but not others, and just find it hard to read. For instance, I’d be strumming along to the beat of a section of black notes or chords, then it would swap to white notes and I’d be f*&ked, because the timing looks completely different (floating notes, different optical centres for the white picks from the black ones, so it appears to be a half-beat off, even though I know it probably isn’t). I had to swap to advanced just to get a better understanding of the timing (basically because one played note per bar is really hard when you can’t read which beat it’ll be on :P). Maybe I just need to get back into the swing of things – it’s been a few years. Also, found that having people look at me as if to say “what the hell are you doing here?” to be extremely off-putting, especially during the Eminem crap, cos my answer was usually “put up with me for now, give me a passing grade, and I guarantee I’ll never come back.” 😛
But yea, some of the songs’ audio is really weird – I literally could not hear the part I was supposedly playing in a couple of them.
Fuck Skrillex.
Don’t want that shit in Guitar Hero.
Haha, I ranted about the new UI on GH too. The floating picks thing is stupid, they should be laying down flat on the highway not sitting vertically on it. I’m unable to read the music either, it’s alright for notes that are on the beat or maybe the half beat, but anything else is a mystery. I swear to god they’d better have a “classic highway” option hidden away in there somewhere.
I also get messed up by the note colours. My brain wants the white ones to be the top row and the black ones to be the bottom. Need to somehow focus on the shape instead of the colour, but not having much luck.
Mad props for being onto Advanced already, I had a go of it thinking “yeah I play on Expert, surely I can bump it up a notch” and nope’d my way right out of there.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, I get 2-4 stars average thus far. Just found it easier to read as it’s most notes on the rhythm, not one here and there in unpredictable places. 😛
That’s exactly why I ended up on expert in older GH games, and why I’m making the jump to advanced the next time I play.
I guess the UI is more of a personal thing, because I haven’t had issues with timing after calibrating for lag. I’ve had way more problems getting used to the new button layout and from good ol’ fashioned brain farts.
I don’t like the new lag calibration thing. Can’t seem to figure it right, one direction still seems wrong, but then I click it the other way and it still seems kinda wrong. Also hate that you can’t just plug in numbers that you might obtain from another game.
Mostly though I hate that they still haven’t picked up Rock Band’s instrument-based calibration. That friggen rocks.
Heeeey Tay long time no talk… Just chiming in to say I’m still around, been quiet because I’ve got nothing worth to talk about and been feeling a bit blech…
Hope you’ve all had a good weekend and hope to see many of you at PAX!
Annual Pixel/Freeze hug.
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How’s your training going???
Slowly, due to sickness 😛
Had about a weeks set back due to not being able to breath without coughing up a lung… Back on it now and are trialling the Couch 2 5k program. Which actually seems to be doing wonders for my running technique and breathing… On week 4 of the program now and it burns, but in a good way and I feel like I’m steadily progressing 😀
Still a while away from being ready but quite happy with my recent progress.
…and then you can parkrun!
Lunchtime roll call
I have chicken lasagna today
$1 Suimin chicken noodle cup \o/
Man I love the prawn suimin cup. I grab a couple of those anytime I see that ridiculous $1 special on. Stir in a tin of tuna and some soy sauce and you’ve got a meal.
I had a chest infection about 4 weeks ago and really ached for some chicken soup… Ever since I’ve been addicted to the chicken Suimin cup 😛
My go to used to be the Mi Goreng though… Not bad for $1 😛
But do you go the chicken or oriental chicken?
Chicken most days unless I’m feeling adventurous 😛
I’m a fan of the braised beef myself.
$20.
I bet you wish you had a peanut, huh?
No, $20 can buy many peanuts.
Ham & salad sandwiches here..
A can of chunky beef soup and some toast.
I normally go for the full rolls rather than toast when I’m having soup
Didn’t have any rolls, so toast is the next best thing.
I’ve been suckered in to a Maccas run for work. But hey, any chance to kick back with the people you work with is a good way to make your work environment less stressful.
Coffee and frustration.
Sounds more like breakfast of champions to me 😛
Dinner is whisky and two tablespoons of cement.
Ham & cheese sandwich.
subway eat not so fresh but say it is anyway
Peanut butter and jam sandwich
So @rize made a good point just before about me wanting to replace my GTX 560 (non Ti) graphics card with something that has more vram so I can play Fallout 4 a little more comfortably, his idea ask here if anyone has a graphics card that has 2GB ram or more that they’re happy to part with for money? Personally i’d prefer a Nvidia card, but hey i’m not gonna be bias!
What about another 560 or the 660 you were looking at and just SLI them?
Never done SLI but just a thought… Aside from that I only have an aging 6970 so not really much of an upgrade sorry 🙁
I don’t have an SLI compatible board sadly. Was one of the derpy decisions when I opted for a $100 Intel 1155 boad, that I thought I didn’t need SLI, I would consider it otherwise, but even so in SLI you don’t get 2x as much memory you only get 1GB if they’re 1GB cards, etc..
Ah well then, shows my ignorance on the matter XD
It’s all good. I only learnt this recently myself 😛
I may be upgrading from a GTX750ti in the near future. It’s aging a bit, but I believe it’s still the most powerful GPU you can get that doesn’t need a direct connection to your PSU.
I’ll keep you posted if I do.
Oh awesome, cheers dude! It’s better than my 560 & consumes 100W less power too 😛
Saying that power consumption isn’t an issue for me, I have an 800W SLI/Crossfire rated PSU, which is from my old old Core 2 Duo build heh.
Also while you’re here…
http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/462361/aj-maddah-reveals-when-the-soundwave-2016-lineup-will-actually-drop.htm
Looking like the announcement will be this week.
Haha, we’ll see…
It was only 3 days ago he was bitching some artists didn’t like his “Evil Xmas” theme, and had to change it lol. It’s like bro the festival is a month after Christmas, get your shit together lol.
ZOMG Yarny Man is going to be at PAX!!!
BEST NEWS
I told him I was going to take a picture of me hugging him.
As soon as I saw your post I said to my friend “I want to go just so I can hug him”.
I think there is going to be a queue.
Yay PAX so close.
Ugh PAX so close. Not ready. Don’t really want a repeat of last year where I hatched my final Pokémon team member in the queue room Friday morning. (Don’t worry, this is a team I’m throwing together for my wife to challenge and have a bit of fun. Think my gym leader stuff is mostly ready. Mostly. Kinda. Maybe)
My friend davids strategy was watch me lose to all the gym leaders and then adapt his team for each one. I called him a bastard several times for that. 😛 Hope you have a load of fun.
I have a doubles setup of pick 4 of 6. I also have 3 different team sets – ORAS, XY and fun/casual. The latter being anything but though so I think a few people may be calling me a bastard by the end of the weekend.
Last year I tried completing the main campaign in Pokemon Y to be ready in time for PAX, but didn’t finish in time. It’s been a year since and I’m not really any closer.
You don’t need to have finished the campaign – all pokes are auto levelled to 50 for battling so whatever you’ve got them at, you can still have a crack and a bit of fun.
Excellent. Youngster Tom is very keen to do some battling.
I’ve designed my ‘fun’ team with him in mind. I hope it’s suitably epic.
So this last week I finished both Batman Arkham Origins and Dragonball Xenoverse! I’m very proud of myself because that doubles my tally of finished games this year \o/
Finishing Xenoverse is an accomplishment. I can’t even take out Freeza due to being awful at the game.
It does get bloody brutal from time to time!
But the story was just like an episode of Dragonball which was fantastic… Now to Complete all the parallel quests (which somehow is harder then the story missions sometimes :-/)
Also I remember that Frieza fight! Blocks absolutely everything! I remember wearing him down just by flying in circles doing ki blasts 😛 cheap but it worked
The PQs are definitely harder than the story, especially when you’re forced to fight stuff by yourself. Every time I had to do one that involved Goku and Gohan going super by myself I had to fight the urge to quit.
Kamehameha! Kamehameha! KAMEHAMEHA! KAMEHAMEHA! KAMEHAMEKAMEHAMEMAKAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEHAMEEDIT: Also, did you ever sort out your modem/router issue? I’d be keen to jump in and multi with the PQs but unless t behaves we don’t have much of a chance 😛
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah been there for sure 😛
Eeehhmm maybe? The router is shit as always but I might play around with the settings to see if I can resolve it, haven’t really played much with it yet
If you’re talking about the Explosion of Namek one, you’ll be pleased to know that you can (and should) go back and farm the little bastard once you’ve levelled up a bunch for some easy dragon balls.
Revenge is a dish best served repeatedly.
We should totally try another “one person beats everyone while the other punches air” session at some point, hopefully the p2p has gotten better
Actually, I don’t remember if I mentioned or not, but I tried out multi with @sernobulus a while back and it was smooth as…so I blame your housemate and his purchase decisions 😛
So do I my friend… So do I
*weeps*
You could always borrow a spare from someone and whack it in when you have a chance and run some tests. It won’t fix the problem but you could at least confirm if that is the issue.
I still think it’ll be a basic config issue; like, you’ll find out PnP is screwed or QoS is on or something.
Yep most likely… More interestingly the router had started randomly dropping it’s WAN connection when ever it seems to get slightly warm… This makes for great fun when your trying to work remotely while on call :-/
@pixel_the_ferret_viking Yeah, it sounds like it’s time to try and find a nice way to tell him it’s stuffed. Alternatively, if he feels like he knows more than you, pull the logs from it and hand them to him and ask what’s wrong with it. It might help get the issue sorted without unnecessary conflict.
Just don’t let him buy the replacement by himself 😀
In case anyone is wondering, yes. Yes, I am frantically refreshing that board game article and reading all of the comments. I have a problem.
Sounds like you’re a writer. 🙂
Writer… narcissist… something…
I expect there’s a powerful connection between the two, perhaps interdependence.
I just got round to reading it. Fairy Bread gets 5 stars.
PAX Fairy Bread!?
I’m not going to say no but I also don’t know how I’d organise it :p
There’s a coles at Southern Cross Station
…leave it with me.
Saw The Martian with @rocketman on Friday night finally. So, so good. I’ve had the OST on loop all weekend. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it man.
I’m loving the constant stream of high quality space movies. 🙂 Gravity! Interstellar! The Martian! *flails arms*
Apollo 13 on Blu Ray!
I still need to watch Gravity. I have it sitting there on the shelf waiting to be watched. I get the feeling it won’t be the same as seeing it in a cinema though.
Interstellar, I wasn’t a fan of.
Feels so much smaller on a television, alas. But still great and worth seeing. 🙂
Did you ever get around to seeing Sicario?
EDIT: Also watched Bridge of Spies and Legend on Friday night…because I’m that guy who sees 2 movies alone because WOO! Social life…
Bridge of Spies is excellent and you should check it out. I get the feeling it will go the same way as Spielberg’s most recent works though and never been included in the list of movies you think when someone says “Spielberg”.
Legend was enjoyable. In no rush to watch it again though. Tom Hardy is pretty great though.
I got annoyed with the trailer for bridge of spies which basically showed the whole movie when i saw it. Now i know its okay i might chickety check it out.
I’m curious, spoiler reply what you think happens based on the trailer…
They did not. It’s the premise of the movie, but not the whole plot.
I SHALL GO SEE IT THIS WEEKEND. and judge it in its entirety. You are the movie god just like @sughly is the music god.
I AM BOTH GODS
Welcome to the modern movie trailer. “Thanks for that summary, now I don’t need to see the film”.
It’s why I try and avoid trailers.
I barely ever go to the movies any more. Martian was the first time in months. 🙂
Sicario is a great low-burn thriller. It’s freaking brutal, and 100% awesome…
Unless you think it will be a Michael Bay style action-fest… it most certainly isn’t that.I saw it last night. Enjoyed it immensely!
I could easily watch it again already. 🙂
Ugh I still need to see that.
And/or find someone to bully into seeing it with me.
Oh my god my maths. What. So, I’m trying to make a collar piece. I figured make it like part of a cone. Two arcs, one 25cm and another 33cm. I figured (and have re-figured) that the smaller arc should be of radius 31.25cm, and since the width of the collar I want is about 10cm, add that on for the radius of the outer arc. That gave me an angle of 1.25 radians, which I worked out to be 71º37′. Got a pretty good piece, but I wanted to see what it was like if that outer arc was slightly larger.
Did the same thing again but now with an outer arc of 35cm. That gave me an inner radius of 25cm, and an angle of 1 radian, or ~57.3º. Yet this piece I’ve cut out is really small. Weirdly small. It’s like… half the size of the other one? I’ve measured it and the arcs come out right, at 25cm and 35cm. So then I went and measured the first piece, and it’s more like 39cm and 52cm. What??
I… I don’t understand. I can’t see what I’ve done wrong or how I ended up with such a gargantuan piece, let alone how it came to be that that piece is actually pretty much the right size and this other one is way too small.
I did this for my pip boy. My advice? Start with a trapezoidand trace your arcs from that. If you’re real worried, start at like 22 cm at the top, 30 at the bottom, then cut out a piece of string of your final length to make the arcs
Like this https://twitter.com/redartifice/status/658473307541385217
I think I figured out what I did. At the end I went radius/length instead of length/radius.
That’s 3am geometry for you.
I have a page at home where I worked out my maths. I’m sure it’s just as fevered, as I almost dived into the world of integrals before I realised fuck it I’ll just eyeball it.
I have pages upon pages buried all around me of calculations for all the stuff I make. I maths the shit out of everything, gotta make it precise 😛
I don’t even remember how integration worked, let alone what it’s supposed to be useful for. Year 12 maths horrors. Wait or was that derivation? Not that I can remember that one either.
Pretty rusty skill for me too. It’s been 10 years since I passed maths at Uni.
Wait, what type of collar? Most collars are not arcs, they’re usually straight lines.
I’d imagine a straight line would result in a vertical collar – if you want it to splay slightly, the inner/bottom circumference has to be shorter than the outer/top circumference, and the easiest way to do that is to use an arc of an annulus.
It depends on the type of collar. peter pan collar is semicircles.
Vocab++
Thanks!
I dunno, the collar that I’m kind of visualising in my head. I want it to be slightly flared out, so it needs to be wider at the top than at the bottom. But also not wanting to have to stretch it our or anything, so it needs to have the curve cut into it rather than just doing a trapezium and trying to make it fit. My last set of trapeziums that should’ve been cones (Zangief’s wrist thingos) didn’t turn out so nice.
I completed Kingdom Hearts 1 100% last night. I don’t think I’ll be trying to do it again with the other games, synthesizing all the things took ages but I guess it was worth it because I overpowered Sephiroth with that cool ulitma keyblade.
Man, radians are so much nicer to work with than degrees. Wish they taught us those in school instead in the first place.
Also wish my protractor had measurements in radians on it. That’d be nice.
Just remember your 1-1-sqrt2 and 1-2-sqrt3 triangles and you’ll be OK.
Oh, those other things that come in a geometry set but I never really used? What are they supposed to be for, just a quick and easy 45º, 60º and 30º angle?
Yep. If you have a right angled triangle with sides 1 and 1 unit each, the hypotenuse is sqrt2 units and the angles are pi/4 radians.
