Talk Amongst Yourselves
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Oh noes… you’ve set the bar and we sydneyites must match it!
Go welbot 🙂 I too am carrying a cup of jelly. Sounds like an awesome way to spend the weekend.
We also learned that Bunny is the Batguy of Brisbane. He was winning at everything. Hmmm, I wonder what would have happened if he’d tried dancing?
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I’d beat him in Pokemon, cos he’d nod off before the match started!
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Very true. Pokemon is so slow, you’d think that it’d be easier in Pokemonland for people to just throw rocks at each other instead of bothering with Pokemon battles.
And I don’t think me dancing is a good idea. I only have co-ordination with my hands, the rest of my body is not quite so adept at, well, anything.
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Oh wow, you guys aren’t wasting any time this morning huh? ‘Twas an awesome day indeed though, was really good to meet you peeps for sure. Big thanks to welbot and his wife for doing such an awesome hosting job (the cheeses!). I was of course my shy self when I arrived but you guys were awesome enough that I got over it pretty quick. More times like this in the future I say!
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You were shy?
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Yeeeaaah, but only when I first arrived. Also, I looked into the you know what with the sSNES and the RE2 and whatnot and got it up and running. Woo! Got some temp thing that sits in RAM so you have to do it again if you do a full switch off. But seems pretty good! Need to figure out what stuffs you be using…
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I’m trying my best to get out of the house and down to the bank. When I get the time I will pass along some winners!
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Also Endu, your voice was ethereal. Just pure beauty in the form of air waves.
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Hahahaha. I can’t sing for a damn, but I can hold whichever note Rock Band wants me to lol.
I don’t have anything on the STEP!!! together guy though.
Welbot: I still say you should live in Batman Crescent. Van Dieman just isn’t as cool. Although it’s almost Van Halen. You and LJJ are some of the most gracious hosts I’ve ever had the pleasure of invading upon. And the fact that one of my favourite books was in your toilet was the icing on the cake.
Dcz is a machine on the drums, I can attest to that. Trjn is my nemesis for making me play Freebird on the drums (I’ve never played a rhythm game before yesterday, and you could tell). Jimu kept insisting that he’d be more fun if he was drunk, but it never happened. Colour me disappoint. Contrary to popular opinion, Sughly does not have a large spherical head, and he does have a nose. He is also not as shy as he makes out. And last but definitely not least, Strange. Strange is as shy as she makes out, but she’s an absolute gun on the guitar (no offence Trjn but she had you beat) and was all-around awesomesauce.
Great day guys, I really enjoyed it. We should try and get together every couple of months I reckon. For now, I’ll be taking my terrible fighting game skills and audio magic on tour now, next stop Sydney, this Saturday evening say 6pm, at the Timezone above Paddy’s markets.
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I forgot to mention what I thought was probably the funniest and most random thing of the day, when our conversations lost synchronisation and we were trying to decipher NBA 2K11’s Monopoly mode
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I’m not offended, although I will point out that I was always on Expert whereas she dropped to Hard a few times. That aside, Strange did kick my ass at guitar.
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Yeah, I got scared of Expert. 😛
I’m better at guitar than bass though. Think this is because I like the HoPo Wankery parts better than the Strummy McStrummerson ones. -
HoPo Wankery is both an awesome name for a band and the most fun part of GH/RB.
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lol you’re very welcome sire! I wasn’t really sure initially if we really did enough to cater for everyone, but it certainly seemed to work out well.
It would indeed be the coolest if we were living in Batman Cres. I mean.. how cool is it that there’s even a street named that, but I’m as close as I can get at least 🙂 I can be happy for the fact that I can tell people you can get to my place by going down Batman Cres! -
Yeah, when we pulled up to your place my daughter pointed out the Batman Cres sign which made my son to “See Batman”.
Yeah, he was all “oh I’ve never played a music game” and turned out to be quite the one-man-band.
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…Must.Stop.Starting.Sentences.With.”Yeah”.
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Pshh, it’s not so bad.
I need to stop referring to myself, all I ever do is talk about ME. See, there I go again! 😛
🙂 Glad you didn’t find it too hard to open up! LitteJJ and I tried our best to make everyone comfortable and provide a space where everyone could enjoy themselves. If you ever wanna come round for some game time you’re more than welcome! I would always welcome another challenger to share the fun with 🙂 Certainly handy that you’re so close too! (But the offer goes for all of you of course 🙂
Also, am I the only one who reckons that Sughly looks like Evil Eddie from butterfingers? :0
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Totally!
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I do…? *googles* Haha, thats how people see me? I look pretty cool I guess, rocking a mic and stuff.
Also, as mentioned on Sunday: http://www.tribaltheatre.com.au/nowshowing.html#2001
Note the source listed there. Mmmm, 35mm…
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Nice! Imagine if it was a 70mm print. -drools-
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Just dampen my happiness over this with something impossible why dont you!
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By the way, somewhere between talking of cinema outings and Kubrick I was inspired and watched Eyes Wide Shut at home. It was a happy compromise.
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I got tanked and played LA Noire…
It’s kinda the same…
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So lambo and I played NFS:HP… Amazing game.
Everyone needs to get this game.
It’s pretty much amazing.
Also, I beat him. Every single time. Don’t let him tell you otherwise.
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Car crashes are the only reason I play any racing game. And the crashes in this game are glorious.
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Dirt3 sweet crashes, if amys your thing
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Sh♥t ass phone *rally*
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i Saw that i wanted to play with you two but alas. I both suck at racing games and my computer cant run it. Interestingly enough me, lambo, blaghman and tech knight beat the eye of chuloopa last night on terraria.
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When you get a pc good enough to play with us, don’t worry, Tadmod IS AWESOME AT RACING AND I WILL NEVER SAY HE “SUCKS” BECAUSE HE DOESN’T at racing too 😛
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oh great, taddy’s probably going to edit that to say “be scared, tadmod is a racing god!” 😛
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😀
You know me too well… 😛
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Never mess with an admin 😛
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haha lambo its okay ,tad is probably not as good at racing games as you are.
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I has it!
Let’s play!
What about trackmania? Don’t forget trackmania now…
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I have both 😀
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So I suppose you’re not going to chuck those vids up on youtube now, right? 😛
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You know, I tried, but .avi’s are too large (up to 32 gig….) and MPEG4s aren’t getting the compression right… too many artefacts.
I’m going to try and find a happy medium, but if I can’t, no 1080p HD video 🙁
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What program are you using? Handbrake?
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Sony Vegas. It’s great for editing. Crap for exporting…
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Are there any other formats you can export to? wmv, mov or anything else I can’t think of? Export it as one of those, then convert it to mpe4 with handbrake. That might work…I think…
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I’ll try it when I get home!
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Vegas isn’t crap for exporting… it’s just horribly unintuitive. Depending on how new your version is, your best bet is to use the H.264 Codec with an Mpeg wrapper. (the default vegas uses is TERRIBLE)
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H.264 isn’t installed. I should probably get on top of that… 😛
Thanks for the advice!
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Yeah, mine doesn’t have 264 at all, so I have to use 263, or some other weird format. I swear I should be able to get a degree in video codecs, because they are so mind-numbingly unintuitive.
One time, I reduced the bit-rate, kept the same Codec but used a different wrapper, and I ended up with a larger file. I have no frelling idea how that happened.
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So true.
I remember when video encoding meant going into Windows Movie Maker and stuffing a bunch of clips together! 😛
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Bahahahaha.
I had one class in year 11, where we spent about three weeks solely on video codecs. I loved that class, it was such a bludge (and my final project for it was a game).
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Yeah. I’m pretty sure it should be a university degree…
I’m still not sure exactly how the .avi’s are coming out as 32 GIG files!?!?!?! Is each frame saved as a FRACKING JPEG? >:(
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It is entirely possible, there is one AVI form that does exactly that. It’s very useful if you want to ensure the sound remains in sync, or make sure that anything can run it, but the files it creates are absolute monsters.
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But .mov’s have MASSIVE compression artefacts!
Why is there no happy medium!
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There’s always DV-AVI, I mean, it looks like ass because it’s DVD quality, but it’s not too bad in terms of compression and computational usage.
Tried to make a dent in the pile and thought No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise would be a good start. I mean, It was a Wii game right? How big can it be.
So I started, played through th efirst level in beat the boss like a red-headed step child. THen I get dumped in to an open world city and told I need to take jobs to unlock assassinations to earn money to kill the next guy and a realised the game might be a tad larger than I first thought. It’s now back on the pile till I’ve dealt with Castlevania (I will finish it!) and Alien Water.
I also started watching Firefly. I’m sad that I ignored this show for so long as it’s pretty darn good. Watched 3 eps on Sunday.
Also, started working on an animation. Will (With any luck) unveil it at the Sydney Meat 2.0 and then upload it to the internetz later for everyone else.
And that was my weekend. Oh, and I did a little tidying and A LOT of procratinating.
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*high five*
Procrastination is awesome! Is that throne of trash still cushy?
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It’s all gone. Have to make to with the uncomfortable leather one now 🙁
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And some procraStinating too.
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Firefly is awesome. Once you’ve finished it be sure to go watch Serenity.
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I picked up Firefly for $35 and Serenity for $15 on blu-ray in JB. A friend gave me Serenity on DVD a while ago but I refused to watch it as I hadn’t seen Firefly.
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+1! Serenity is a superb yet sad swan song to an awesome show..
haha funny memory.. I saw it at the movies by myself because my girlfriend at the time (who was a FF fan) was one of those people that feel the need to talk during movies, and I wasn’t going to let that ruin it!
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I watched Serenity without watching Firefly.
Pretty sure that was a mistake.-
Big mistake. But I made it too. And if I hadn’t I may never have seen Firefly…
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I too made that mistake.
It was one of the best mistakes I ever made.
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as did I.
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Why’s it called Sydney Meat 2.0? Is it some sort of “no vegetarians allowed” event? 😛
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There’s a strict ‘no pants’ policy.
Ahh yes, this Monday will be in poor taste. ALL DAY.
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Indeed, there seems to be a constant ‘no pants’ policy wherever the young master is.
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Where’s my latte?
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Apologies, sir.
It is hard to create latte art of “Sam Fisher shooting Space Invaders in post-WW II L.A.” when one has had no previous experience in said art.
My deepest apologies for the delay.
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No idea. Somone called it that and the name stuck. It sounds good. Meaty! Omnomnom
Because it’ll be a Meet n’ Eat, seeing who can down 10 Maccas cheeseburgers.
…Maybe.
This was the last one we had.
http://bit.ly/mSj3sR
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THAT
WAS NSFW.
……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank god nobody was looking
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You know, I only looked because you said it was NSFW. DAMN ME BEING CURIOUS! 🙁
I feel dirty…
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Let’s go outside and stand in this purifying rain…
Man, why is it so dark..
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hhaha, oh sheet, wrong alias to reply as…
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Yeah, it’s all rather depressing. It’s putting a dampening modd on my ability to waste money! 🙁
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Why are nudists always the people who shouldn’t ever be nude?
I thought it would be SFW, because it’s “art”
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If only that scene had been in Love Actually.
Which Castelvania??
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Lord of Shadows. Or Lords… The new one. With the mask. And ‘Lycans’. Damn Underworld for coining that retarded name.
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It’s fun, but not very Castelvania…
I’m a Castleroid/Metroidvania fan though.-
As am I. So far not enjoying the new one.
Looking forward to the new Bloodrayne game actually.
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Had my Epic Meal Time on friday and everything was delicious. Deep fried bacon wrapped lamb? Delicious. Hashbrown balls? Delicious. Sausage and Bacon stuffe chicken? Extremely delicious! We scrapped the kangaroo but I busted out the secret item I worked on, deep fried cookie dough and that was also extremely delicious. It was a great night! I’ll have to get pictures up somewhere to show everyone what they missed out on!
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im suprised you lasted the night man. Sounded awesome
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Hate you so much right now. >:C
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Was it as epic as this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9FRSghXhDM
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Ill never be able to compare to the original. Theyre far too good! We were an homage or tribute to them!
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I’m Jelly™.
Okay, that’s it. Next time the Brisbane people meet we’re doing Epic Meal Time stuffs. Yep.-
You can’t trademark Jelly©! It’s copyrighted!
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It’s Jimu’s Jelly.
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Deep. Fried. Cookie. Dough?
Holy. Mother. Of. God!
I am destined to try this delicacy.-
It was amazingly awesome. Didnt think it was going to work. Got the ones in the packaging, ones that come in the rolls, sliced and balled them up and froze them for two days. Deep fried em in beer batter. So awesome!
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So because I’m really lazy, here’s a repost from last week’s TAY regarding the SYDNEY MEETUP on SUNDAY:
This mini-gathering on Saturday 4th for the Sydneysiders. Has a location been decided? Where are we all keen on meeting up?
I think Endu suggested either near Paddy’s markets and another place that escapes me at the moment. What’s the consensus?
I’ll be driving in from my residence in the west (read: out in the sticks). If any Kotakuites want a lift in the pessimistmobile and you live between the west and the city, drop me a line at the [dot] tsharp [at] gmail [dot] com.
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I think I can challenge your ‘out in the sticks’ distance! (but in a more South Westerly direction!)
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Jitterbug. *click* *click*
Jitterbug. *click* *click*
Jitterbug. *click* *click* *click*
Jitterbug. *click* *click*You put the boom-boom into my heart,
You send my soul sky high when your lovin’ starts!
Jitterbug into my brain,
Goes a bang-bang-bang ’til my feet do the same!
But something’s bugging you,
Something ain’t right.
My best friend told me what you did last night.
Left me sleepin’ in my bed,
I was dreaming, but I should have been with you instead!-
Bish come on. If your gonna sing classic 80’s and 90’s that song doesn’t belong in there. lol
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What are you talking about? That is quintessential 80s! George Michael being camp!
Okay, okay. A decade early, but Bohemian Rhapsody. We’ll pick up a drunkard on the way. There will be head banging.