If instead you have a triangle with sides 1 and sqrt3 units, the hypotenuse is 2 units, the smaller angle is pi/6, and the larger is pi/3.
Radians, right?
Most high-level trig doesn’t function properly in degrees unless you specifically modify the functions.
Radians are the tits.
Who wants to see splatoon progress?
Progress
http://imgur.com/a/yZKgm
Wrong image. Sorry guys /o\
What kind of progress?
uh, pictures? and painting?
Oh I thought you meant with how you were leveling in the game or something. I got no idea what’s going on 😛
http://imgur.com/a/yZKgm this
That looks awesome!
Thanks. I do keep procrastinating and I shouldn’t
Oh and you also keep asking if you can show us something instead of just showing us straight off, and you shouldn’t 😛
I worry that no one cares and that I’m just annoying people. D=
Only in your imagination!
I DO
Also, are you doing the Amiibo bases?
We barely have time to do the hats and shoes. I hope to keep working on it even after pax. (weapon and tank)
Yesplz. Since I’m not going, I need to live vicariously through all you fellow TAYbies.
Edited the comment
Is that the right image? 8 bit yeti?
SKIFREEEEEEEE
Fixed now D=
Nope, sorry. I probably thought I still had my album copied, when I sent this to numbers.
I was thinking you’d been keeping your secrets very well on the skier costume 🙂
The splatoon stuff looks very cool, but I don’t know the source well enough to really comment
http://www.perfectly-nintendo.com/wp-content/gallery/splatoon-amiibo-02-04-2015/124024_NVL_AE_imge02_1_R_ad_resultat.jpg this
Woah! Well done!
Been playing Bloodborne again as of late. If I finish only one triple A game this year, it’ll be this one.
I should get back in to that, I just need to summon one of you lot to fight logarius.
Just downloaded GFWL. Now to see if I can get Fallout 3 working on my laptop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFmuO6xJ36g
Why? It’s working.
Just because you’re effectively managing a disease, doesn’t make it fun to have. Although calling GFWL a disease is a bit offensives to diseases…
Also, you don’t actually need it to make Fallout 3 work.
Oh ok, I remember hearing a lot of people say that it wouldn’t run without GFWL. It’s the only reason I downloaded it.
So if I remove it it’ll still work on Windows 8?
Not sure about the specifics for Windows 8, but there’s a couple of methods that work with the Steam and non-Steam copies.
Ultimately, if the game is up and working with no dramas then just run as is.
I did see some things when I googled it about modifying files, but I’m not smart enough to be stuffing around with things like that.
Didn’t try starting it before I installed GFWL, but I only just got out of the vault, so I’m not that far in, so I’ll try uninstalling it and see if it still works.
Huh, I didn’t need GFWL to get Fallout 3 working for me on Windows 10, in fact it wouldn’t even let me run the installer 😛
Condolences.
Gonna try and get back into Guild Wars 2, how do I get it to run nicely on my three screens?
I have Eyefinity enabled, but I keep getting a CTD on launch.
Finally got it working. Had to run it in a window first, then select the proper resolution. 😀
I’ve been playing that a little recently but on a single screen so can’t help you with that
\o/ scored a 2nd job interview for this week!
The server for our repair stuff in canada is down today. SO i cant see what the fault is on anything i fix. I just have to poke around and guess the fault which is super duper annoying. It would happen the one week where I have lots of work to get through :/
I find that’s pretty normal when it comes to IT. “Hmm why doesn’t this work?” then after touching something “Hmm why does this work? Oh well, it’s fixed for now.”
Yeah its pretty normal for customers not to give you actual fault descriptions except in this job where minesite communication managers make sure the faults are well documented and evidence is shown. The stuff im working on is priced at about my yearly wage so i cant really afford to just play around until i get a desired outcome.
Oh that’s fair, and pretty important to know what happened. Man I feel sorry for you having to go in blind then.
Somehow I completely missed the existence of this bar in the Melbourne CBD. Planning to head there tonight with my sister and get my ass kicked by some old arcade games.
EDIT: Or maybe not, seems they’re closed Mondays.
The Sunday/Monday ‘bar weekend’ is an age-old source of frustration to me. Worse are the ones who do not keep the same hours as their licence permits.
I’m trying The Cobbler tonight, but normally it’s The Chalk for a Monday for me.
I found them recently but haven’t been. From what I can see it is the old Bull and Bear bar
After a 16-month hiatus, I’ve returned to Dark Souls. I enjoyed my time with Dark Souls, but I eventually got lost and bored. I played for over 25 hours, beating the Moonlight Butterfly and the Capra Demon. The Capra Demon gave me a key to a door I couldn’t find. I got lost and bored.
I decided to create a new character to try out the sorcerer class. It’s an interesting way to play the game. I’m aiming for a magic/faith build. I have no idea whether it’s viable at all, but it seems like a fun idea. I’m aiming to have Sorcerer’s catalyst in one hand, and miracle talisman in the other. I just need to sink more points into faith. I’ve already discovered that the Seek Guidance miracle is useless, especially dince I’m playing offline.
Trying to figure out what type of sword I should be using. My old character used a scimitar, and I’m trying differentiate from my old character as much as possible. I’m using a shortsword and I like it, but it’s too similar to the scimitar. I’m trying to force myself to user a thrust weapon like a estoc or a rapier, but it just doesn’t feel right. It’s just not as fun to play, it doesn’t have as much impact.
I wanted to try a strength weapon, but I don’t think it will gel well with my sorcery. I don’t think I can let myself be too immobile. And I don’t want to waste souls on leveling strength if I don’t end up using it.
DIRK SEARLES
mark serrels?
Holy shit, that actually works.
And explains everything!
DOG SOLVES
Once I found a man-serpent greatsword, I pretty much didn’t switch to anything else for the rest of the game. Of course, I pumped enough into stats so that I could swing it around like a feather duster. (How appropriate, I fight like a cow?)
Crapra Demon gives you the key to the Depths. Entrance is pretty close to him. You keep going down a bit in the lower undead burg past the thievy assholes and there’s a long corridor between to walls that gently curves to the right. Left hand side as you enter there’s a staircase up to a door that gets you into a tower. Top of that tower leads you to the aqueduct you got into the Undead Burg from when you came from Firelink Shrine. A bit further round on the right hand side is a locked door that the Depths key opens.
The depths is a horrible place really. Lots of poisony rats and blobs that will eat you and basilisks down the bottom that can ruin your whole day if you fall into them (they can turn you to stone if you get sprayed by them, which insta-kills you and also curses you and reduces your health permanently to 50% persisting over death until you use an item to remove curses). Also the boss of the Depths is straight out of a nightmare.
For a really good thrusting weapon, try a Balder Side Sword. You can get them by farming certain Balder Knights in the Parish. There’s 2-3 there that can drop it, one who is on the walkway around to the back entrance where the bonfire is, and I think two that are inside the church (the others are normal and only drop shitty swords). Balder Side Sword has slashing and piercing and is really strong with great scaling from Dex (though you can change it to Int by upgrading). Has much more reach than it first appears too.
Fuck the Balder Side Sword.
On a magic playthrough it decided to drop on the second knight I killed. “Huzzah” I thought, not actually knowing what it was.
On my Dex playthrough (the only time I actually finished the game) I had over 50 kills on the dudes that drop it, and nothing. Fuck that sword.
That mirrors my attempted playthroughs! Except I got the sword on my Dex build eventually too and it was grand and I continued to use it until I hit Ornstein and Smough and had to start building up Quelaag’s Furysword for the fire damage. 🙁 Never beat them though because of reasons.
Second play through as a sorcerer build it dropped on the first one I killed that could drop it. And I used it a little bit but Soul Arrows are so much stronger there wasn’t much point. I got as far as Sen’s Fortress on that go but the snakehead fuckers were too hard for my arrows to kill so I gave up. 🙁
My method for beating the game on Dex ended up being to use the greatscythe. You can get it really early, and its damage/scaling and reach are stupid. I still had trouble with O&S, and I had to summon the AI help for Manus (and I never bothered with Kalameet), but otherwise I cruised through the game.
I’d have to severely sequence break to get that though IIRC.
You only have to go about halfway through the catacombs, not even up to pinwheel. Playing through it again it’s fairly obvious that they originally planned for you to hit the catacombs a lot earlier, so they just made the skellies in the graveyard way tougher to ward you away from it.
Balder Side Sword is amazing.
You take that back.
You smelly pirate hooker.
I’m sure it would be amazing, IF IT EVER DROPPED.
Only drops for those who are worthy 😛
All these squares make a circle.
All these squares make a circle!
i watched way too much DBZ Abridged on the weekend while bored at workFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
http://scififilmfestival.com/ is on the same day as my cousin’s wedding. BALLS.
Story checks out. Weddings seem to be specifically designed to inconvenience as many people as humanly possible.
I also realized that this was the same weekend as PAX, so no one here actually gives a shit.
Sony are having some kind of big press event at the Paris Game Show tomorrow.
Nier 2 is going to be at the show too. Hope that that’s also at PAX but kind of doubt it (feel like if it was, they’d have trotted out Yoko Taro’s sock puppets to a panel)
There should be a whole panel of weird mascot things. Get the sock puppet, Yarny(ie?), I dunno, a bowl of porridge. Answer questions from the audience. The whole thing ends when a cosplayer dressed as Pacman goes on stage and eats them all.
It’d be great. Like taking acid, but without actually having to take acid!
Trust me, from what I’ve seen, Yoko Taro is enough weird on his own without any assistance.
The Yarnie guy is going to be at PAX though!
I started a new playthrough in Fallout New Vegas last week. I call it the “Not Very SPECIAL” run. Basically it’s a playthrough with all my SPECIAL stats set to 1. Along with that I’m not allowed to take and permanent SPECIAL stat bonus’ which means no SPECIAL stay implants nor can I take the intense training perk. So far it’s been pretty hard. Managed to get Power Armour training so I now have a “temporary” +2 strength which means my character doesn’t struggle to shoot with pistols. =P
You could record your experiences through writing/photos/videos and send it here: nowrongwaytoplay.tumblr.com
Subterfuge pro tip: Don’t make greedy deals with everyone.
This is good general life advice =P
Kind of tempted to do a run through Trails in the Sky again. I didn’t 100% it when I played through last time. But SC is out this week and Tales of Zestiria is tempting me as well.
On the upside I think there’s nothing left this year I care much about other than Cold Steel and the PC version of AssCreed since that’s back on my radar since it sounds like it’s good again this year.
Took me around a month to complete tits & I was on holiday
It’s about a 60 hour game I think. I could probably get through it faster second time around as I can largely skip through the content. Issue would be finding time on PC really though my laptop could run it with its eyes closed.
Happy Monday.
After a weekend of mayhem, including getting married, watching sport until stupid o’clock and dealing with a hangover or three, I’m now chilling out thinking about PAX. 🙂
Congratumalations man!
Ta. We meeting up tomorrow @ PAX? Or Saturday?
I’ll be there both of those days so… Both? 😀
Awesome. Right, how do we meet…? 😀 Drop me email with your mobile number?
Usually there’ll be a huge table of taybies in the boardgame section but I’ll send you an email shortly
GRATS!
Will you be staying up on Saturday night to watch the finals though?
Oh yes. I fully intend to carry on after the TAY Meat and possibly go to sports bar at crown…
Congrats mate, I had no idea!!!
You got married on the weekend? You are on here instead of spending the time with your new wife? I like your priorities.
*takes a bow*
Congratulations Trikey! 😀
Going on honeymoon anywhere? :*
Yeah, going away for a week or so a little later on to SE Asia.
@dc Seen today’s episode of the walking dead? I need to rant!
That was such a shitty end for someone who had been through so much. =( They could’ve done a lot better. Bloody Nicolas.Yeah, was pretty damn brutal. I wasn’t sure at first if it was Glenn that was actually being torn apart. (The other dude did land on top of him, but yeah, can’t see him surviving that.) I think the thing about The Walking Dead is not everyone can have a hero’s ending and that bad things happen to good people for no reason. Even though Glenn deserved better, I feel like stuff like this has to happen from time to time in the show. 🙁I know no one is safe, I get that, but I feel kind of betrayed. I was just as upset when Noah and Tyrese died. And Hershel.I just feel that it was a really crappy way to end him. He deserved something better, like if he was in a shootout.
I think they killed him because he was Rick’s moral compass too. Now Rick can go batshit insane.
First thing I said to Mr. Strange was “Glenn’s not dead. Unless intestines are suddenly located in ones neck!” 😛Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I think this is true as well. 🙂Pretty sure the showrunner confirmed he’s gone. And if they pull the he somehow survived card then that’s gonna undo all the amazing things they’ve done so far in this season.Yeah, Glenn is confirmed dead, also dead in the comics…. It seems the moral is, don’t help people, and don’t have Maggie care about you, or you are toast.Really don’t think he’s dead. The other guy was on top of him. His face was pretty horrified, but didn’t show the pain you’d expect if it really were his intestines being eaten.i really hope that is the case as I love Glenn as a characterOkay so I saw this episode weeks ago and have been sitting on it since then.
It was, hands down, one of the best character deaths of any TV show I’ve ever seen. I stopped watching TWD after S3 because it just kept spinning it’s wheels so this episode and the ones preceding it blew me away. And that ending with Rick in the Winnebago? Fucking amazing. This is how you make a zombie show and this is what should’ve happened a long time ago.I was all set to ignore The Last Witch Hunter but this changed my mind.
http://io9.com/the-last-witch-hunter-is-the-most-amazing-guilty-pleasu-1738222593
I actually kind of enjoy his films. They’re usually terrible, but I think he honestly gives it his best.
I don’t give a shit about critic reviews for that movie, I’m watching it.
Just scored myself one of those steel AV equipment boxes, about 80x60x80 I think, with casters and foam lining. Was just sitting there with a sign on it saying “FREE”.
Dunno what I could use it for, but surely it must be good for something. Might could store all my Guitar Hero controllers in there or something.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/NiceBox.jpg
Anddd FFXIV is downloading…
I’d better spend the next couple of days stocking up on Cola and potato chips….
Triforce Heroes is hilariously fun.
Cheerleader is best emote.
http://www.proradian.net/
I need some.
These should be the default – radians are so much nicer to work with.
Seeing Mark Hamill play a cut rate Joker knock off using his Jokers voice in The Flash is kind of a weird experience.
You never saw the 90s flash tv show? Pretty sure he was Trickster a few years before voicing joker.
Does he play it different at all?
They even show a still image from the 90s flash as an archival shot.
I haven’t seen it but that doesn’t surprise me. The versions of the Trickster I’ve seen weren’t just bad Jokers though. They were Flash’s Joker. It seems like an odd distinction but the difference in tone between Flash and Bats made it work.
Although considering I stopped watching the Flash because of the melodrama, I can see how he would just be a bad Joker.
I think it’s pretty close, but his Trickster came before his first Joker. That said seeing him play anything at all is a weird experience. Personally I consider Trickster an under developed Joker. He doesn’t rip the Joker off as much as that’s just the sort of lame character comics used to be over flowing with. Most of the Rogues have similar abilities and themes to Batman villains, but unlike Batman the Flash hasn’t had that same steady stream of gritty updates that turn a clown into a mastermind or an dude with an ice gun into a tragedy.