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You want George Michael?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpqmoBYkQfc
This is one of my favourite songs of all time, thanks to an episode of Misfits. Nothing makes me happier than the Sax part.
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cannot hear that song without thinking of the ‘Tongue Tied’ song and dance number from Red Dwarf.
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And now I’m home… here’s the link:
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Anywhere is fine with me.
Also, I live in the wild west o’ Sydney but have a weekly train ticket. That being said, if you have space, I’ll tag along anyway. 🙂
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is the Pessimistmobile anything like the bat mobile at all or is it like a invisible car like wonderwoman.
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I was hoping it was more like the A-Team van!
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If you need a van… I know a guy.
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“and you live between the west and the city”
You put that bit in so I couldn’t go, didn’t you? :'(
NOJERKINFORYOU!!-
No Jerkin?
Hater. I’ll remember this when I’m in your area.
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Endu? Wait… what? But… Endu was just at the Bris meet and… lives in Brisbane…? I’m so confused 🙁
Also, pffft, Sydney meetup. Brisbane wannabes.
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There’s two Endu’s. We agreed to share the name, instead of a feat of strength such as that undertaken by the James Macs.
Or maybe it’s my birthday on Sunday and I’m visiting family.
I posted above with my location idea folks, feel free to change it up if you want. I know the city pretty well so I’ll be able to find my way to wherever you please.
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“SYDNEY MEETUP on SUNDAY” ??? Is it Saturday or Sunday now?! I am confuzzled.
Yeah I can make it. I’ll just drive in myself. So who’s on the guest list so far?
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I didn’t notice that. You are correct. I thought the meetup was for the 4th which is a Saturday. THat way, I can stay up late without worry of getting up at 5am for work.
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Man I am stupid.
It’s on the 4th! My mistake.
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When you pick up that calendar for me, you should pick one up for yourself. 😉
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Touche, zinger duly noted.
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What time frame are we talking about?
I’ll make an appearance.
SHIT, I am retarded.
Meetup is on 4th – Saturday. Saturday people!
*facepalm*
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time&place… have we decided? I’ll try to get there, its just a busy weekend for me though.
Small taste of this week’s Cheapskate Gamer (because I think this deal expires today). I present to you:
No, it’s OK, you don’t have to thank me.
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thanks batguy my horses armour was getting a bit rusty. The old girl will be so impressed that she can ride into battle like a valiant steed again. lol
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I heard the horse armour would be included in the 5th anniversary edition. Which makes buying another copy of the game totally worth it!
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Has anyone seen if we will even get a PAL release?
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No idea. But I have a PS3 so it doesn’t matter. I’ve been getting my games from the US anyway. Cheap games and half price DLC FTW.
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Jelly I am, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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email….4 u!
who is jeeves is it a new person or one of us.
They are funny.
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I believe it’s one of us. Following The Pessimist around and being funny. Jeeves should have won Kudos last week as well as Dawdle.
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I suspect it is one of us… somebody who is pessimistic… and likes to remain… anonymous…
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Indeed madam, the young master does seem to like talking to himself.
It is insisted that we humour him.-
Sir, i believe that you should leave master Pessimist alone, I’m the only butler with funny one liners in this Community.
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It’s spreading like a virus… *charging my blaster* Shall I terminate?
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Yes, fire at will.
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Stop this Tech-Knight is a Fake.
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*slices them both in half with his energy saber*
Human imposters… if you truly knew me, you’d know I serve no one! I only serve my honour!
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I’m the personal manservant to Mr Stirling Archer.
Does anyone know how to poach an egg?
It’s actually not me, for once. Which is good, because I couldn’t afford me.
Jeeves works for peanuts, which I can easily afford.
maybe you should… ask jeeves!
oh god i’m hilarious
NFS:HP for ios has gotten an update that adds autolog to it 😀
Also, it’s on sale, for $1.29 😀
Been Playing Dead or Alive Dimensions, brilliant game that finally gives me a reason to play my 3DS.
Luckily I don’t have any plans to head to Sweden in in the near future too.
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My brain read that as “Red Dead or Alive Dimensions.”
Imagine that, a fighting game starring John Marston. I would play that so hard.
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This is the first game out on the 3DS that makes me tempted to go buy a 3DS.
Still I may wait, as there isn’t that many upcoming games that look worth it yet still.
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I’ve been thinking about DOA:D – I have Street Fighter 4 3DS and Samurai Warriors Chronicles atm. Played heaps of Samurai, but not so much SS4. I’ve always liked the DOA games, though – worth getting?
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i haven’t had any regrets with it, two pieces of advice though:
1. It seems (to me) to be slightly bit easier than its console counterparts, thats not to say its without it difficulty, but its not enfuriatingly hard. Even if at sometimes the Tag Team battles may seem unfair.
2. As i said originally, do not go to Sweden with it.
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/gaming/child-porn-concerns-over-nintendo-game-dead-or-alive-dimensions/story-e6frfrt9-1226066811839
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/technology/child-porn-concerns-over-nintendo-game-dead-or-alive-dimensions/comments-e6frep1o-1226066734447oh for the love of god. . .
Well for those of you who read my post last week about my kitten who’d injured himself by getting trapped in a blind string.
He is 100% recovered, with no ill effects. Back to his usual misbehaving, which makes it extremely hard to play games as he constantly tries to bite the controller.
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That story made me sad cause of the little kitten getting hurt. Than i felt bad i was sad and not manly so i went and kicked some stuff. Bins beds walls.
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YAY!
I love Kittens, they’re adorable. Like when they go to bite or scratch you, and it doesn’t hurt. So adorable. (until they keep doing it as they get older, and never learn that it actually hurts you…)
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Awesome news 😀
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Kittens are nigh indestructible when they’re up to mischief. It’s what makes them so adorable.
Is there a free online powerpoint ?
My home edition has been set to Mandarin…
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Google Docs may just be what you need, sir.
Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations.
Very exciting.-
Yep, Google Docs should be fine.
That, or OpenOffice – I think they can both save in .ppt format.
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Or Open Office. Both very tasty.
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Yes there is, it’s at http://www.officelive.com/en-us/
You’ll need to use internet explorer though. The latest version isn’t too bad though. -
What version of powerpoint are you using?
Super Sydney Meat Turbo – Endu Edition.
Saturday (4th) evening
6pm
Timezone above Paddy’s markets
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Sold!
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Be there or… well… not, I guess.
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Why are nudists never the people you want to see in the nude?
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You talking about my previous link?:
http://bit.ly/mSj3sR-
I was… also, that guy on the right is looking entirely too happy.
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COOL, I’M THERE.
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I look forward to hanging outside awkwardly because I’ve forgotten what most of you look like!
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I’ll be the immensely good-looking one. I’ll shoot you a blue steel look.
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Mr. Atlas!
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You called?
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I plan on wearing my bright green 1up mushroom ‘get a life’ shirt for visibility. And awesometude.
I will also hopefully have my fiancee in tow. She’ll be the attractive, uncomfortable-looking pregnant lady.
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Damn family commitments.