They do a good version in the Justice League animated series where Trickster is treated as a genuinely sick man, and the Flash helps him by getting him back on his medication and promising to stop by and visit him more often. It’s a great episode to watch before the modern Flash series. It’s a different take on the character but it does a really good job of showing what makes the Flash a good guy and the modern series seems to want to go down that same path.
That Flash episode was one of the better episodes of Justice League/Justice League Unlimited. Considering how good that show was, that’s a pretty tough ask.
Alien Isolation
I was having so much, fun. Challenging, but I could manage, made it to the reactor.
Face huggers are 1-hit kill bullshit.Is there anything I can do? By the time I realise one’s in the room I’m dead.
Aaah isn’t that reactor bit exccccciting!
Face huggers usually come with a screeching sound effect. The moment you hear it, start moving backward while aiming your flamethrower (preferred weapon if using a controller, a pistol would do with a mouse) at the floor. The hugger will come into range as it chases you for your face. Mind you, I did play on Easy, so could be different on other modes.Felt pretty much the same on… God, I can’t even remember what difficulty I was on. Presumably normal. Though I think by the end I just knew where all of them were thanks to running through it enough times. Trial and error, yay. :/I don’t have the skill 🙁
Advance slowly, look for eggs, I’m pretty sure they almost always hang out by them. Spray fire like a mothertrucker.
There’s eggs everywhere though. They littered the floor & were open when I first entered.
Eh, we’ll continue this next year, when I’m done with every other game I just bought / am about to buy.
Have you played Trails in the Sky? It’s on pc, so you won’t have to lower yourself to playing a filthy handheld.
It’s good & the sequel’s finally coming this week.
I played a few hours. Didn’t grab me.
And I have nothing against handhelds, Jimujim, I just have no place for them in my life.
YOR A HAYTER, A DAVID HAYTER
It is a slow burn before it clicks. Solid story & gameplay though. Thought you might dig it since you logged infinity hours into P4G
@jimu
P4G was, admittedly, a case of the right game at the right time. I was housesitting, so I only had my handheld with me, and so I sunk 90 hours into it in a fortnight. Helped that I loved basically everything about it. I can see there’s a lot to like in TitS, but I don’t know if I can sink that much time into it.
But why don’t you like everything I doooooo?
*cries*
I’m picking up Divinity Original Sin today, so won’t play Alien for a bit, expect more whining & requests for advice after xmas 😀
Also when doing that…
It can and most likely will also attract the bigger aliens in certain areas when you flame the face huggers so ensure you got a place to hide that you can get to ASAPI’ve reached the point where I’m done with Subterfuge. Any moves I can make to influence the game are only going to drag it out. I don’t want it to drag out, I want it over before PAX so that my phone will have precious battery.
or or
BRING TWO PHONES
its the most elegant solution.
I don’t think Subterfuge is for me, either.
I feel guilty about crushing Blaghman (even though he did pull a masterful counter on my martyr because I didn’t realize how sub-to-sub combat works, which sort of backfired because it meant I needed to evacuate a densely-populated node before it blew up, and his major factory was the best target for that, forcing my hand on an all-out offensive), and while currently in second place with a very, very good prospect at first, the only way to really seal the deal to win the game would be betrayal. I’m obviously doing it wrong, but I don’t like betrayal, even in games where that’s the point. I just avoid those games.
Ugh… woke up with the flu… 🙁
Nose is dripping like a tap, and my throat is sore.
Nooooooooo!
or in your case…
Dooooooooooooooh!
Okay, so Halo 5.
Is it true that you only play part of the game as Master Chief, and it does that shitty Halo3 thing of forcing you to play as different characters during the various stages of the game?
I hate that more than just about anything, I find it difficult to invest in the story when I start playing as one character, then am forced to play as another. Just don’t enjoy it.
Also been reading a few reviews that say the graphics are a bit sparse and off in places
Anyone have first hand experience of the below?
Metacritic score looks good though.
It was Halo 2 that switched between characters, and yes they’re doing the same thing in Halo 5. Some missions you’ll play as Locke, others you’ll play as Chief. I haven’t played the game myself, but the rumors were that you play as Locke much more than you do Chief.
You are right, it was Halo2. I hated the forced play-both-sides thing in Warcraft 3 as well 🙁
Looks like the campaing is basically uninspired anyway, so I’ll be giving it a miss.
I really hope they’re only using Locke to give a different perspective on the Chief’s story in preparation for a much fuller and more satisfying all-Chief 6. Because as far as replacement protagonists go, I’m not a fan.
It’s fps, how can you even tell?
Played a computer game instead of RPGing last night, but it was incredibly fun
Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes http://www.keeptalkinggame.com/
Its a communication game, and you have to guide someone in disarming a bomb you cant see, while you read from instructions the defuser cant see.
Soooooo awesome.
@tech_knight and my brothers did quite well 🙂
Although, part of me wishes it happened like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_WmV50e7c
Yeah, it is great fun, we play it using the Oculus, so much fun, but can be a relationship breaker 🙂
it won’t ruin relationships like subterfuge will
Hi Buuuuuuuuddy
so glad I’m not going to pax :p
*waves*
*Cries*
F**k that game… finishing defusing the bomb on my screen with 6.8 seconds to spare, never again! :'(
It’s the perfect kind of nerve-wracking.
What are you guys doing? Since when do we get to page 3 by Tuesday these days? I was expecting to stroll in today and just have to read, like, 20 comments.
Hi!
I took the whole week off work so I’ve been relaxin’ to the max(in’)
Spent most of the last few days setting up a Living Pokedex (ie. one of every Pokemon [all stages of evolution, etc] stored in Pokedex-order) in Pokemon Bank. Nowhere near complete yet but it’s getting there. I’m focusing on just completing the Hoenn Dex for now (only 2 or 3 away!)
PAX SOON
Well, I bet TAY dies thursday while everyone is in transit.
We should battle soon. Very soon.
Also give me a yell if there’s anything you are having trouble getting for the living dex.
The main things that I’m going to struggle with are things like Jirachi, etc. You can get most everything between XY/ORAS so I should be okay.
I’ll fill it up as best I can by myself and worry about those sort of guys later on.
It’s cos im back on TAY! *breathes life into TAY* dammit inhale it! it’s life!
After spending around half a year playing Dragon Age: Inquisition and loving it, it’s all kinds of wrong that I had no idea there were more DLC chapters after the first. Especially considering one is apparently kind of the “true ending”.
I only found out because I noticed on the sidebar when searching for this week’s TAY that there was an article about DA:I’s DLC being a mess.
Has anyone played them?
Talk to @freya, she’s the Dragon Age tragic
I was going to tag her and @dc but it’s been so long I couldn’t remember her exact username. I’m the worst First Lady ever! 😛
I’d say that forgetting things is a sign that you’re the best (old) First Lady!
First Lady as in she was literally the first lady.
The Seven Daughters of Eve have nothing on ol’ Strangey.
Haven’t played any of the DLC, but I want to! (Have played The Witcher 3 DLC, though. I don’t know how that relates to any thing.)
#helping
Not yet. It sort of annoys me that they put the “true ending” in a DLC though.
I have them all and have played none. Well. Bits of some. I got started on the Deep Roads one, whatever that’s called. It had some interesting mechanics and good gear, but the very real concern is outlevelling the rest of the game.
Hi Strange!
I’m grabbing the Goty edition to save bux.
I only own one of the DLC (Jaws of Hakkon) and I’m waiting until the others go on sale. I can’t justify paying as much as I did for the game for DLC.
I’ve seen some people play parts of Trespasser (the “true ending”) and it looks pretty good…but not $25 worth of good.
Yeah, I own Jaws Of Hakkon as well, and barely played it.
I’ll definitely get the Trespasser one before the next game, but I was actually really happy with the end of the game, both on my “true” playthrough where I romanced Solas, and my second one where I went for Cullen. As far as relationships with my team went, it was all pretty great and warm and fuzzy, and to be honest, my team was all I cared about, not the overarching storyline.
So, @alexwalker, you were right about the Goo campaign in Grey Goo. I am only 2 missions in, but it isn’t fun at all, which is quite the achievement given that I am a total sucker for this kind of game and adored the Beta and Human campaigns.
Has anyone played the Emergence DLC? Is it worth getting? I’m probably just going to power through the Goo campaign to see how the story plays out, and I will probably end up buying the DLC if it isn’t a broken mess.
Yeah. Fucking heartbreaking how much of a damp squib that campaign is.
On the bright side, Chaos Reborn looks like it has a meaty SP to jump into. I bought it this morning and I might try and get a little bit in over the next couple of days pre-PAX (if I can).
Sigh. I still haven’t played all the way through the X-com campaign yet. I made some pretty major progression blunders in my current attempt, and last night my whole team got massacred by Chrysallids during a terror mission so I think I might have to abandon it and start again.
Once I beat that (and I will! Eventually…..), might give CR a go – saw the article on it this morning, looks pretty slick.
If you liked Grey Goo have you tried Act of Aggression? @alexwalker for RTS interests =p
I had a look, but it’s a bit pricey. Also the reviews looked a bit meh.
It’s too C&C Generals for me, a game that I never really took a shine to.
Heard of this one? http://store.steampowered.com/app/228880
Of course! Any news coming out about DX12 is basically an advertisement for Ashes of the Singularity at this point — but consequently, I’ve heard very little about Ashes as a game.
Turns out I have been living under a rock – only found it through the suggested games queue on Steam.
Playing Tomb Raider: Anniversary for the first time (I think) in anticipation of Rise of The Tomb Raider. This is where I had stopped playing Tomb Raider as a kid because weak computer and studies. Even now I wouldn’t be able to play Underworld because my laptop won’t handle it and that makes me sad.
Anyway, I love the atmosphere of Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Love the solitary exploration. And the music and sound effects. Wolf howls give me the chills and I go trigger happy. Just finished the first two levels. Can’t wait to finish work and get back to it.
That & the latest reboot are the only two I actually finished. I played the original trilogy on PSX but never got far.
I played the original trilogy and 4 and 5 as a kid although I am not sure if I ever completed them. Loved them though.
Yeah, they were pretty good. Tried replaying 2 last year, not the same 🙁
(I happily replay a bunch of PSX)
I cannot replay any of the originals from TR 1 to 5, because after so long, those controls just take the fun out. Maybe I will return to them someday.
It’s funny, I love the restrictions of classic Resident Evil control, but yeah, feels wrong in TR.
Seriously considering buying
Wet VerminsWET Vermintide. Looks like a lot of fun, especially for the price.Just a heads up there seems to be some server stability issues in terms of teaming up with friends. sircoffeegus and I had a few attempts yesterday but kept disconnecting from each other’s games or getting booted when we’d attempt to join!
That said it’s still an awful lot of fun even with a group of randoms! Defs worth it if you enjoyed L4D. Also like L4D i imagine servers will be a bit barren in a few months so play it while you can!
Try again later today @sircoffeegus?
Fair enough, thanks for the info!
Greetings!
Yeah I was able to play for one full length mission last night, but even then, we still had lag and drop out’s with the other players. As @pupp3tmast3r said, it is a lot of fun when it’s all working 🙂
So yeah, definitely keen to give it another go tonight. Same time as last night?
Yeah lets give it another go; same time! I managed to get one match in before I had to go cook dinner
Great! See ya online then 🙂
Just wanted to send a quick message to say thanks @pupp3tmast3r for game last night, I had a lot of fun and I appreciate your patience! 🙂
all good! again tonight?
I am keen but I won’t be home till later as Thurs as I am catching up with a mate tonight. I will shoot you a message on steam if you are still on when I get home. Got 3 mates with the game now so if the stars align we should all be able to group up 🙂
Dammit, I thought there was some kind of sequel to this for a second.
For anyone that can’t get to a K-Mart, Target has the 1TB PS4 with Unchartered Remastered for $412 with free delivery at the moment via ebay. Missed out on the 512GB with uncharted for $313!
Do any of the kmarts still have them?
I’d imagine the ebay resellers would have been lining up and rushing the doors first thing.
Me too. I was quite annoyed when all the Kmarts ran out of stock. It was my fault anyway, I went on a half day long soul searching journey about whether or not I NEEDED a PS4 after learning of the sale. Even now I haven’t placed my order at Target.
For fuck’s sake.
http://www.sxsw.com/news/2015/sxsw-statement-hugh-forrest
So the response to this was basically,
“Durr, get these womanz out of our gamez and shit! LOLOLOL!!111”
Why can’t these asshats just drop off the earth?
That response is exactly the fucking reason those panels needed to happen in the first place.
Yep. Shitty response to a shitty act. Not helping.
Today can go to hell. Ugh… so tired… “I’ll just find something short to watch on Netflix while I have some ice cream before bed…” “Oo, Ip Man 2… I’ll just watch a bit…” *two and a half hours later* “Goddammit, Netflix.”
Played a little bit of DBXV last night for the first time in a while. It’s by no means perfect, but still such a fun game. I’m keen for more multi if anyone else is. @sernobulus @pixel_the_ferret_viking @cakesmith @powalen (?) whoever else has it.
I’m keen! Did some rejigging of the router yesterday so maybe? Hopefully? It has helped 😛
I hope rejigging means “tactical melting”…
We can always jump in and find out if it worked! Also, if this fixes DBXV it should do the same for GTA
If it hasn’t I think a sledge hammer is a viable option for a hard reset 😛
Go full passive-aggressive and sneak down in the middle of the night and stick a label on it that says “I’M SHIT”.
Devious! I love it
It has been a while since Esky’s last adventure
Best name
I don’t think Little Green has ever met Esky! That needs to happen.
Nob can bring the Esky, I’ll bring Snacks, and you can provide a Little Green.
Best party.
“My name is Dend-“LITTLE GREEN!
Kinda got burnt out on that game after seeing how much grinding was involved 😛
I’ve done very little grinding, and I’ve finished the main story and most of the PQs. Granted some of the PQ fights are samey, though.
EDIT: FYI doing PQs in multi means you can punch far above your level.
PAX BOARD GAMES
So I may have just picked up a copy of Codenames. The game is simple: two spymasters give clues to their teammates to pick the right words from the grid. First team to pick all of their words wins. Clues are along the lines of: “hot, 2”. Meaning that their team needs to find two words that relate to “hot”. Guess wrong and it’s the other team’s turn. Guess really wrong (there’s an assassin word hidden in there somewhere) and you instantly lose.
It looks really fun.
There’s also an hourglass that anyone can use at any time to hurry people up.
I’m also planning on bringing Hanabi because Hanabi. @redartifice wants to play Village and I’m sorely tempted to bring it but it could be a little tricky. We’ll see what happens there.
Who is bringing what and is there anything anyone is hoping to try out? Personally, I’m hoping they’ve got Alchemists in the board game library this year. I’ve heard a lot of talk and still can’t work out if it’s the sort of thing I’d like or not.
EDIT: I’m genuinely looking at my board games and trying to work out which ones can be packed in with other games.
I’ll bring Monopoly.
Well that is the first 2 days of PAX fully booked
I haven’t payed a lot of attention to what’s been coming out the last year or so, so happy to try most things. Hoping to pick up some new stuff for the collection as well.