Next time Gadget, next time!Actually, wasn’t there another meat-up already scheduled for later? If so can someone shoot me a vague date.
Please.
Pretty please.
Pretty please with a cherry on top.-
Loading bullet type ‘vague date’…
Scoping on Hugo the Hungarian Barbarian…
Target locked…
Aiming for forehead…BOOM.
Late June.
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*shakes fist*
always gotta be first, don’t you…
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*nervously looks around for clock towers*
Umm… thanks.-
There’s a clocktower on top of UniLodge in Broadway!
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I think I might just stay in the office for lunch…
Jumping at every loud noise. -
Yes there is a clock tower… made famous not too long ago by a rather amorous couple!!!
(sort of NSFW)
http://believe-or-not.blogspot.com/2009/11/lovers-sex-in-clock-tower-sydney.html
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Sydney Meat 2.0 is currently scheduled for 25th/26th of June. That may change depending on peoples plans. I believe we’ll be in the same place as the first meet but that still needs to be worked out.
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Late June, good sir. ETA TBA.
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Bahaha, I win this time!!! Wonder what the score is now..
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Shush you!
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I’ll try and make a cameo appearance (“TOASTY!!!!!”)
I’ll be there!
Hey Strange, can you lob me an email to jamieahales(at)gmail(dot)com? I wish to pick your brain
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Just as long as you know it’s already quite empty in there. *is scared*
Minecraft has made me unproductive, well at least in real life. Also creepers frikken annoying, destroying my ish every night grrr..
Also I couldn’t log in the server yesterday 🙁
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Yeah, the server was having issues, hopefully should be good now.
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Awesome, I’m going a bit crazy, I must finish my tower!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtIp8jOo8_o&feature=feedu
makes me want to play half life again…
Not sure if raised yet… too busy to say Hi and such.. but
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/45816
$5 off at ozgame…
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Cool, thanks. This week’s Cheapskate Gamer is writing itself! (By which I actually mean everybody else is researching then writing stuff for me that I’m going to copy)
So i got the results of my account assignment back today… and my partner and i failed… 44%…..
The worst part? i’m really struggling with stud and i just know i’m going to fail the exam… especially based on the practice exam.
Throughout this semester i’ve been doing pretty good and got the 4th highest mark in the surprise test in the fist few weeks… but now i’m falling apart, i can’t remember anything, and when i read through my notes and the books, it’s like another language.. i can’t absorb it and i’m really not handling it well..
This is why i dropped out of high school. the overwhelming sense of failure… it just makes me feel like shit.. i can’t handle it.. i hadn’t felt like this is 9 years, and now to have it all come flooding back again is just too much to take.. i don’t know what to do or how to remedy it.. i feel like i’m drowning..
Worse, i feel stupid, utterly incompotent and incapable of doing anything right. I feel destined for failure.
I mean, i’m 26 and i have no direction.. i can’t work out where i’m going, or how i’m going to get there…
I have to go to work now to churn out another underpaid day, but all i want to do is crawl into a hole somewhere…
Gah…
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Dude don’t be so hard on my friend chuloopa. I too often hate doing tests for fear of thinking I’m stupid. Here is the thing everyone feels that way at some point. So to be a big cliche just do the best you can. You can do no better than that.
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NO CHULOOPA!!!!!! Do not lose hope! You must fight back now, and show those exams what you’re made of! DON’T GIVE UP.
Sometimes, you need to retreat to fight another day. Or something along the lines of that – somebody once told me that and I thought it was good advice.
You are most definitely capable of doing right. Everybody hits failure at some point in their lives. Not everything can be smooth sailing. But that’s how we adjust and learn.
Just relax. Break it down into smaller steps. From what I’ve seen, you’re more then capable of taking this on.
As for not feeling like you have any direction, how many people know what they want at 26? You’re still so young, you’ve got so much left ahead of you. Your potential is infinite.
You’re not drowning. It’s okay. You can’t, because there are still so many people here who’d dive in after you.
Keep going. Relax. You’re smart, funny and well-spoken. It’s not even over yet. You can do it.
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Dude – don’t worry. You can smash this for sure. It’s just a matter of getting into the groove.
Uni is generally bullshit. The one thing I regret more than anything in my life is taking that shit too seriously. I’m exactly like you in that I’d get insanely depressed if I got bad results, despite the fact that, at the end of the day, it really is meaningless.
Just get through the subjects you’re struggling with. Get pragmatic with it. I know how tough it is – especially when you have to work at the same time.
We’re all behind you man! We all believe in Loops!
BELIEVE IN ME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU. YOURS IS THE BRAIN THAT CAN BLAST THROUGH TO THE HEAVENS!
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Mate, I’m failing at subject at uni right now. You know why I’m not despairing? Because it isn’t the end of the world. I can still take Networking next semester if I fail!
Same thing with you, mate!
As for being 26 with no direction: Poppycock.
You’ve shown us you’ve got a great deal of talent in writing. Why not start there. Take a look at what you’re doing now, and where you TRULY want to be. You’ll find you aren’t far off.Everyone feels like sh♥t sometimes, mate, you’ve just got to stop it from getting you down.
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Hey man, I know where you’re coming from. Hell, I’m 28 and I still don’t have a direction. Studied animation for a few years but turns out that I could have spent three years sitting on my arse doing nothing for all it got me. THAT’S NOT HELPING!
If I’ve learned anything from Kotaku it’s that you can do pretty much anything you put your mind and nipples to. Just think of it as a Kotaku comp and do your best! You’re destines for some great and awesome things dude! I don’t think anyone would argue with that! And remember, you have the whole community behind you 100%! (Not that I claim to speak for everyone, but I think it’s safe to say).
You just gotta get yourself centred again. Get back on to the path and follow the moon! Wait… that’s American Warewolf in London.
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Okay, so don’t worry. One assignment you failed. Don’t worry. You can only ever learn from your mistakes. People learn in different ways. Some like to learn through reading. Some learn through listening. I personally like to learn by reading through and making notes. Some friends like to record them talking through notes and listening to it. I also find that when studying with friends is incredibly useful. The point is, different people learn in different ways. And there is no doubt you can learn, seeing as you did so well in the first few weeks. Find what works best for you. Try new revisions techniques, like the ones I listed above.
You are also a very capable person. You have a job, you have a roof over your head, you have food to eat, water to drink. Stop focusing on the negatives. You are quite capable of achieving anything you wish, but there is work involved. There is always work involved.
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Awww that sucks man. It sounds like maybe you are getting overwhelmed with it all, information overload perhaps.
Maybe you need to take a break from it for a bit, let what you have learned settle in and you mind calm down.
If you did well in that earlier test then you know your stuff and are capable of it.And even if you don’t make it, it won’t make you a failure. Life doesn’t have a direction, it’s just a bunch of shit that happens. If this doesn’t work out then maybe it just aint your thing.
We Believe in you!
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Ah Loops, don’t worry about it. You’ve got the skills to pass this, if it’s what you really want to do. If it’s not, then maybe what’s distracting you to the point that you’re stressing out aren’t distractions at all, they might be your calling.