I wanted to bring along Heart of Crown (or Barbarossa :P) but only if people are interested in trying it, esp. Heart of Crown since it’ll require me spending some time to print & cut out updated paste-ups (I updated the ones I made on BGG but never actually printed them out for myself)
I’d play Barbarossa and @beeawwb is keen.
Maybe will bring HoC one day and Barbarossa the other. Heart of Crown is the better game by far.
I am bringing commander decks. I may throw in Qwirkle
I can fit Village (with Inn and Port), Eminent Domain: Microcosm, Hanabi and Codewords into the same box. Now that I’ve done that, I’m starting to think it’s a terrible idea.
I think a few small box games are going to be the go. We’ll have to rely on the library for everything else.
I can fit Hanabi, Love Letter and Province in one box (did last year) but I won’t. figure there’ll be the library and if I really want a filler game I’ll acquire on-site
I’m definitely bringing Codenames (why did I think it was Codewords? I have the box literally in front of me) because it seems like a fantastic game for this kind of setup.
You want to play Village, so I was willing to take it. After thinking about it for a few minutes, I changed my mind. There’s too high a risk of losing something important with that game.
Filler games are easy to chuck in a bag, so I’ll definitely have a few on me. Hanabi is a PAX tradition. Other games are just a matter of convenience.
Because it came today, I’m going to bring Burgle Bros with me, because it seems really cool
I would love to have a game of Qwirkle, and I think Batboy would like that one too.
Will do
I don’t really have anything to bring (unless people want to play Forbidden Island?) but I’ll play pretty much anything that’s going on.
Is it like Ugg-tect where there’s a set list of commands that you’re allowed to use for your team?
Nope. You give single word hints that are about the meaning of the words (and can’t include any words that are currently showing). It looks dead simple and will make sense immediately once you see it in front of you.
So like a more structured and logical dixit?
Not technically a board game, but if someone has a laptop we could try Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes which sounds like a lot of fun.
I’m really hoping that’s going to be set up somewhere.
Yeah seems like someone will have it
I reckon I’ve hit my peak stress level today for this year… Blergh.
Missed deadlines, more deadlines coming and I’ll probably miss a few of those too.
Wish I could just sacrifice
a goata day and get myself back on track but can’t see it happening soon.Can see myself about to make foolish decisions – spending money on stuff I really won’t use, eating shit food and getting frustrated/angry at stupid stuff around home.
Anyone have some simple practical tips for reducing stress? Right now my brain is shorting and I pretty much need someone to tell me what to do.
I just let it build up and overwhelm me until I either have a public meltdown attacking my friends or stroke out.
I… I wouldn’t recommend it.
As someone who stresses lots and lots and lots. I find meditation to help me. I just sit quietly for 20 minutes alone and just try and move all my thoughts out of my brain. not in a aggressive way just when you start thinking about stuff just aknowledge it and let it move on. It sounds stupid but it really does help.
How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time. Focus on short term wins, reorganise priorities to more realistic times, and if work’s dumping stuff on you you have to manage up- say to your manager “I’m really sorry my plate is full.” Control your work, don’t let it control you.
So, I faced a similar situation a while back. Work was piling up, I was missing deadlines, things were slipping under the radar (which was making me even more stressed!), yeah..
It’s a pretty shit situation to be in, but there are a few things you can do to work through it.
1. If you don’t have one, get a to-do list going. I would highly recommend a digital one (https://todoist.com/ is my one) – put everything that needs doing on there, as soon as it comes up. Take some time out, and make sure everything is on there.
2. Prioritize. This is why digital lists = best lists. Move shit around, and put that list of yours into order of priority. When new stuff comes up, add it to the list where it fits in terms of priorities.
3. Start from the top, and work your way through. Knock off one thing at a time – being able to cross stuff off the list is actually pretty satisfying.
4. When you start to feel overwhelmed / stressed / panicked – just stop. Take a time out. Go for a walk, go for a run, hit the gym, make some food, have a nap – whatever takes you to your happy place. The goal is to clear your head.
Before I started, I thought this was a terrible idea (OHMYGOD I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO LOOK AT THE LIST! I COULDN’T POSSIBLY TAKE A TIME OUT!). I cannot stress enough how wrong I was. You would be amazed at how much your productivity drops off when you are tired/stressed/angry/etc. Take your time, clear your head, and get back to it fresh. If you have a task that will take 2 hours, taking half an hour to refresh and working for 2 hours at 100% will get it done faster than stressing and working at 50% for 4 hours.
Honestly, it sounds like you’re in the perfect mindset to take some annual leave. It doesn’t need to be about going somewhere; just take a Friday/Monday off and have a 4 day weekend to yourself.
Plenty of people seem to like colouring-in as an alternative to meditation, and I have to say it’s been working for me lately. It’s methodical and requires concentration, meaning that it it helps to quieten the other noise in your mind.
Journalling can also help, and exercise too.
Exercise or jerk off.
Both work wonders.
This is very, very, very, very non-PC and quite probably unhealthy, but I was having a mild crisis about this before the weekend.
Just internally snarled at myself to harden the fuck up. Tough love.
I took my idiot brain into my office, and growled at it that I wasn’t putting up with its shit any more. It was going to look back at what I’ve done, what I’m capable of, where I’ve been, and it was going to recognize that when shit got its hardest I survived by not being a fucking pussy. Did it really think I was going to put up with its bullshit excuses anymore? I. AM. TRANSIENT FUCKING MIND. And that fucking whining little shit of a brain was going to GET BACK TO FUCKING WORK. No excuses just get it done.I worked fucking hard, fucking long, then I went and got fucking drunk and slept like a log before getting up to do it all over again.
Seemed to work, I’m back on top of things, after that burst of motivation. Sliding backwards, but I’ll deal with it.
The only real way to reduce the stress is to reduce the stuff coming in.
You can do that potentially by better efficiency/time management etc. but at some point there is a need to turn some of the deadlines down, and tell the client/boss/deadline-setter that they are not going to be met, more time or resources are needed, or some need to be shifted to someone else.
That is hard to do, it is confronting and it is always difficult to admit that we are not superheroes and can’t always save everyone… but the alternative is that the deadlines won’t get met anyway, and everyone will be more pissed off, and you work/worry yourself into an early grave. Take a deep breath, get the courage up and let them know what can and can’t be done, before it gets any worse.
Holy shit.
Don Bluth is doing a kickstarter for making a full animated film out of Dragon’s Lair.
Shame they’ve gotten the backer reward tiers so broken. I would have backed it but the minimum to actually get a copy of the film is $125 and fuck that.
Actually that’s not a copy of the film, that’s a copy of the Blu-Ray version of Dragoon’s Lair.
Really not sure how to feel about this. =(
Oh so they’re kickstarting a pitch to a publisher? Fuck that shit sideways.
Ugh. Not sure if I want to get a black n3DS from that Target thing. But $165, pretty good price.
Also kinda wanna get GH Live and return it at the $109, get that $30 back 😛
I caved, didn’t want to keep tossing and turning over it and just get back to work already >.>
I got the XL a couple of weeks ago – it’s awesome.
MH4U is pretty good, tossing up whether to get Pokemon XY or Shovel Knight as the next game.
I picked up the Majora nXL when it came out last year. Gave it a run of about 25 hours in MH4, decided I hated it, got rid of it on eBay and went back to my 3XL 😛
Having gotten an original model 3DS again, as much as I like the more comfortable curved body and improved buttons of the XL, I sorely miss that small form factor.
If I’d known you were getting rid of a Majora nXL I’d probably have made an offer 😛
At least this way I got to make a small amount of profit without feeling guilty 😛
I keep alternating between love and hate for MH4, not sure if I’ll play it all the way through but we’ll see.
Having never played a Zelda game before I was going to start with Ocarina, but I reckon I might be a bit sick of 3rd-person RPGs by the time I hang up MH4 that I’ll try something different.
Oh, I meant the 3DS itself. Didn’t like the hardware at all.
I quite loved MH4. Think I spent something like 160 odd hours on it? Around there, anyway. Though there is always an element of hate to it, with certain things lacking finesse or just feeling unfairly brutal at times. But I was perfectly happy to call it a day once I hit the credits.
Oh shit
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/10/a-tasmanian-studio-is-turning-party-golf-into-a-console-game/
I’ve been taught by two of the guys making this and one of the project groups this year was making a game for them and going to PAX with them. Kinda cool
Oh shit 2: Watching the video on Kickstarter and a couple of my friends are in it
Tuesday TAYShot (Not that we need it. Page 4? WTF is this? Last year?)
If we ever reached a Soylent Green (it’s over 40 years old. No spoiler warning) style euthanasia (and not necessarily for making food out of) process where you go out to nice peaceful music and relaxing scenes… What music would you want playing for your “going home”?
For me, it’s Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1. Such a relaxing piece of solo piano. Never fails to soothe my nerves when I listen to it.
Hymn to Freedom – Oscar Peterson
The applause is a nice touch.
In the End, by Linkin Park.
But seriously, stuff that. Let me play the Half Life 2 campaign through one last time (I’m assuming this scenario is within the next 80 years, so HL3 won’t be out yet), pump some metal tunes, go out doing what I love.
It’d probably have to be Beyond The Realms Of Death.
True story: I was going to reply to my own post with “In before Gooky chooses some Judas Priest song”
Hahaha, so pre-diddly-ictable 😛
But I do really like that one though. Plus it seems kinda fitting, too.
Not really sure
Maybe O fortuna
Ahh yes, the Carmina Burana, source of such great songs as Shopkeeper, give me colour:
It’s really much more romantic in the original German (it isn’t).
Bawdy poetry is the best poetry.
Butts.
Related! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwrgAnx6Q8
Hahahaha oh dear, but that is hilarious
Going Home by Dire Straits.
Just this on a loop.
If it wasn’t PAX week I probably would have jumped at that Xbone for $320.
Why does PAX always seem to be at the worst time possible? It’s like they’ve looked at when all the things happen in Australia, pick the weekend with the most cross section and say “There! That’ll cause the most problems!”
Apparently the date was locked in as one of the only where you can book out the entire convention centre.
No one else wants to compete with the stupid horse race.
It’s totally what they do. Bastards.
Looks like it’s already sold out; I’d kill for an article that just put all the sales for consoles in one place D=
Watch for a sudden influx of consoles appearing on ebay.
Xbone is great! With all the console exclusives like Sunset Overdrive, Halo and … Uhhh …. Did I say Halo?
Titanfall, three Forzas and a Tomb Raider timed exclusive…
EDIT: has a few good ones in development too.
3 forza’s seems a little overboard. Although if they make one more it will be four forza.
They can call it 4-za
#everypageispage6
Also, Titanfall is on PC so I don’t really count it as exclusive to the Xbone.
I literally just want Rare Replay.
Yeah I keep getting really close to buying it. Hoping for it to show up really cheap somewhere.
Brah, it was like $40 at launch which was already super cheap in my books. I was scared they’d charge full price for it D:
I wanna play Quantum Break and Tomb Raider. *flails arms*
I just finished Spec Ops: The Line (so yes, I am traumatized, thanks) and now I’m gonna move on to the Tomb Raider reboot which I have actually not yet played.
Oooooh, enjoy bud. LOVED Spec Ops. <3
That was brutal. Made me wonder what kind of psychological trauma a game could inflict with better execution. Maybe even not necessarily games. Books, movies… Dunno. Felt like more people should experience that descent in a more modern take on Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness.
Also, let’s visit Australia when it’s hot as balls.
Not that bad, they could have done early Feb
Some of the Supreme Overlords aren’t even aware of Melbourne Cup.
I love the zipper foot.
I’ve been using my narrow rolled hem foot. It’s been super handy since my overlocker decided to go on strike.
SOFUGIYS(*EYTOHILWAKN#TSR!
I just looked that up. I need one of those. WHY DON’T I HAVE ONE OF THOSE.
It’s a bit fiddlier to use than the overlocker version, but Mr Overlocker needs to visit the mechanic. (the left needle is catching the lower looper and it results in a horrible clackety noise and broken threads. Rethreading an overlocker is NOT FUN).
Fiddly or not, it looks like it’s a million times better than sitting here for a couple of hours and meticulously pinning out the hem so it’ll stay in place as I work my way through.
I do that but then on top of that my machine is hand operated. Sit there cranking the handle, one stitch at a time.
Ew. I already feel like I don’t have enough hands, it’d suck to lose one to just running the thing.
Need to upgrade to one of those antique pedal-powered machines 😛
To be fair I can also stitch four or five layers of leather together and there’s not really many sewing machine that can do that.
I just ordered a rolled hem foot and an invisible zipper foot.
What’s the difference between that and a… visible(?) zipper foot?
Invisible zippers have to be sewn on upside down. The zippers also curl, so the invisible zipper foot has channel to hold the zip so it doesn’t sew over the teeth.
Woo, our overlocker’s playing nice! Well, it is now that I’ve actually threaded it properly. That stupid sideways needle with its loop on the left side that isn’t really shown on the diagram so I always forget about it then wonder why it trips over itself… but yeah, no need to hunt down a rolled hem foot or spend an eternity pinning out the edges. For now at least 😛
I love the invisible zipper foot more.
Anyone got like a rough schedule of all the cool panels they want to see at PAX?
I didn’t mind them in the first year but only went to one in the 2nd. Wouldn’t mind going to more this year but I’d need some line buddies 😛
Depending on what’s on, I might be up for some panels.
I haven’t looked at the schedule yet. No time >_>
Keen on the Food Fight with @markserrels on the Friday evening, and I think on the Sunday is the Geek Parenting panel. I didn’t go to any last year, so at least one this year would be good.
I think I might have to stream that from home. Don’t have time to get home after that and get ready for Dapper Meat in time. And Mrs Tigs will kill me if she doesn’t have time to get her pretty dress sorted
Yeah, I’m hopeful that I get to go, but there’s also a very good chance that Batboy will burn out by 4pm. So I’ll just see how it goes.
I made a list of some random ones I was interested in but haven’t spent any time on it as I have no idea how Tiglet is going to go. So if I feel like seeing a panel and have the chance to I’ll see what is on
Sup all? Managed to score myself a DS Lite in Turquoise Blue today, which wikipedia tells me wasn’t a common release colour \o/ shame about it not coming with a stylus =(
How’s everyone else going?
I got myself a crimson+black Lite the other day, the best looking one of all of them. Complete in box and everything!
Though the box got a little squashed in the post. Dammit.
Oh nice. I wish this one came with the box 🙁 At least this one came with the damn charger this time hahaha.
Oh actually you know what else was really nice? The navy one! I think it was only release in South Korea or something? A friend of mine imported one, way back when. But didn’t have the charger for it, of course. He ended up swiping one from a Connection Tour when they were packing things up 😛
How much did you score yours for?
I got it for free 😛 I also got 7 xbox 360 games for $5 haha.
Can’t complain too much about that then 😛
I’m just glad this time it came with a charger, last time I got a DS it had no charger lol. But I did pay $10 for it haha.
Spent the whole day in bed with the flu. 🙁
But FFXIV should be finished downloading by tomorrow morning! \o/
No more pinning 🙁 My knees can’t take it any more, standing and leaning over the table for ages and ages and ages.
Must be getting too old 😛
Get an adjustable table, I set my table to 45 degrees, and drape and pin and save my back.
You’re not meant to put the pins in your knees afaik 😛
HIGH-FIVING MYSELF RIGHT NOW
This collar has turned out so awesome. It pretty much *exactly* how I pictured, and doing exactly what I want it to.
Now to actually attach it 😛
Well that’s annoying. I don’t usually feel as drained as this by this point of an all-nighter.
Welcome to old!
No! It can’t be true!
…
SECOND WIND IS GO!
Woke up at 5:30 because I wanted to go to work early. But then got caught up in the Sony conference to feel butthurt as I don’t even own a PS4.
Then played Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Just a little bit. But it’s already late. RUN!
Hi everybody!
If anyone’s still interested in getting the Fallout 4 Pipboy Edition apparently EB will be releasing “final units” for PS4 and Xbone and 12pm today.
In other news, if anyone cares DriveClub Bikes has been released on the Playstation Store. It’s $22.95 for the expansion, or $29.95 for a standalone copy.
Edit: Forgot to mention those Pipboy Editions are only going to be available on the EB Games website.
Holding on to a couple of units and doing a last-minute online sale seems to be becoming a standard for EB. I don’t judge them for doing it (they’re a business responding to demand) but it’s a fairly shit experience for the customer.
Bethesda themselves released extra units on their website yesterday.
*shrugs* Business acting like a business. I’m just happy I have no desire to fight for one.
…granted it’s because I was quick enough to get one when the first went up. *waves “Consumer Whore” flag*
*waves “And how!” flag behind Rize*
Consumer whores unite!
😛
Most of these are probably cancelled pre-orders, or Bethesda have given them more stock.
Oh cool. I let my mate know who all of a sudden wanted a Pip Boy edition for Xbone. So hopefully he can get one. Cheers dude!
Good luck to him.
..wow, that sounds cynical. I’m being sincere, I swear!
Haha yeah, I dunno if he will be able to though, since he’s at work and all, especially since he’s a chef..
RABBLE RABBLE still no Pipboy Editions on the website :'(
Ah, my bad. The email I got from EB said 12pm AEST, which is apparently in roughly 40 minutes.
Yeah, just saw a tweet. Don’t know why I care, my arm is too thick anyway and I have already ordered the standard edition on PC/XBone :\
Thank yooooouuu. I got my order in 🙂 Now I have two copies on Xbone heading my way O_O
@redartifice Saw your message this morning about my plans in Subterfuge, and this came to mind:
https://youtu.be/GXeOlcctd9g?t=6m23s
(I think you’re massively overestimating my game plan. I’m hitting things.)
Oh, @virus ? Or whoever was looking for a 2gb graphics card. I’ll probably be upgrading from my 670 at some point in the near future, if that would fit the bill.
Ooh, yes that was me! How much were you wanting for it?
Something? I dunno.
Also, when were you wanting it? Was it soon?
Haha fair enough, I have no idea what’s fair I don’t wanna go ripping anyone off here 😛
Probably sometime after November 9th, or whenever you’re ready to part with it really!
$50? It was just gonna end up in a drawer otherwise.
However I was looking into the 980ti today and kinda balked at the $1000+ current pricetag. So I might hold off till next year and hope for a price drop/better exchange rate.
I’m assuming you want it to Fallout so that probably does not help you :/
edit: People are trying to flog em on ebay for $200!
Tell em they’re dreaming.
Yeah, so sad that the 980Ti is the 1k price range.
It’s all good, i’ll keep hitting up eBay, in hopes someone offloads something cheap in the mean time lol.
Yeah those people can gtfo, sadly they’re getting those prices some how, yet no one is interested in my 8800GTS 😛 It was like the 2nd best Nvidia GPU for its time! Not that it works from memory ha.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Quantic Dream is my Space Maureen.How’s PAX North shaping up this year?
I’ve only played Fahrenheit many many years ago. I’ve got to get around to Heavy Rain one day, I want to ‘Press X to Jason’.
There’s a Remastered collection of Heavy Rain/Beyond: Two Souls coming soon.
I don’t own a PS4, only an Xbone and PS3 /o\
Press X to make contrived emotional choice about being bitter that film rejected you.
Always dissing everything I like. :'(
Just cause it’s not your thing doesn’t mean you have to be so dismissive.
I want you to just like me. I don’t want any competition.
Don’t mind me. Just riles me up that the minute I get excited about a Quantic Dream game there’s a chorus of folk dismissing it and making emotion jokes. Always. Frustrating as. It’s usually the first response I ever get and basically ends any conversation right there. Bah. DC’s not up for human interaction today. 😛
Cmon man. How many times have we done this? I have all his games and enjoy them all as much as I enjoy riling you up. You know this.
🙁 Sorry Freeze.
I saw that pre edit.
When I get back we are going to Mexican to drink cheap shitty beers and eat too much corn products.
Sign me up!
Well to be fair to the emotions comments that was pretty much all the trailer was. That and some really cool tech. I haven’t played any of the games, but they are some of the few that are pushing me to get a console.
And it was very much a film trailer, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. I have absolutely no idea what the ‘game’ will be. All it has given me is a world and a story. But the world and story is interesting to me, many games would be better if they had that much focus on story during there development.
Still in bed with this flu, head hurts so much… 🙁
New David Cage Game looks interesting!
MUH EMOTIONS!
TV Shows!
Season 2 of Fargo is awesome so far. I like addition of Jeffrey Donovan, I also see Bruce Campbell is going to be playing Ronald Regan, that should be interesting.
Also started watching ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ watched the first season on the weekend, pretty good, I like the idea of the show, even if it can be a bit over the top drama-wise at times.
I will actually watch anything with Bruce in it. I am going to get a subscription to Stan just so I can watch the new Evil Dead series.
Quick question on Fargo (the movie and the tv show) – are they funny? My girlfriend is very into comedies, and I quite like the Coen brothers, but she isn’t that into crime shows/movies, so if it isn’t that funny I don’t want to make her sit through it.
It’s more crime than comedy, though it does have a streak of very dark humour and a sort of comedy of manners thing to it. Unpacks the concept of “Minnesota Nice”- where people’s manner and culture actually mask some really dark shit.
Fargo Season 1 was my favourite thing on television last year.
Haha same. He was my favourite supporting actor in Burn Notice, him & Jeffrey Donovan made a great team in that show.
I haven’t seen the movie sadly (I really should..) it’s pegged as a Black Comedy/Crime Drama, I can kinda see that in it, but it’s more crime drama in my opinion. So it’s right up my alley haha.
SEE THE MOVIE
SEE THE MOVIE
SEE THE MOVIE
Curious, actually, what did you think about the supermarket guy finding a bag of money in Fargo S1?It’s on my Netflix to watch list, which I honestly meant to watch before I watched TV series, but I let my subscription lapse, so yeah I didn’t get around to it 🙁 But it’s $10 on Blu-Ray at JB so i’ll just go buy it lol.
I found that interesting and would like to know who left that money there, was it intentional for him to find? Cause it sorted played to be that way, rather than “god” looking out for him, heh. I also found him to be sleazy, and a piece of shit, especially to his son, who just wanted his approval and love.I’m trying to be honest with Fargo, going to watch it on SBS 2. I did like the premiere, and there’s some really cool actors in it this season.
Fair enough! There are, Ted Danson is kind of a surprise, but I kinda like him here, I didn’t like him in CSI and it’s been a long time since i’ve seen Becker or Cheers heh. Also that Matt Damon look-a-like from Breaking Bad is in it lol.
Meth Damon!
Yeah that’s the bloke hahaha.
So that new Humble Bundle hey? – seems they are on a bit of a roll in the lead-up to their first monthly bundle
Too many moneys to spend though – I missed that sale on the old MSI GT72, but the new model (back at the original $3.5k price and with Windows 10) significantly ups the processor spec so it won’t be the gaming bottleneck for that 8Gb 980M… so here’s hoping there’s a bit of a sale at the end of the year to get it down closer to the $3k mark.
…also Kickstarter!..
Sure a lot of promising little video games have gone unfunded recently, but damn some of those miniatures games are tempting! – So far my eye is on the new Super Dungeon Explore (essentially a new edition version of the original set, but with alternate sculpts so there’s still something for the original fans), and Rivals: Masters of the Deep… best described as a battle between Cthulu, Sharktopus and Bioshock Big Daddies as a cute chibi tactics game :3
Bought it for Divinity: Dragon Commander, stayed for…. Divinity: DC.
Speaking of which, anyone want a steam key for Spintires? I cannot for the life of me see the appeal of driving games.
That one is apparently really odd, less of a driving game and more of a, I don’t know adventure game in trucks.
I really, really enjoyed Dragon Commander.
Each of its components (RPG, RTS, Turn-based Strategy) were exceptionally light and shallow compared to full games in the genre, but somehow they all combined to create a whole greater than the sum of their parts.
Yeah it looks fantastic. I have loved that ‘jump into the action’ mechanic ever since Dungeon Keeper.
Also, Bundlestars (https://www.bundlestars.com/en/) are having a sale on Deep Silver games, pretty hefty discounts (60-75% off) on the Saints Row and Metro games.
that’s relatively common nowadays though – like their $15 Shadows of Mordor bundle that sort of just kept going – but GreenManGaming just put up some good Halloween deals as well
Wow, Contagion 4 pack for $6. I bought that a while ago during a Steam sale and never got a good chance to play it cause not many people own it. It looks like a lot of fun, though.
Any other TAYbies interested in giving Contagion a go? I only need one Steam key, and I have 4…
I can be like Oprah! YOU GET A KEY, AND YOU GET A KEY! EVERYONE GETS A KEY!
Looks like something I would be interested in, but I just looked at the minimum requirements and it looks like I won’t be able to run it.
Apparently I bought it in June last year.
I have no memory of this and it have never installed it.
Probably the same time I got it. It was like $2 or something, and there was a vague plan to play it some time. I think @f4ction has it too?
Looks like @aliasalpha, @pixel_the_ferret_viking and @sernobulus have it as well.
I do?
I know I do, I had a quick bash at it but nothing beyond that since I didn’t know anyone else who had it and it was kind of crap single player
I may have gifted it to you? I bought a four pack back in the day
Possibly!
Half the time I look at my Steam list these days and think “when the hell did I buy that?”. I just assume Steam sale most of the time.
Damned 4 pack for $20.39 too. Looks like it could be alright, basically it looks like a horror version of Evolve.
Yeah, it’s not bad. I always had trouble finding friends to play with 🙁
Backed the SDE Kickstarter the instant I saw it and right now if you like that game at all you’d be nuts not to. There’s so much stuff and they keep adding more to it without it being a ridiculous addon-fest like Forgotten King was.
I also just backed El Alamein (the Barbarossa sequel) and on the games side have a fair bit tied down in the kickstarter for Muvluv as well.
If you’re looking at the GT72, one thing to keep in mind with MSI laptops is that the trackpads they use right now are shit. I have a GS60 which was made just before Win 10 release and oh my god. I didn’t think it was possible to make something worse than Synaptics shit effort but the ELAN shit in it is the worst trackpad I’ve used since the old Acer I had at university.
I was happy enough to get all the FK stuff at the time, but that’s more cause I really liked some of the extra minis like the Tabbybrook mage and the zombies warband – I definitely need to budget for the new set though cause I need more derpy kobolds for the collection! :p
Check out Rivals as well though
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wheelhouse/rivals-masters-of-the-deep-0
like SPM these guys seem to have worked out some really good shipping prices for Australia, and there are a lot of adorable minis in the box at a very reasonable price.
I know the current MSI trackpads are a bit bleh, but since it’s for gaming and design work the trackpad will see cursory use at best – I’m more interested in what’s under the hood, and their typically solid backlit keyboard.
The keyboard shits me a bit as well, because the Fn key is where the Windows key should be on the left hand side, but it’s not too bad and the actual keyboard is pretty nice aside from that.
I actually just got my GS60 back from repair under warranty – wifi and audio issues that necessitated new motherboard, wifi board and audio board. The hardware in it is surprisingly good. It’s not astounding but I was getting very good framerates in Tales of Zestiria this morning with everything maxed. It’s got a 6gb 970M and a Broadwell i7 in it so I expected it to do okay, but this was the first’advanced’ game I threw at it and it handles like a champ so that’s nice. I’d imagine that one of their laptops that doesn’t have the added compromise of having to be as portable (GS60 is 1.9kg and quite slim) would be extremely good.
I’m moving to the USA next week if all goes to plan so good shipping to AU isn’t really important any more 🙂
Oh boy that EB Games “training video” article.. I’m in stitches, some stores mates worked at were run like that, so glad my managers were ethical in the way they treated us staff.
Last day of Uni for the year today. I’ve got a test this afternoon, which shouldn’t be too hard, and then I’m done. Well, except for an exam in a few weeks, which is being held at Etihad Stadium for some weird reason. I have no idea how I’ll do on that. I think I know the content, but just from the assignments I know the subject holds you to a really high standard in how you express your knowledge.
I’ve had my exams done in Rod Laver Arena before. Unfortunately it wasn’t on the courts just in the rooms where they set up restaurants.
They should set it all up on the ground and sell tickets to have a stadium full of people screaming encouragement. Live score the answers and have a leaderboard on the big screen.
I just realized my leave request means I’ll be back at work on Wednesday but everyone (including my boss) thinks I’m off until Thursday. Might just wait it out and see how things go 😉
edit – I also considered bringing my Xbone to my hotel for PAX but I don’t think I can trust anyone in said hotel.
What do you mean I need to be at the airport at 5:30am tomorrow? *starts crying*
What we mean is that you need to be at the airport by 5:30
So factor in travel time to the airport, loading the car, getting ready, waking up, showering and the like and then subtract that number from 5:30am
That is the time you will need to wake up
But at least the traffic will be light
Yeah, Batboy and I are on a 7am flight on Friday. By the time I factor in driving, putting the car in the long-term carpark, and getting to the terminal…we have to be in the car by 5am at the latest. At least web check-in speeds things up a little these days.
If I fall asleep in my dapper dinner, you’ll know why 😉
I have spent most of the morning cleaning. I have neglected it for ages because of cosplay. I’m still not done. ugh.
god. dammit.
Sadly I have to do much the same, got to get the place checked for termites & such to keep the warranty on the protection and I’ve got so much dust in the place that I’m terrified to move anything
I have a house inspection 2 hours before i leave wheeeee
I have to have my place open for inspection on Monday because I refused to let the real estate agent open it on Saturday while I’m at PAX 🙁
Can anyone here give me an impression of Vermintide? I’m kind of tempted by it on the basis of it being Warhammer and giving you the chance to kill Skaven which is always fun (though it’d be better if I could do it with an undead army) but the few bits of gameplay I’ve seen made it look like a generic FPS with melee combat. Is it more than it seems?
Apparently @pupp3tmast3r, @gorzilla and @popdart5 have it.
There’s a bunch of TAYbies (myself included) who are very tempted by it. Considering how fun/close to L4D is looks I’ll probably cave soon and pick it up.
Me toooo. I didn’t realize it was out yet D:
I’m keen to pick it up if we can get the numbers.
P.S. co-op play and server issues seem to be fixed, me and gus had to games on tuesday no lag or connection issues!