Besides, even if you do fail, Uni is just one more step in the hellish bureaucratic dance of our society. When it comes down to it, people prefer experience and enthusiasm over formal qualifications nine times out of ten. I beat out two people for my job with no qualifications whatsoever, simply because I wouldn’t shut up until they hired me. 6.5 years later I’m still here.
Some of the most interesting people I know still don’t know where they’re going and they’re in their forties. Some people never know.
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Don’t let yourself get down, your mindset will be the greatest asset ahead. I got sick of Uni, and so collapsed, despite the fact that I could have slept my way through the units.
I’m sure you can do well if you stay positive.
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Chuloopa you are definitely not a stupid human, you’re among the higher ranked humans of society. I’ve had many downs during my high school years, despite how hard I tried, I had an ENTER score (Which is that year 12 ranking system which makes humans feel good about themselves) of under 60. I went through TAFE as one of the tops in my class and now working full time for the past 2 years and counting.
The point I’m making is even though it seems to be getting worse and worse, you never EVER give up. Just pick up and push forward again, you can do it. You’re one human out of very few that I believe in! And you should believe in yourself too
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Pretty much everything I could say to you has been said already. And more eloquently.
I’m almost 35 and I still have no idea where I’m going. I’m just letting life take me along on its little river ride. There are points along the way though, where you feel the slightest move may capsize you. Just hold on. You never know how strong you can be until you get through the rough patches. And don’t be afraid, sometimes capsizing is good for making you see things from a new angle.
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I admire you for this comment. 🙂
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Oh, and one more thing…
*hugs Loops*
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I’m sure you will do fine. You’re obviously not stupid or incompotent. If you do fail (which I doubt) don’t worry about it. There are always options. You can take the course again or try something else.
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I BLAME SONY!
You were doing so well until that rotten Bee got you a PS3, nothing but trouble that woman!!!
Seriously though, firstly, sorry for not being on RDR on Saturday night, the girls had friends over and were using it for movies 🙁 Then, I fell asleep…. Anyways, to the topic at hand. Look up there ^ Dude, see all that love and support!? So many people believe in you, even though they don’t really know what your studies are like, but they know your a great guy, a man with a good head on his shoulders. I’m almost 34 and still don’t know what I want to do, and nobody wants to hire me anyway. But look at you, your young, have a totally rad hot body, perfect triangular chest hair and one heck of a hilarious writer. And apart from those stella qualities, your also studying at uni AND working in the real world. And somehow, you still find time for us in here and games! That puts you in legend status, you know this! A tiny fail here or there is bound to happen, but you’ll bounce back. Even if it means you have to cut back on Taying for a little while, we’d all forgive you (we wouldn’t cope, but we’d understand).
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Stress is possibly the worst thing for exam preparation. Try to relax a bit (different from procrastination, though), and it will help. Get good sleep and good nutrition.
I also find the best way to remember something is to understand it, rather than memorise the procedures. To that end, it may help to make a list of things you don’t understand and seek help to get those things sorted in your head. Don’t be afraid to ask your lecturer/tutor/whoever for help – they’re often happy to help, and they (usually) don’t like failing students!
Remember to learn from your mistakes! Why did you get 44% in the group project? Were you factually incorrect? Was your understanding incomplete? Were there avoidable errors? Was it presented in a manner that the marker didn’t like/agree with? Did you complete each part of the assigned task? Asking questions like these can help you to learn how to improve – sometimes it’s as simple as presenting your material in a certain way that the marker likes…
If you’re unable to answer these sorts of questions on your own, seek help! Ask the marker to go through your work with you and explain your score.Failure isn’t the end of the world. I’ve failed two 3rd year chem units, and I’m currently doing my Masters in applied maths. It hits pretty hard on the ego, but it is definitely a learning experience.
Feeling miserable will not help you in any way, so cheer up! No matter what happens, you have people who care about you and will be proud of you for who you are.
You could always try blackmailing the lecturer…
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You know I’ve been sitting here reading all these great responses trying to come up with something meaningful, and it led me to thinking about what motivated me to do well at Uni.. and this is gonna sound bad but it was hate and spite that were my best motivators.. like if there was a teacher that told me I was worthless, I worked hard so I could jam my success in their face.. or if there was another student who thought they knew everything I worked hard to beat them so i could jam it in their face.. moral of the story is.. um…well.. Don’t be like me haha
Seriously tho, I have two rules:
1. NEVER EVER stop in the middle of a hoe down:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/60001/detail/
and 2. Never give up.Uni isn’t the be all and end all of everything, one bad grade here or there is normal.. Just keep working hard!
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Zomg, I was going to say the same thing. I can’t really say anything new that hasn’t already been said, but, I was going to be all “Don’t get sad, get mad!” in a very Cave Johnson way.
Yeah, failing assignments suck. Especially when you think you’re doing alright, but the asseessment just throws a “no you are not” in your face.
But it really helps to try channel that gloom into something else. Maybe use it as a motivator to do better. Learn what you’re weak at. Or convert it into rage. Screw that guy! You can do this! Get determined to smash the next test.You just have to find a place where you’re comfortable at. Getting stressed all the time doesn’t help. Stress a little, sure. Study, work, but make sure to make time where you can actually relax. Play some games. It’s therapeutic.
YOU CAN DO IT [/creepy Rob Schneider]
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Failing is just a part of the learning process.
Take a moment, work out where you went wrong and then go forth and kick some ass.
Fear of failure has screwed me over far too many times, and even knowing this, it still gets me. Conquering it is very satisfying though and almost makes up for the regrets.
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Seems like you need to take a break. When your head gets spinning and you can’t consume content during study, it’s time to take a break.
Take a day or 2 off. Don’t play games, read a book, go to a coffee shop, get out and about. Have a minty. Clear your head with a bit of relaxing literature.
Then get back into it.
Remember that opportunities come about every so often, and when they do you jump on them. But until then, you need to turn the opportunity mill, and in this case it’s you 9-5 and Uni course.
Wait for the opportunities to pop up. They’ll be there sooner or later.
And if all else fails, join the army.
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I think the important thing to note is that you haven’t felt this way in 9 years. 9 years is a long time and everyone falters every now and again. To go so long without feeling like you’re directionless obviously means that you are doing something right; or most likely many things right.
I too have struggled with my reason for being and for where I’m headed. I think it’s part of the human condition, and the people that don’t take these hard looks at themselves have less of an idea where they are headed than the ones who do. Hell, I will be 26 next week and some of the feelings you describe are all too familiar to me.The most important thing in life is just to get back on that horse. That horse is a son of a bitch and will kick you off every chance it gets The one thing that separates the survivors from the defeatists is not how long they stay on the horse; it’s the fact that they will keep on getting back up there time and time again.
You have a hell of a support network, but the rest is ultimately up to you. Don’t. Give. Up.
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Just because you’re an awesome bloke I have to jump on here and say not to take it too hard mate.
I have not had time to read all the other comments but I am confident that they have said this already.
I know through my Uni stuff I had quite a number of times like this one. I got to the point part way through one of my units where i called the uni and asked to withdraw from the unit because i felt like this. When they said i could but would have to pay still, I quickly hit the books.
Mate there is no easy way through it, but if you don’t stick at it, these feelings will not go away.
The only piece of helpful information i will provide is be open and honest with the lecturer about it. I know I had a few rough patches through my course and even as a distance ed student, speaking to the lecturers actually helped alot. Ultimately they are there to make you pass so they are paid to help you out. There are no stupid questions so just use that to your advantage.
Here is my take on uni.
There is no question you will be asked that you have not been told the answer to. It is literally not possible for them to examine you on things that you have not been taught. Have confidence that the inforamtion is already available and you just need to take your time and focus on the gaps in your knowledge.
Also, the assignments are made to be difficult because they are open book and you have the power of the interweb and books to help. Assuming they are closed book exams, the final test is not at that level as they are only testing your aquired knowledge of the course training materials, rather than the infinite possibilities of an assignment.
As Mark said, it really does not matter in the grand scheme of things. You need to take each course and break it down into the key topics or themes and there is usually only a small number of these for each topic. Just get to know these by revision and ask for help if you can’t make sense of it.
And don’t forget, regardless of us only being internet peoples, we are real and this entire community owes you a bunch for just being a top bloke. You deserve to succeed and we are all behind you mate. I know it sounds corny or whatever, but when you are here, everyone else lights up. I only say this because you sound like you need it, and i couldn’t say this in person (not with my manly beard and all)…
Also, I think i read above that failures are just stepping stones toward success. It is true. A mistake or a failure is only that if you let it become one.
Think of it like this. You will look back at this moment being one of two things. If you drop out now, this will be the reason that you feel like crap and never succeed at anything. If you graduate, this will be one of those moments that made you a stronger person because you learned from it.
That choice is ultimately yours.. (PS, Im suggesting you take the second path mate, if that was not clear!)
All the best and if anyone here can assist, Im sure they will…
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Alright, I’ve been thinking.
When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?
Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Chuloopa lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons!
I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
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Yeah.
Yeah!
Yeah, take the lemons!
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Just want to point out loops, that this thread has 3466 words of pure love for you in it!
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Mate, I’m 42, and am changing life directions again now and starting from scratch.
Don’t sweat it. I’m back at uni after a 20 year hiaitus and it looks like I’m about to fail my math subject. It sucks balls and makes me want to actually cry, but fuck it, worst case I do the subject again. I gotta say though, the maths lecturer is a toal heartless &^(*^*&%$(&$*^.
Listen to Yoda, or Mr Miyagi. We learn from failure, in my experience, people who avoid failure become failures in life. How the hell would they learn anything.
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Also, check out your life
it might cheer you up.
Just was reading ecogamer.com. and it looks like coke is doing a deal where you can redeem codes off 600mL bottles.
These codes can then be used to earn points towards PSN games. http://www.cokeunleashed.com.au has more details on it. But think I’ll be buying a few cokes today.
Hopefully this will get Serrels off the Pepsi Max and back to the proper Coke.
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damn, now I look at this it might have been running awhile, and most of the games are sold out.
Heart of the Swarm teaser (for those who haven’t seen it)
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/05/28/starcraft-2-trailer-teaser-of-the-day/
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It’s more like a cock-teaser.
Shows so little *grumble*
Hey Jo, I saw you adding me on LoL over the weekend and you got some levels now. What do you think of it so far?
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Haha, you should totally play HoN instead. Seriously! HoN is soo much better then LoL
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ULTRA_APROVAL!!!!
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ULTRA_SPELLING_FAIL!
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If you think the meaning of “better” being having to pay real money for constantly being flamed with “n00b” comments towards you for making minor mistakes or not being the character they like or not buying what they think you SHOULD buy at any point in time. No room for learning, to them you HAVE to be great at it an there is no rookies in this brutal community of a game…
/rant
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I might try HoN later. I have only played a bit of DotA and now LoL so if what Tech says is anything to go by I need a bit of experience behind me first.
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Yeah pretty fun, just played a few co-op vs AI games so far.
I am not very good at it and only got to use a couple of interesting champions as the good ones get ninjad before I get in the lobby.
Kinda afraid to try PvP matches as I will probably bring the team down.-
Yeah they do get challenging. If you find one you do like, buy him with your IP as soon as you earn enough. My personal favourite is Master Yi atm, he’s pretty darn deadly when used right. I’m currently saving up for Warwick the werewolf which I’m very close to getting. They’re basically my main two, and I’ll be looking for a ranged champ as well afterwards for when I tag up with friends online so I can do lane support.
Oh yeah as for characters getting ninja’d, that happens a lot less if you’re using one that you bought and stick to. Then the only time you ~might~ have issues is when it’s rotated into the tryout lineup, which changes weekly. That kind of thing where the hero can get ninja’d by another will happen in HoN as well. The best you can do is plan to have a preference of champions, not just one so you don’t get left in the dark.
You can practice on Co-op vs AI as long as you want until you feel confident enough. That’s what I did! If you want me to help out or just tag up for games, you can ask and I shall assist 🙂
Oh yeah, LoL playerbase = a LOT friendlier to your own team and LoL is free with premium offerings such as skins, which are less than 8 dollars AU IIRC. I’ve only had about 3 separate games out of about a dozen I played now where it got a little unpleasant but hardly enough to make you back away. You CAN pay for the champs with real money as well if you so desire.
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Yeah Master Yi looked cool but have not had a chance at him yet. Was using Kennen mostly, fun but risky as it involves rushing through the middle of groups to set up a combo.
Did seem pretty friendly, even when I was being a noob and people were telling me what to do it was never insulting.
Other people seemed to be able to kill enemy heroes in a matter of seconds and I don’t know how! 🙁
Mostly I just distracted the enemy so the others could smash through a lane.-
Indeed I get confuzzled by this too. Champs that are magic based for example, players tend to stack on ability power items which makes their spells do much more damage. I’ve once gone up against someone with 1/5th health left, I was at max health, he took me down in two seconds. Tried it myself and it does do a LOT more damage with my abilities. The problem was that I had to make sure I follow through on my attacks cuz my champion was fragile in HP and defense and fought at range.
Best way to counter this I find is to coordinate strikes with allies, ambush them while they retreat is a very good strategy and stun them repeatedly if you can. They can’t use their powerful moves on you if they’re stunned can they? 😉
Master Yi is a hit and run kind of fighter, he’s no tank and he doesn’t stun enemies, he’s good at chasing down enemies with his ultimate however, he can also heal himself quite rapidly with a meditation skill. With ability power put up enough, you could heal him back to full health from near death in one go, making you ready to jump right back into the fray. I love doing surprise attacks with him cuz of how fast he attacks with my build, he gets drastically underestimated xD
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Niiiice.
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Well as I said I’m trying to get a preference list so that I can be flexible, I’m about less than 200 IP away from getting Warwick IIRC. So once i get him I’ll be sticking to him more than Yi but still practising on both so I don’t get caught with my pants down with somebody else taking it.