It’s L4D but with Skaven instead. It is a fairly generic FPS but the whole game is structured around melee combat as ammo is very limited and ranged weapons are generally not fast enough to keep up with the hordes.
There isn’t really a class system but the different characters do have different styles of combat and access to different weapons so there’s a fairly significant change in approach to how each character fights. The Dwarf is hardy and tough and is a very good defensive fighter whereas the Elf has a lot of fast weapons but is comparatively weaker. Each mission can only be conducted with 4 characters and different characters complement each other in different ways.
For the easiest comparison for the melee combat, I’m reminded a lot of how Dead Island played. Weapons are weighty and there is a fairly big element of timing and aiming behind each swing. You can’t just flail around and blender your way through each level. The special enemies also help keep things interesting and exciting.
Edit: As a side note, apparently I’ve put in 30 hours of playtime in the past two weeks since I played during the beta. That might help give you an idea of longevity and replay capacity.
The RPS review I read indicated that it had long-term progression as well, and loot drops, etc.
I play it for at least an hour everyday; much fun! such loot! many rat!
jokes aside its L4D with a warhammer skin and RPG elements. The heroes play differently as well, i.e. the wizard is a glass cannon that will self destruct if she casts too many spells, so on and so forth. Loot drops can be crafted and upgraded but really it comes down to how much you enjoyed L4D, the rest is just an added dimension =]
So it more or less comes down to it being grand if you have 3 other people & shit without?
Just realized that Fallout 4 and Rise Of The Tomb Raider release on the same day.
Got the feeling Microsoft are gonna regret paying a bunch of money for the timed exclusive.
That’s a real shame. These new Tomb Raiders really need some time alone in the spotlight. I can’t think of a worse game to launch in the shadow of than Fallout 4.
Yeah I honestly figured when Fallout 4’s release date was announced they would of delayed Rise of the Tomb Raider by a day or 2 but we will see how it goes it might work well for them.
Legacy of the Void is the same day too.
Calling out to @welbot! I would like your assistance on something 🙂
The time has come to move on from my old PC of 7 years and I’m planning to build a new PC (Not including peripherals or monitors), partaking for the first time with SSD drives. Would you have time tonight to help me put together a good parts list for a high-end spec for gaming with large data HDDs for things like saving video recordings of gameplay?
yeah should be fine! Just hit me up on steam or skype or whatever chat thingo you’ve got me on 🙂
Sounds great I’ll hit you up tonight, just so you got a number to work with beforehand, I’m going to maximise to a budget of 2k.
Thanks Welbot 😀
You will boot up from an SSD for the first time, and then wonder what you have been doing with your life up until that point and how you possibly survived before getting an SSD
That’s what I am told, hence why I’m making the conversion 🙂
Aaaand Fallout 4 Pipboy Editions are back up. Get ’em while they last.
https://ebgames.com.au/ps4-206763-Fallout-4-Pip-Boy-Edition-PlayStation-4
https://ebgames.com.au/xbox-one-202585-Fallout-4-Pip-Boy-Edition-Xbox-One
Edit: PS4 version is out of stock already.
Edit 2: Xbone version now out of stock as well.
I originally thought they had already sold out then when I saw this I freaked out and thought they had been cancelling peoples preorders which reminds me I preordered mine to where I used to live and im hoping they can hold it for me for an extra day or 2 because Ill be heading down that way then anyway to see family
@blaghman @popdart5 @tech_knight
Sorry gents, having a house inspection dropped on me has compressed my pre-pax time so no Numenera tonight.
All good. I figured we would be hard pressed to squeeze in a game in the pre-Pax frenzy.
No worries Red, hope the inspection goes well, see you at PAX! 😀
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LEEEEEEEEEEEPH
Hi
I neglect this place and you folks waaaaaay too much. Sorry.
Also hi!
There’s Aleph! Hey good news, we found all the resources we needed to cure you in Numenera!
Did I really need curing though? :p
Scrappa thought so, he even risked his life multiple times over to get it
Get an email from JB “Save $500 on a Samsung fridge” my question do these fridges burst into flames like their washing machines? heh.
That’s where the saved $500 goes towards, repairing the damage 😛
Haha so next week i’ll get an email all “Slight fire damage sale on all Samsung goods!” right?
Yeah exactly, it’ll be titled “It’s a fire sale on all Samsung goods!”… But you already know they mean a literal fire sale.
Haha, yep that sounds about right.
I imagine the call to customer service would go something like ‘What do you mean your fridge is on fire? Oh no sir, you actually must have bought one of our fridge / heater combos’.
Might be slightly out of the loop, but it looks like Google’s removed any youtube player apps that allowed videos to play in the background. Tried an old app I used to use today, found it to no longer work (API changes on Google’s end, I guess), so went looking for a replacement. Looks like they’re pushing people who want this feature towards Youtube Red (and an extremely expensive physical relocation to the States that this would entail). Time to search for some unnapproved apks, I guess…
Link being shared on my Facebook, couldn’t help but laugh.
(Breaking Bad ending spoilers)
http://nbc.com.co/vince-gilligan-announces-breaking-bad-season-6-begins-shooting-december-2015-walt-did-not-die/Wow, I did not see that coming. In two minds about how I feel about it, on one hand I’m excited to see more of Walter White, but on the other I’m kind of disappointed as the end of the “final” episode just felt so, well, final. Really hope this doesn’t ruin it.Edit: D’oh
Oh Monkey.
The sad thing is I could’ve seen them actually do this
Do you say ‘according to XXXX, as few as 4% of customers…’ or ‘according to XXXX, as little as 4% of customers…’
Doing my head in.
According to as little as 4% of customers, XXXX is a good beer.
I had to double check this but it’s few.
Do you have a few customers or do you have a little customers? That’s pretty much the easiest way to work it out.
See that’s what I thought. But in terms of dollar’s you can use ‘as little as 20 dollars’, since you’re referring to a single value rather than 20 actual dollars. Since the 4% is a value as well, I’m a bit confused.
If worded as “The percentage of people is as little as 4%” instead of “as few as 4% of people”.
20 dollars is a single amount. X% of customers is a group.
If you’re referencing the percentile and not the people, isn’t it little?
I… can’t words good.
My thoughts exactly. I’m editing someone else’s article – I’m just going to change it to ‘few’ and hope they don’t ask me why.
Little for a singular noun, few for plural. So referring to multiple customers would mean few.
Mark Edding from Marketing says he’d write:
“According to XXXX, as many as 96% of customers don’t …”
Try “According to XXXX, only 4% of customers”
Got another one – is it ‘changes to the terms and conditions’ or ‘changes in the terms and conditions’?
Need more context, what’s the rest of the sentence?
… trigger points, such as loss of service, a branch closure, unarranged overdraft charges or changes to the terms and conditions of their account
I’d use “to”
Yeah that’s what I thought!
Thanks for the help guys (& possibly gals)
Agree with Red on that one
People of PAX!
Freya and I are arriving in Melbourne around 1:30pm. Anyone else getting in at a similar time and want to split a cab heading vaguely towards St Kilda?
Skybus.
Seconded. Steer clear of PTV until you’re in the city proper, unless you like adventures.
Skybus is definitely the go if it’s just us two. Last year we ended up splitting a cab with Junglist and a girl he met on the plane and it worked out a bit cheaper.
If we can get 4 people, a taxi is better otherwise we’ll Skybus and then hop on some public transport down St Kilda Rd.
Agree, if there is a number of you traveling it makes more sense just to grab a cab. Think my last airport trip cost me $60-$70 or something so if you split that 4 ways it is as cheaper (or cheaper) than the skybus/PTV combo but a hell of a lot less hassle.
I get in at 1:20, heading vaguely towards St Kilda (staying in the city near corner of Spencer and Flinders) – was planning on taking Skybus but could be persuaded away.
How about we meet up and work out how much it’ll all cost when we’re there?
Works for me, and then if we decide Skybus is still the way to go can all catch it together. Look for the sideburns arriving from Brisbane at baggage collection.
UBER?
Out of bed! \o/
Still feel like crap, though. 🙁
So it turns out NegativeZero doesn’t have a spare PAX ticket after all. Any one else have one I can buy or know where I can get one?
Ask on twitter, you may get more of a response
Yep. You got a hotel room I can have it shipped to?
Hooray! probably easiest to get it sent to @Scree if that’s OK with her.
You can ship it to my house if you want. Gorzy is staying near me.
I wrote the address down if you want to edit it out of your comment.
If you guys are cool with that I’ll throw it on Express tomorrow. It’s probably going to show up on Friday though so I’m guessing that won’t work. I can dump it in the CBD in person tomorrow or Friday morning if anyone wants to pass it on for me?
@gorzilla
I’ll be driving down tomorrow morning. If you are in/near Melbourne maybe I should come and meet you somewhere in evening?
This late I would try and pickup in person. Wouldn’t be trusting in Australia post
Give me a yell if you need a proxy in the city to pass it on – I’ll be at work in the CBD all day tomorrow.
@gorzilla I’ll be going through the city anyway if you two can figure something out. Sorry I can’t be more flexible my schedule for the weekend was bad enough already and it just got worse. At this rate you might end up with both my passes. =P
Email me (beavwa at the g mails) or DM me on twitter (@CannonFodderJnr) and I’ll give you my mobile. SMS when you’ve got a convenient time in Melbourne city tomorrow 🙂
If you are happy to do that and then I’ll find you before PAX on Friday that sounds like it would work?
Can do. I’ll be in pretty early Friday morning.
Cool. If you want to organise picking it up with @dogman (Also, I just realised i didn’t ask. This is a 3 day pass right?) and email me your phone number so we can meet on friday. And Dogman send me your bank detaisl and I’ll transfer money through. 3day pas was $150 right?
gorzillaau (at) gmail (dot) com
@gorzilla Yeah it’s a three day pass. It’s only going to get wasted if you don’t use it so don’t worry about paying me back. I’ll get in touch with Beavwa tonight and set it up. Have fun at PAX.
Now I know where you live and your real name!
But you already knew that…
Well, yeah. But did you?
Obviously I did.
Likely story.
Hell we could probably come to your place of work and pick it up =P
I’m skipping work tomorrow to do some stuff but I can probably squeeze out an hour if you guys want to meet up and grab some lunch or something.
I will probably be at highpoint picking up last minute cosplay stuff
Feel really bad about pulling it last minute on you. I owe you a drink at the very least.
Poop
Ass
Sounds erotic.
In the buff
@evilmonkey
You foul mouthed heathen.
SoulBladder
Looks like I’ll definitely have Heart of Crown at PAX. Threw the company that recently licensed the game an email yesterday asking if they were okay with pasteups still being available for it on BGG or would prefer them taken down. Turns out one of their guys is going to be at PAX and wants to have a chat about the game so that’s interesting.
It’s a shakedown! You’ll leave PAX in handcuffs for copyright infringement!
Would be funny* if that was the case
* not funny at all.
EDIT: I don’t think they’ll care really. They’re only useful if you’ve imported the game from Japan which requires a lot of dedication as they had very small print runs (it’s a doujin game – was self-published by the designers) and require shipping via a proxy as they won’t ship internationally themselves. I think the stand-alone expansion’s pasteups had like 80 downloads on BGG (and some of those were me!) so I don’t think they’ll be too worried. Just wanted to head it off early and amicably rather than suddenly get a Cease & Desist or something if it was a problem.
Also there was a new expansion announced for Japan a few days ago and when it releases I’ll be making translation pasteups for it as well so don’t want to put those up online if they don’t want them to be.
Could be like that Half Life 2 leak thing where they tried to get that hacker!
So as part of my move I apparently have an enormous container (62 cubic feet) which I can put anything into that I want to have within a week or two of arriving. The rest goes by sea.
PC & Consoles and some clothes and so on are obvious ones, but now I’m thinking some board games might sneak their way in there too. But what to take?!
Fill it with Amiibo. Profit from the starving American market.
Nah, fill it with Vegemite and Tim Tams.
Not allowed to put food in there. 🙁
Your special black ointment that comes in a jar with a yellow lid & suspiciously no label
Drop bear repellent!
Monopoly.
Porn!
Didn’t you see the bit where I said I’d be taking my PC? 😛
Lifehacker, still pushing the ‘other places to store bread’ bandwagon
Yeah well I need to think about alternative storage for my vegetables because my pantry is where my socks are.
Modern pantries are too cluttered with food and condiments and other items that should be in a pantry, which is a very real concern in that it doesn’t allow enough room to hide an adult human body, either as a result of totally explainable misadventure, or alien invasion by superior beings that have no melee or projectile weapons and are confused by doorknobs and no protection against life-ending water on a planet 70% covered by water.
What got me most about that movie is that, if they are so utterly allergic to water, wouldn’t the 21(ish)% water vapour in the air fuck them up too?
Good thing too. Wasn’t much room in my pantry after I stored my bedroom in there to make room for the kitchen in the toilet.
Pantry? I got my pantry removed so I could fit more microwaves in my kitchen for storage.
Dangit. Nap turned into sleep.
So. Damn. Old.
There’s a difference?
Yes. One is a quick recharge of the batteries, the other takes up too much time 😛
Ok, I can’t nap.
I had a nap and woke up having a panic attack.
If this keeps up, I’m going to develop a fear of naps =/
Hows it going errbody hows every little thing?
I haven’t been on lately due to issues at home and with family so sorry for being absent.
Currently I’ve invested alot of time into ESO on the PS4 while I await Fallout 4, god thats gonna be fun. Might also pick up WWE 2k16 and Need For Speed when they come out.
Due to family issues theirs a 80% chance I wont make it to the PAX meat which is a bummer because I was looking forward to it.
A wednesday question what game/tv/movie series should become an MMO
Wheel of Time. The lore is there, the characters are there, the story is there, it is just begging to happen.
Dr. Who, again because of the rich history to draw from.
Incorrect, the correct answer is Pokemon.
You know, other than https://pokemmo.eu/, http://www.pokemonlegends.com/ or https://pokemon-planet.com/
Not really offical though
Do you really want Nintendo to make a fully online game? Like, if you think about it, do you really really want it?
Would prefer a good single-player RPG than an MMO.
That’s a good point… they’d probably both work better as SP games
Really have to get started on the Wheel of Time series, I’ve got the first two books. Also got all the Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Game of Thrones and The Dark Tower books to read. Was thinking of starting with Maze Runner and Hunger Games because they’re reasonably short, then move to The Dark Tower, after that Game of Thrones and then finally The Wheel Of Time.
Also got Fool’s Assassin and Fool’s Quest to read at some point too. Never read any Robin Hobb books before though, so hopefully I won’t be hopelessly lost.
Don’t suppose you live around Sydney? I’d be happy to lend you the books, I have the whole series.
Nah, don’t live anywhere Sydney. Got too many books to get through before I can even think about the Wheel of Time anyway.
Appreciate the offer though.
None because MMO games are terrible.
What about open world sandbox?
They’re acceptable but tend to be the same game flavoured differently.
Any series you would like to see in a game format and if so what format?