Oh yeah, and Kennen, if used right, you can be such a pain in the arse for the other side. I’m not 100% sure how yet but once I study their item builds I can find out. If you end up liking Kennen down the road I can give you some good tips. I’ve seen Kennen in action, more as an enemy than an ally and bloody hell I wish I could kill that little bastard with how many times he kept doing hit and runs then catching me off guard and finishing me off without fail.
But yeah in LoL, even if you play absolutely horribly, the chance of you getting flamed for it is pretty much nil. I had one game where I couldn’t even get a single kill and I didn’t get personally attacked for it once… despite that in the later part of the game I went on a 10 kill killing spree 😛
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I really shouldn’t drink Red Bull at the office.
Every once in a while, I’ll have a can to perk me up. Nothing much, maybe two a month.
Every time I do it though, my coworkers will always tell me how terrible that stuff is and how the caffeine can kill you if you’re not too careful.
They never comment on my morning coffee. The one that I walk into the office holding every day.
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Funny.
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Gotta die of something.
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Pshaw, it’s just simple math
Coffee > Red Bull
Everyone knows that…
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Just checked the HarveyNormal big buys website, and for the first time EVER, they’re actually going to sell something decent! Tomorrow they’re going to be selling Nintendo Watches!!! Dunno what the quality is like, but might be worth a look at least!
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It’s a trap!
Probably!
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I can see it now, Gerry using a rabbit trap on the nintendo watch in the middle of the store, waiting to capture you and interrogate you on not only importing a game, but importing an RC’d game which will make him doubly mad at you fellow bot xD
So you be careful you hear?
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heheh i don’t actually wear watches, so i don’t intend to buy one.. just thought i’d pass on the info in case anyone else wanted to take a look 😉
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Much congratulations to the little miss, Madam Dawdle, on the marvellous win for the Samsung Galaxy.
So Dawdle won herself a Samsung Galaxy S II from Gizmodo! Congrats!
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Indeed.
Congratulations Dawdle.
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GO DAWDLE! YEAH! Congrats to you! 😀
Let us know how it runs I’m quite interested in the Galaxy S series.
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Yay, congrats Dawdle!
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Awesome! Nice work Dawdle!
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CONGRATS DAWDLE!
I am super jelly.
I have the Galaxy S, would love to know how the S II runs.
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Grats Dawdle. I had no idea you were really a robot.
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Awesome news on the win dawdle! did you model and animate that yourself?
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Haha, “Man, some people are such sore losers.” – Nick’s twitter.
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WOO!
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Wow, I’ve been away from the internet the whole afternoon and I just found out. Thanks guys!
I just fell asleep while playing Yakuza 3.
Stoopid F1 making me stay awake late last night just to see stoopid eejit Hamilton make everyone crash and stoopid Vettel winning again thanks to the stoopid safety car saving his stoopid tyres.
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I wonder if Webber blamed his car again for losing. That human is such a child and swears like crazy when he wins 😛
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I don’t know about his Car but i’m sure he and Vettel both had words to their pit crews after that first tire change disaster!
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Motor racing is just one of those sports I don’t get. I love cycling and think that it is one of the greatest sports in the world, but take those people off of a bike, stick them in a car and all of a sudden I just don’t see what all the fuss is about.
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To be honest I never really got it either then I got my Motorbike Licence and suddenly the appreciation for the talent in Moto GP was there.. and then F1 was next.. now I love it.. Sunday nights are worth the Mondays!
I don’t really watch any other motor sport other than those two, but they have me addicted!
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Face it Bunny, you just think cycling is cool because of the tights. 😛
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Very true, I’m just jealous that I don’t look as good in bike shorts as Frank Schleck.
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And that’s why I don’t stay up to watch the F1.
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Yes!, today has been so so so so looooong! but it was a good race, and I agree on the safety car it saved Vettel!
Oh and after our comments last week on the commentators, the best one this week was in Qualifying when, I think it was Alonso, tried to do a flying lap but was slow.. On of the commentators said “Oh thats the sort of time you need a calendar to measure, not a stopwatch” .. hahahahaha
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Oh! And at the start of the race: “F1 drivers are so fast they don’t need green lights”! Reminded me of one those “____ do it_____” t-shirts. 😛
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So do you mind if i post another shameless ad for Redlynx here… I am actually super excited about this. I posted a link to the teaser trailer a few weeks ago, but Redlynx are releasing a game called 1000 Heroz on the iOS on 2nd June.
It is a platformer/running/jumping game that has a unique twist. You get a different track each day for 1000 days. You can go back and play the prior days ones and collect stuff, but the leader board is locked down after that first day for that track. A new one tomorrow.
I am actually really keen to see if I can play it every day for 1000 days. Funny thing is I will have to keep my ipod/iphone for that time and who knows what will happen in 1000 days.
Also the game may be crap, but I thought I’d share my excitement because im getting it day 1. Also if you dont get it day 1, then you miss an entire day of competition and i want this to be my Trials HD when im on the train!.
Anyway, let me know if your getting it. It cost a BUCK! ($2 on ipad) Apparently you can form custom leagues so I am thinking of making a Kotak AU TAY league that we can all be in, having daily competitions???
End of shameless fanboy plug!
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I am sick…..
I just posted a message on their forums asking what time the game was relesased. I mean, what time and what timezone!. Trying to get the jump (see what i did) on the competition because they will be sleeping and i will be gaming.
I actually realised when i get obsessive about things, is when i’m stressed.
What I tend to do is want to take my mind off things. As good as drinking is, what i tend to do is really get into stuff, whether it is gaming, solving the Trials HD riddle or this iphone stuff, or even Photoshop work for that matter, the more stressed I get, the more i focus on this stuff as a way to escape.
Needless to say I’ve been doing a large amount of all of that recently!
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Red… lynx…?
Never heard of ’em.
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Thanks for the heads up! Was wondering when this was going to be out. Should have known I could count on you to tell us.
I like the idea behind the game but I’ll most likely be too crap at it to bother trying to keep up with it every day.
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I have an iPhone, so I’ll probably give 1000 Heroz a shot.
And, if you hadn’t posted about it in here, I probably wouldn’t be thinking about buying it at launch. You should probably be getting a pay-check from RedLynx.
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I seriously am just a fan of their stuff. I have spoken to a few of the devs over the years and seem like a real nice team so always want to support them.
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I really respect that. And introducing people to new things (that you love) is strangely rewarding.
I think I even bought Trials HD after you posted in TAY concerning a sale on the game. (Thanks for that tip!)
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Please pass on my apologies to your loved ones that you are surely neglecting as a result….
If not already, add me on XBL
FatShady Live
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DUBSTEP INTERLUDE
Tetris theme DUBBIFIED
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Is it wrong if I prefer Akira’s Pinball?
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Haven’t heard before – nice Effluvium Boy!
Don’t know if I prefer, but it’s still a wikkid tune!
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Pretty slick
Though I did jump when the music shouted at me
“F*CK”
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That was pretty cool, I was hoping for a bigger drop though, I like my drops to feel like I’ve been punched in the face.
GODDAMN! Today has passed at an alarming speed…
Usually I would approve, but today there is far too much work to be done D:
I looked at the clock at 1230, then looked back ‘a few minutes’ later and it was 1430!