Mass Effect. But using the game mechanics of ME3. Because to hell with the idea that MMO has to fit a typical control system/genre. Destiny proved it doesn’t have to. (Although it doesn’t help that they only seem to have twigged recently that they were actually making an MMO, and as an MMO, it’s pretty shit. But as a shooter, it’s fantastic.)
Yeah. A Mass Effect MMO that plays like a proper Mass Effect game would be brilliant. Sort of like The Old Republic as a third person shooter instead of an ability spammer. Give players their own companions. Make a scenario based version of ME3’s co-op for small group play. It practically designs itself.
Hope things aren’t too bad, always better to take that time away if needed. Are you PAXing and unable to make the meat or not PAXing at all this year? Will be good to see you guys if you are.
Falling skies as an mmo survival game
@dogman Can I give you my mobile number?
It looks like Beavwa’s doing the legwork now so you can get back to freaking out over sequins.
Not so much leg work as happen to be sitting on my ass in the right place at the right time work, but yeah, all covered.
@scree
Sequins are done! The main issue now ids rhinestones and glitter =P
So I got myself an Xbox One. I actually ordered it last week but it only arrived today. It’s the Halo one. I’ve never owned a themed console before, so I’m a bit excited. Of course now I have to wait while the game downloads, which will probably take over 24 hours on my slowish connection. You’d think the game would have been preloaded on the console, but whatever. I don’t imagine I’ll have the time to actually use the console until Monday anyway because of PAX.
I’m yet to meet someone who had a fun time with their XBOX One the day they brought it. Usually they’re pretty happy with the purchase a week later but the installation process (even if you’ve got a disc) is a total buzz kill. It’s not like it’d kill them to preload Halo on the Halo console. Congrats on the purchase though. Trust me it gets better when you have something to play on it. =P
My Xbox One literally crashed on the initial set up screens :/
Got my nails done today, all ready for PAX! And did a lot of sewing and glueing and painting and goodness me, I think all the cosplays will get done and even look ok! We also have a big bag full of gummies and chupa chups for Halloween PAX Saturday. Tonight I start packing the luggage…
So i think that interview went pretty okay. The manager seemed to like my attitude toward work ethic & customer service, and that I also live about a 5 minute walk from the store in question. So fingers crossed it’s positive news!
Another interview tomorrow, same sorta stuff again, but not at my local shopping centre sadly, i’d have to travel a bit further damn it 😛
Did you tell them that customers are scum and deserve to be purged? Because that seems to be the general feeling among retail staff
Hahaha, nah, I kinda wanted the job, plus he seemed like an alright bloke.
That feeling is only amongst the retail workers who hate themselves, and the idea they have to work to earn money from my experience, heh.
You wouldn’t believe the amount of people I know who have been “I wish I was in your position, not having to work” yeah cause $500 a fortnight is living large, it fucking sucks lol..
I did it after I graduated from uni – 6 full months of funemployment. If you figure out places that do super-cheap takeaway and do nothing but smoke weed and play games all day, you can get by.
Ah, good times.
Haha, fair enough. I never got that into just wanting to play games all day, every day. I did it on occasion but grew tired of it quickly lol.
Plenty people I know rather do that, and still do that.. Sadly they’re in their mid 20’s now and a few have never even had a job :S
Yeah it’s a pretty slippery slope. I just did it to blow off some steam after finishing uni, then jumped straight into working… fuck doing that forever.
Yeah, but then again, we don’t need some people like this working I guess 😛
How dare you! There will always be a need for people to ask me if I want fries with that.
I don’t want those people anywhere need deep fryers! hahaha
My cape
is so
freakin’
AWESOME
Proof pls
All in good time.
No capes!
So, I just completed the ‘story’ for FF14. It’s ok. Safe, but ok. Obviously because of how terrible FF14 was when it originally released and needed to be remade.
I could talk about the overall game, instead I’m going to bitch about the final mission. Other players give no shit about any new players. They’ll rush forward and kill every boss in the final quest. You’re still busy watching the cutscenes, so they’re having fun off camera.
Doesn’t help the fact that you’re bringing in 8 players. I never felt so useless as the healer. You just destroy all enemies before they do any damage. Most tanks just aggro all enemies for the next 5 rooms just to make it faster while you’re busy trying to keep up.
The community really dragged down my overall enjoyment right at the very end there.
Ending stories in raids is one of my big MMO peeves. I don’t know what developers think it’s going to be like but it’s never good. It’s like finishing a story with a 20 wave horde mode challenge. Developers really need to break the mindset that larger groups = more important in PvE. Solo and small group content is the logical place for plot development and skill tests while large groups make sense as social content since you want to be able to bring everybody you know.
lol sif anyone does content for the first time any later than 2 wks after launch lol scrubs, etc.
That you have to do group content to advance the story is one of the worst things about FF14. That said, I’m playing through it at the moment and so far everyone has been nice to me in group situations. They’ve all waited for me to finish watching cut scenes before attacking bosses, been happy to explain fights to me etc. That’s only been 4 man stuff though. I have no experience doing 8 man content.
It was the same for me. Everybody was patient and nice, taking their time to let the new players take it in.
But once you get to level 50 it all changes. Mainly because once you’re there the only way to get better gear is to repeat all level 50 raids and quests. So everybody just wants to rush through and get it over with to roll for better stats.
The community ruined FFXIV for me after the 2.0 release too. 🙁
Must be time to do my tax return.
Or not. Apparently all the answers I gave for the secret questions were wrong, now I’m locked out for 12 hours. Fucking great.
Woo, managed to guess my password and get around the lockout with e-tax! Thank christ.
Now to sort out flights >_>
Proof pls.
Uhh… *points to date*?
I don’t know how to adult and when tax is due 😛
COOL CAPE!
Old people at weddings would poke me and say, “You’re Next”…
So I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
#DadJokePage6
Pretty sure I woke my neighbours up by screaming like a school girl because rats attacked me Tomb Raider: Anniversary.
Awkward.
LizardAccidentally put my donor card in the atm the other day.
Almost cost me an arm and a leg #dadjokepagesix #hi@strangeHa! Good one!
I feel like I have no idea what to pack or how to pack it. Also like I’m forgetting about a million things.
Sounds like you’re doing a good job of packing it.
pack me in your suitcase?
I packed my camera, camera stuff, then realised I was out of space so wrapped my camera in 2 shirts. Packing done.
See you all on the other siiiide
*is staring at you right now*
What Spice girl can hold the most petrol?
Geri can.
I’m sorry to hear your uncle was run over by a boat in Venice.
My gondolences.
Whilst in America, my son and I went shopping in Wal-mart. I asked the cashier if they had any Kinder eggs.
“Oh no, sir, we don’t sell them in the States – they are a health hazard!”
“Okay,” I replied. “I’ll just take these two assault rifles then.”
I went by the house where I grew up today and asked to go in to look around, but they said no and shut the door in my face.
My parents can be so rude.
My budgie escaped from it’s cage and mated with my dog. I’ve got a couple of puppies going cheep if anyone’s interested.
How much does a pirate pay to have his ears pierced?
About a buccaneer!
A wife asks her husband, “Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk and if they have avocados, get 6.
A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk. The wife asks him, “Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk?”
He replied, “They had avocados”.
Ever seen a vampire bat?
No I haven’t either but I’ve seen a fish bowl.
The great Norse God,
went out to ride,
upon his favourite filly.
“I’m Thor” he cried,
and the horse replied,
“You forgot your thaddle, thilly”.
A magician was driving down the road when he turned into a driveway!
You know what really floats my boat?
Water.Waterway to finish. 🙂
I sea what you did there.
A good naval joke is always shore to buoy my spirits.
We’ve sunk a lot of time into this already…
I’m glad to see you’re onboard. I think we need to scale back our efforts.
Penis.
This will cost us in potential sails if we scale back our efforts, but maybe if we can bridge the current gaps maybe we can rip our way through this potential tidal wave that this will cause.
@freezespreston sounds erotic.
It was time whale spent.
I’m eeling over with these puns and feeling really tanked.
eeling over? Sounds a bit fishy
Stayed up way too late last night playing DBXV. On the bright side, managed to get a whole bunch of new armour and also finished my third wish, unlocking another character…though I wish I didn’t. His stats are great but the character is just…uuuuugghh….
It’s
Omega ShenronAre you farming Dragon Balls or just getting them through natural progression? Takes forever if you want all the characters and abilities.
Bit of both? When I inadvertently get most of them I tend to far the last two or three.
And yeah, you have to do it something like 7 times to unlock all the stuff 😛
ERMERGERD GAIS!
PAX AURZ TEHMERAH!!!!
*internet high five*
Looking forward to bumping in to you guys again – it’s been a hell of a while.
Will you be there all three days?
Just Friday and Saturday mate – Sunday I’m moving house
Cool, I’ll be there all 3 days so will be nice to bump into somebody on the Friday at least. 🙂
You going to have the Loopling with you?
No – it would be too much for the little legend.
I plan on spending quite a lot of time there both days.
I will have my little brother in law with me.
Will you be making an appearance with the family?
Boo-urns, was really hoping to meet them
Yup. Although no idea how she is going to go now that she is self propelled and not ging to be happy just sitting on us. Although we do have matching half-arsed cosplay for 2 of the days
Sorry mate – I would never be able to get Bee to go to something like PAX, and i don’t think she would be too happy with me taking Heidi.
Heidi is EXACTLY the same at the moment – hates doing anything that isn’t running around like a maniac.
Worse still is she has gotten so confident she now looks at us while she runs away, which means her rate of colliding with walls and furniture has increased exponentially.
GOOD TIMES!
Good times indeed
Tiglet is still working on her walking but that will be imminent, I’m lucky the Mrs Tigs is keen for PAX as well so bring the family is easy. But yeah, if Bee isn’t coming it would be tough to do on your own. Will be good to see you again anyway.
Last year, I found that the grassy outside area and the big walkways around the theatres were a perfect spot for a all person to have a run around and not be underfoot.
@rize @sircoffeegus @f4ction & @sernobulus running some vermintide tonight at 7pm syd time, hit me up on steam if you guys wana co-op. Im still a pretty low level so itll still be an entry level experience!
Not possible, pre-PAX FUN TIMES!
Attempting to finish off a bunch of games that I’m mostly done with so I can justify buying a new game to myself. If I end up with it/have it installed then I’ll let you know.
Man, Tri Force Heroes must be popular. That or extremely low-stocked, seemed like everywhere had sold out.
http://mynintendonews.com/2015/10/28/tri-force-hereos-sells-54k-in-japan-lowest-selling-week-1-zelda-game/
Good taste that country 🙂
So, Divinity Original Sin must be pretty good. Whenever I sit down to play I seem to travel quickly forward in time.
Takes a toll as my eyesight becomes blurred.
A lot of magic goes into every piece of computer software, why you may ask?
Because many – if not all – programs use a wizard to install/configure your software.
Magic!
Why do some programs require a restart of your computer? Because the wizard used all their spells for the day to get the job done and need rest just in case their abilities are needed again
Sounds legit
Because wizards are lazy and afraid of hard work just like IT guys!
Your story checks out.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to… because you double clicked the executable…
I would argue that we’re not lazy but I couldn’t be bothered.
I’m not lazy, my code is compiling!
Oh man, pAX has ruined internet chat. Everyone’s too busy having fun :-/
I’m not.
Oh good
Yep.
So…what’s been …happening?
How’s that new job?
Yeah look, real busy.
Sydney’s good, but. You should come down. Sample some.
Sucks I didn’t see you a few weeks back. No Krams either.
You’re both dead to me.
Fuck, man. There’s two places I get to visit: Perth & Taiwan.
You should come back & do something without an expensive ticket price.
I think I’ll be back early next year for a short visit.
I’ll make sure we go out to a nice cheap pub lunch so everyone can come.
Your a humble an @dkzeitgeist
I English good
I too, am not having pun.
But how? PAX isn’t going on until tomor-… Great scott!
Reboot robut
Oh crap. Between tonight and tomorrow, I need to do my tax, my laundry, clean up my house and get three nightfalls done. Why is it already Thursday?! /o\
I’ll do your nightfalls if you do my tax…
http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/10/28/ps4-exclusive-nier-automatas-beautiful-first-screenshots-and-more-art-revealed-by-famitsu/
So excited for this. Game looks stunning. Also Akihiko Yoshida (FFXIV, Bravely Default etc) doing the main character designs so no more ugly caveman protagonist.
It’s looking pretty good so far! Love the design of the protag.
Awh, I really liked the original protagonist!
(I mean, I like the second one too… that facemask stuff looks pretty badass and I dig the continued white hair thing.)
Caveman Nier ended up okay but he wasn’t a looker by any means. He also had a similar face mask so I guess they’re going with that as a thing.
It sounds like they’ve changed things so that Nier 2 is its own universe where previously Nier was kind of tied to Drakengard.
Ah, the Polygon statements I read were saying that it wasn’t exactly a continuation of the story, but was the same universe.
I didn’t realize that Nier was tied to Drakengard. I’ve only seen the barest hints of things about that series. The latest one had my interest, had some pretty decent trailers.
(Not being a looker was one of the selling points to me. I liked that he wasn’t some bishyboy.)
Nier was originally going to be Drakengard 3.
There’s connections between the games plots.
Ok, so Dad’s built a cardboard box so I can stow my prop in checked luggage. But I don’t trust it. At all.
Ok gonna chuck in the nylon thread, in case of emergency repairs.
This seems pretty cool though I’m probably the only one that cares. Digital magazine focused on figure and toy photographs.
The sudden lack of Subterfuge notifications means I totally forgot that it ended today. It’s a fun enough game, but there was a strong feeling of everything dragging on too long after the first couple of days.
Anyhoo, gg @blaghman, who was slapped silly early on yet still had a bunch of outposts at the end
@freezespreston and his army of great girth
@gingerchris86, the nicest dictator alive
@trjn who made chelonoidis nigra look defenceless
@beeawwb, the man who almost ate the planet
@bdkiaf, who stemmed the massive Bob-tide for days.
@redartifice, the winner of the
dayweek.and me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a705hL-Rdz0&feature=youtu.be&t=9s
@tech_knight it would seem I’m at an impasse, I have my best mates wedding rehearsal dinner on Saturday. Soooo I can come for about an hour before I need to head off again 🙁
I’m struggling to find the information on TAY, I’ve been out of the loop for a couple of weeks: When and where will the Meat occur? Feel free to send me a message if it’s easier as well 😛
That’s fine man, we’ve only got the place from 7pm to midnight anyway if memory serves. I’ll need to coordinate with @scree about how we are getting the info out to only everybody that’s confirmed they’re coming to the PAX meat, so that everyone knows where to go for Saturday night.
Sweet, I’ll keep a close eye on TAY for the rest of this week 🙂
Dave was blind. His friends got him a silver-coated nutmeg grater for his birthday. When they asked how he liked it, he said it was the most violent story he’d ever read.
Man, Guitar Hero Live may only have three frets but split over two strings and being thrown at you hard really makes you appreciate how easy Hard/Expert were in the previous games. Aside from developing mange hand it was just matching colours. Case sensitive strumming is way more hardcore than I was expecting from a game that’s trying to suck up to a casual/party crowds.
Saw an interesting idea from Tycho’s blog on Penny Arcade. Next time you play GHL, think about what it would be like playing it in VR.
I was thinking about that earlier between songs, but I’d probably just go cross-eyed. As it is I tunnel too hard on the highway so I don’t really see the crowd when I’m playing. It’d be a hell of an experience doing it with a real instrument (assuming I had the talent to match). Knowing me I’d last about 5 minutes before my headset literally filled with sweat but it’d be a fun five minutes. =P
I’d love to see where you could take that idea graphically. I mean a real crowd in VR would definitely be a cool experience but imagine playing an arena full of crap that looks like it escaped from Trap Door. I can think of quite a few music videos that would make great bases for VR gigs. I’m not a big VR guy but that sort of non-interactive environment suits the current systems.
Yeah, I think it’s why so many of the games/tests at the moment don’t let you move your legs. Dissonance. The brain’s happier with the idea that you’re controlling a vehicle or moving around in one than that you’re moving under what should be but isn’t leg-power. It’s apparently that dissonance that makes people sick?
I think the games that do the best with the tech are the ones that truly understand they’re not able to manipulate reality. Up is still up, down is still down, your lounge room is still your lounge room. The second you start fighting that, insisting that the player is running even though they can’t feel any movement and they’re sitting on their butt, their brain tries to compensate for the expected result. Like when you walk onto an escalator that’s turned off and have that brief stumble.
Cockpit experiences and stuff like Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes where it’s more of a projection work fine because the expected outcome and the actual outcome don’t clash as hard. You don’t feel the turn in a car but you’re still sitting in a way that aligns with what you’re seeing. You don’t feel water, you don’t feel movement, but standing in the shark cage isn’t that far from standing in your lounge room.
Got a curious email from Square-Enix, spruiking a Kickstarter.
Initially my eyebrow was arched at the idea of squenix asking for kickstarter money, but when I bothered to actually read the email, this seemed like some pretty outstanding copy:
The way the industry continues to react and adapt to Kickstarter is fascinating to me.
(Edit: I used the word ‘interesting’ twice within the space of two posts, resulting in unsightly vocabulary redundancy. I must commit to exile in shame. Or… I guess, maybe edit my post. That works too.)
Yeah the previous one of these looked really good (I backed it). This:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/114971883/tokyo-dark
Rob Thomas:
Gets the ladies when he sings “I Don’t Wanna Be Lonely No More”,
Loses them when he sings “I Don’t Wanna Have To Pay For This”.
The Rembrants weren’t quite sure what they were on about either:
“noone ever told you life was gonna be this way”
“your mother told you there’d be days like this”
Today’s job interview went pretty swell I reckon, i’ll hear tomorrow if I get the job or not.
Also my local EB (where I worked that one time) is getting another new manager, the ASM whom i’m mates with told me to pop in next week with a resume, say hi etc & he’ll put in a good word for me, since he wants staff he can trust and that aren’t shit. Like what the previous manager loaded the place up with, kicked all the previous lot I was working with and brought in his own, ugh.
Argh. It’s too early to be at the airport. But I think I have everything and we’re on our way to PAX!
Who will be my PAX buddies this year?
Nanojam or Food Fight panel?
Hmmmm
I think most of us are going to Food fight.
We will all be in food fight as it has a serrels
2 articles in one week, eh @trjn? Don’t forget us little people now that you’ve made it to the top.
Ah yes, the lofty heights of freelance board game journalism.
What’s he done now? Is the world about to end?
Articles by Adam Wells = trjn!
I didn’t know he wrote an article 😛
Hello, TAYdies & gentleTAYs, how are we all on this fine FriTAY?
I believe the answer to that question is at PAX. =P
🙁
Still sick & in bed. 🙁
D:
In a mad rush to get things done before an early* flight tomorrow.
*”Early” being relative – 10am flights are horrible. 😛Almost caught up with Fear The Walking Dead, I like it, shame that a 2nd season will be so far away though :/
There’s a Fear the Walking Dead webseries called Flight 462. 🙂
Brilliant! Thanks dude 😀
I still have to catch up on the main series. Last episode I saw was the first episode of season 3. Hopefully pick up season 4 and 5 next week.
s4 is when the show started to get REALLY good and hasn’t stopped. Only gotten better and better.
Good to know. Really don’t want to pay for Foxtel, but I’ve been considering it just so I can keep up to date with that and Game Of Thrones as the eps come out once I’ve caught up.
They’re pretty great with all HBO shows. Saw an ad for upcoming Westworld and Vinyl.
4 wasn’t bad, 5 eeeeeeeeeeeh, it has its moments, but nothing overly special imo.
I haven’t even touched season 6 yet. I’m gonna wait until mid season break, to watch I think.
You can’t please everyone all the time I guess.
Yeah something along dem lines lol. Fear The Walking Dead was good though.
PAX North! Super-pumped! It’s a thing! Right?
…right?
…
@dc? Anyone?
PAX North is totally a thing, and is in partnership with PAX Central.
Best thing about these PAX events is that the queues are tiny and no one smells like unscrubbed butt.
*flails arms*
Article goes up about PAX queues with an offhand mention that Melbourne weather is Melbourne weather, and suddenly all bar one comment is people acting offended and defending Melbourne weather. Jeeeeesus…
Been a while since I was tempted to flame this bloody much.
Yeah, I was surprised, too. Whatever happened to playful ribbing over the differences between states/cities?
I can understand people getting defensive about something important or that hits close to home, but it’s the fucking weather. It does not reflect on you or your feelings and life choices in any possible way.
Yeah, exactly. I mostly feel sorry for Alex having to try and be nice about it.
Plus, Melbourne just feels kinda sub-standard in every way compared to Sydney, y’know?
IT’S ON, YA MUG. Melbourne is (literally) cooler and prettier and easier to get around in and more affordable and better in practically every way! It certainly helps that Melbourne’s hipsterism isn’t as try-hard as Sydney’s socialite-wannabes. Hey, Sydney! You’re not the Australian Los Angeles, you posers! Melbourne should’ve been the national capital city!
*puts up dukes*
(I don’t even live there. Does that give me extra cred, or less?)
Yeah. Rivalry can be healthy.
Go back to yer fancy coffees ya latte-sipping freak!
*sips latte*
(I don’t live in Sydney so I guess we’re both down/up a few points?)
EMBARRASSINGLY WUSSY AIR-SLAP-FIGHT IN 3… 2… 1…
Melbourne and Sydney both suck!
I dunno… Melbourne was the first capital city I went to that I actually liked. Granted previously I had only been to Brisbane, but that doesn’t matter!
I’ve Lived in both Adelaide and Brisbane, and I’d happily live in either city again. Been to Sydney once and have no desire to go back, and I find Melbourne the most stressful place to visit by far.
Ok, I am PAXing. I appear to have no way to contact anyone apart from this… So if TAYbies are camped in tabletop area or something, say hello to the lost bald guy in a blue Football Manager top… 😉
Shout at @trjn on Twitter (@ trjnRabbit). I imagine he’ll be hanging around the tabletop area for a lot of the weekend.
That’s smart. 🙂 I forget the Twitter exists. Queueing for a panel now. Noticed Serrels is on it after I got in the queue! 🙂
Overheard in the office: The Corporate Card unit discussing a ‘fraudulent transaction’ against a departmental credit card.
“Possibly an online interception or some other hack, rather than a family member or similar. The charge was to a Japanese toy store and it’s pretty unlikely anyone in Australia would be ordering toys from Japan.”
I…. wouldn’t be so sure about that, Ms Corporate Card.
On Monday, casually bring in something that looks overtly like a “Japanese toy” and show it off to her.
Only a week until I can watch the final seven episodes of Mad Men! That day has been a long time coming.
#StillWatchingDVDs
He likes his media like he likes his liquor.
…Old-fashioned.
Oh yeah I need to watch season 7… Even though I kinda lost interest with the fast forward time hopping they did.
Also if you have Netflix, pretty sure the entire final season is on there! If you don’t have it, now is a great time to start a free one month trial 😛
Nah, that’s how I watched season 6 and the first half of season 7. The rest isn’t on Netflix 🙁
Oh my bad sorry dude 🙁
Can confirm that Dark Souls 3 is super rad and no remnant of Dark Souls 2 bullfwop seems evident. More like Blood Souls. Gorram hurry up March.
Awh, I liked Dark Souls 2. I really prefer Dudes In Armour as opponents! And hiding behind shields. Hiding is the best.
I would have been happy either way! Am glad that the words “super rad” are being used to describe it, though.
‘Super rad’ is a totally hip and current slang and not at all something that I never stopped using and I am not old, nor carefully curating a 90s spotify playlist that features totally rad music which I can’t believe that I forgot how rad it was.
It is incredible. We spent over an hour with it collectively on Friday. Was tight.
I’m better than Blaghman \o/
Hooray! I’m out of bed! \o/
I’ve played ALOT of games this year.
Here’s 2015 so far:
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
The Swapper
Grim Fandango Remastered
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
The Order: 1886
CounterSpy
New ‘n’ Tasty: Abe’s Oddysee
Cities: Skylines
Pillars of Eternity
Broken Age
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Batman: Arkham Knight
Anna’s Quest
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Broken Sword 5
Until Dawn
Mad Max
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Remastered
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Remastered
Life is Strange
Tales from the Borderlands
Great year on the gaming front. 🙂 Bring on Fallout 4!
Top five games this year so far for me would be:
1. Life is Strange
2. The Witcher 3
3. Pillars of Eternity
4. Until Dawn
5. Anna’s Quest (Liked this more than Broken Age, for reals. @sughly did good!)
I’m thinking there’s a good chance Fallout 4 will be a real contender, though. 🙂
Dude, how much of a bummer is Broken Age Act 2?
Sheesh!
Wasn’t THAT bad, but definitely wasn’t as great as I was hoping. 🙂
I played GTA V on PC, that was only new release for me.. Well Fallout 4 as well 😛
Oh man, I don’t think I’ll be buying another game this year after Fallout 4. That’ll last me weeks and weeks. (Until I accidentally binge play it in seven days. :P)
Haha, sounds good to me! Not long until it’s here though \o/
Don’t forget about Star Wars: Battlefront and Just Cause 3.
Not my types of games, thankfully. (Though I am really psyched for Amy Hennig’s Star Wars game whenever that’ll be.)
Fair enough.
JC3 should be good, I liked 2, but I sorta just grappled hooked every where and to everything and never played the main story, heh.
Got my annual hug from @freezespreston…
I feel better now!
His hugs DO possess a certain healing quality! LET’S GET HIM AND FORCE HIM TO HUG US!
No force required!
So uh.. That first Soundwave announcement, it was a thing I guess. Good thing I tuned into the stream at the right time, the hosts were fowl mouthed, they were as bad as the people in the comments attacking them.
So what we now have for Soundwave, which is totally not my scene apart from basically Soulfly.
That’s a pretty bad list, except for maybe Lordi
Soulfly ain’t bad. But other than that, eh. Also you can expect Lordi to be on first thing in the morning or something similar given their placement on the list :/
But yeah, i’ve been getting a lot of hate on the Soundwave page/Music Feeds for expressing an opinion about what the festival has become, at least up here, it’s drawn the Big Day Out “I only go for the atmosphere” crowd & the “I only go to make everyone elses day shit because I don’t like the music” lot as well.
Last good Soundwave would have to have been Metallica, if we’re talking crowd wise. This years was pretty epic given the line up. 2014 wasn’t bad either. I can normally find at least 5 or 6 bands that I like/want to see when Soundwave rolls around, I think this is the first time ever i’ve had 0 interest in the festival, kinda sad since it falls on my birthday this time round, I was all excited for that lol.
I agree that most is pretty meh, but Public Enemy do put on a good show for a bunch of old fella’s!
Also Frenzal Rhomb! Can’t go wrong there! NOFX is good too, but I’d need a few more good acts to get me to buy tickets I think
I saw Public Enemy last year. They were great. The best thing is that I got to see them in Launceston as part of a festival. An hour long set and they had the crowd in the palm of their hand. Chuck D and Flavor Flav still know how to get it done.
Absolutely. Flava is the greatest hype man in rap history I reckon! I haven’t seen them since Livid back in like 98 or 01 or something, and that was the first time they’d played aus since the 80’s/early 90’s I think, and they really get the crowd jumpin! I’d totally pay to see them again!
*circles the wagons for old times sake*
That’s a pretty sorry lookin’ wagon you got there mister.
*joins in*
Ah crap. Huge crash of thunder, rain pouring down. It’s not that far a walk to the convention centre and a good deal of it is undercover, but still. GO AWAY, WEATHER!
Put some clothes on.
But that will ruin his streaker cosplay!
HIS SHINS HAD HAIR
\o/
All those 360 games I picked up the other day traded in just enough to pay off my PS4 anniversary controller & Fallout 4 nuke pack for PS4 \o/ Today has been a good day!
Been to the doctor this morning, and I’m getting a bit better. 😀
On my way home from PAX now, really cool set up and it’s far more ventilated then I thought. Gonna go home and have a nap, then maaayyybbbee go back and wait in line for Star Wars Battlefront 😀
I need to meet you still!! Look for an Audino with a small red Pokémon trainer today.
I only just saw this! 🙁 I only had a ticket to Saturday, my best friend had his wedding rehearsal that night so I didn’t get much of a chance to make it to the Meat 🙁
Did you and Pokemon trainer Red get a photo of your costumes?
Loads. You might also have seen us as Pokémon Trainer blue with his bellossom wandering about.
Have any other PAX Aus “veterans” found this year’s PAX to be particularly poor on the organisational side of things?
First, the line for one of the big draw cards, Fallout 4, was woefully under anticipated. The theter can hold 100, the enforcer on duty rudely told a mate and I to go away, we are full, with only about 25 people waiting to minutes later extend the waiting area 4 fold.
Events and demos scheduled for 10:00am, but still had so many merchants, exhibitors and sundry moving stock in and out of the doors at 10:30 that no one could get in. Then told everyone waiting to go to the main queue room.
Can only sum it up as poor preparation, poor organisation, poor logistics and, even worse, poor attitude and service.
@mrtaco singing Turbo Lover in a Zangeif costume wearing Business Fish head is the greatest thing I have ever witnessed.
You guys are all awesome. Don’t ever let anyone say otherwise.
I second that. The TAYbies are the most amazing bunch of people. Thanks for the excellent night last night.
Finally got around to watching Fury Road last night. It wasn’t bad, but didn’t think it was that great. Still better than Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome though. Whilst it was a Mad Max movie, I still prefer Mel Gibson as Max, I liked him more than Tom Hardy who was pretty good though.
I hope they do make a sequel to it!
Did love the practical effects, and what was CGI didn’t look out of place I thought. Also the fact those vehicles were apparently real was fucking awesome.
Guys. Guys guys, guys you guys….
Last night! Awesome! This was the best PAX meat to date! Amazing people. 3 Freeze hugs, a Pants hug and a blags hug…
Good conversations all around, and thanks to Nob and Pip I’m now going to get addicted to Dark Souls all over again…
Huge thanks to @scree and @techknight, amazing job with the venue… SO GOOD!
@tech_knight ?
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Last night was amazing.
My throat is ruined now though.
Phrasing.
Amazing evening. sore body parts.
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Nope your description is spot on!
The voice of an angel <3