Then, when I put my lunch in the microwave, I could swear 1 minute passed in a matter of seconds (Considerably fewer than 60)…
Wait… Perhaps it’s me!? I’m slowing down to a crawl, and the world whizzing by is just an illusion…
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Maybe it’s because you’re using a 24 hour clock. Switch to 12 hour and see if the world goes slower.
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That sounds like a solid suggestion.
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Lol the problem is that although you think it’s going faster or not time stays the same. I find when you need time it’s never there and when you don’t you have plenty. Yeah take that hawkings
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Have you gained weight recently?
And increase of mass would increase your personal gravitational field causing time dilation making you feel time slower than the things around you.SCIENCE
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This is when we bring up discussions about Gabe Newell and Valve time.
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Spent the entire day watching Season 3 of breaking bad. Just finished episode 9. Goddamn it is good stuff. Everybody should watch it. It also reminds me: when’s the Walking Dead starting again? That was also very very awesome.
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I’ve read November for the second season of The Walking dead.
But there were rumours a few months ago it could be back half way through the year. But I have not read anything like that for a few months now.
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According to the wiki page, it’s due in October of this year, but it will probably be right at the end of it, like the first season (Oct. 31st), probably depending on what day Halloween is.
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I’ve been working my way through Breaking Bad. Somewhere near the start of season 3 right now, is so damned awesome.
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It only gets better…
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Seriously though, those two dudes? They are creepy as hell.
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The cousins? At least one of them was an actual gang member. He has a very poignant message containing two words, the first of which has four letters and the second simply being “you” tattooed on his eyelids.
And yeah, I know how awesome the show gets. This is not my first viewing, I’m just rewatching in anticipation for season 4. Not sure how they’re going to outdo Walt going full measure.
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Found him: Luis Moncada. The other cousin is his brother, Daniel.
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Wow. That is insane. What was really scary was the scene in the hospital with one of the twins. That was crazy.
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Pretty much all of the third season is like that. I just watched One Minute last night, Dean Norris (Hank)has really come a long way on this show. Went from one of the most obnoxious characters to one of my favourites pretty much all off of how he deals with not wanting to go back to El Paso.
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I’ve seen the ad for it many times and thought it looked pretty good, but I haven’t gotten around to watching it.
For any interested in the inFamous 2 Hero Edition, if you pre-order from JB Online and pay via PayPal you get $10 cash back therefore making it the cheapest price @ $179.
Hurry though, cash back deal stops on the 31st.
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I’m a sucker for statues/toys so this was a must-buy.
Plus inFamous is one of my all time favs… After Metal Gear, of course.
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It’s still $10 cheaper from GAME’s online store. Also, free shipping and release day delivery.
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FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve already ordered it from Jbizzle.
Oh well, I’ve got La Noire to finish first.
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Not sure if anyone on here will be interested in this given the amount of people that have an iphone/android, but I recently found a way to play Game Dev Story on PC. Been playing it for the last few days and loving it.
Now this is basically piracy, which is disappointing but as I don’t have an iphone or android I don’t have a legitimate way of purchasing the game and should it ever get released on PC I would happily do so.
Anyway, the way to do it is to download ‘Youwave’ an adroid emulator here
Then you can download a copy of Game Dev Story off the net for Android and install it to the program. If you need any help let me know. Again I do feel bad that I can’t honestly buy it, but this is better than nothing. Hopefully this game comes to PC someday as it is really addictive.
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You know I’m going to have to try this out…for science 😛
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Alrighty, so here’s my gizmodo entry for the samsung phone as per the lovely dawdle and Qbo’s suggestion. I won’t lie, I had my hopes way too high for this one and did feel a bit gutted to miss out. Spent all day on the dang friggin thing! *big sigh* But a big thanks to all the nice comments and love from everyone! So yeah, here it is:
http://www.kramsdesign.com/misc/gizmodo/samsungcomp-sughly.html
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Wow dude. You’re a really talented dude. Twas amazing.
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Well, that was amazing.
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I think you were right to have high hopes of winning. I can only think that maybe there were so many entries yours was missed or played with the sound off or something. I cannot even imagine how boring and painful it must have been to be the one to have to sift through all that crap looking for gold.
Maybe next time there’s a big competition like this at Allure they should do something like have a daily semi-finalist and a new thread each day to make it easier for the judge/s to sort through.
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Bahahaha, that was adorable!
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This is . . . just . . . the worst thing i have ever seen . . . Sorry, I wasn’t talking to you, Sughly; I was watching a repeat of The Amazing Race.
Your animation however, i mean, it is, it makes me want to, I think, the point is, to cut to the chase, if i could – for a moment – think clearly, I think, to be honest, your movie is so Hollywood, I mean, just so money.
Let me clarify for reasons of necessity: I had breakfast with Tania Zaetta at Bondi Beach this one morning a long time ago, I’m talking like 1990s here – when I was better person; I mean, just not so broken down.
I mean, I say I had breakfast with Tania Zaetta, but really not really. I mean, to be honest, I was just sitting next to her. I mean, it was like, I didn’t “have” breakfast with Tania Zaetta at Bondi Beach, I sat next her through glorious coincidence, dumb luck, circumstance and good timing; that’s the Plainview way.
I mean, breakfast beside Tania Zaetta: it was the best thing i’ve ever done and when the sun shines on me, I remember that day like yesterday.
Your moving pictures were better. I mean, take nothing away from Tania Zaetta: she looks like i imagine $35 million looks; that’s big money, that’s Mike Tyson money – he almost killed Don King for less, but not much less.
I think if you want to kill Don King, it better be for at least $25 million; that’s just basic finance, i mean, take a conservative economic approach when it comes to Don King – that’s just the way it is.
The point is, your movie was Mike Tyson money, the kind of thing that would make Don King think about a better brand of life insurance. Remember: it was Don King in George Foreman’s corner in Zaire; I describe it as Don King’s “canary” day. But don’t blame him, the smart money was on Foreman, look at the numbers, Foreman was the better fighter, i mean, at the end of the day, when you do the maths, the numbers add up to F-o-r-e-m-a-n.
Ali won; he did it with persistence: he just kept on standing up – he wanted to prove a point, show the world something it hadn’t seen before.
That’s the kind of thing you got, i mean, something the world wants to see, something it hasn’t seen before, you just got to keep standing up. You’re Mike Tyson money, you’re big money.
These drawings you do, i mean, not many people can do that. I mean, like not anybody; it’s something you do, something nobody else does.
Nobody could take the beating Foreman threw down in Zaire, it was Ali’s Everest; he just had to keep standing up and doing what he did best – believing in himself against the very precipice, against the ropes: he wasn’t fighting Foreman; he was fighting himself.
Your moving pictures was too good for a f*ck?ng telephone, I think that’s the problem here, i mean, in retrospect and as far as I can see it anyhow.
I don’t too often – I mean, if it’s any consolation – even answer my phone anymore; Meredith takes the calls and I do whatever I can to repay her for her grit; her courage if you prefer. But I think she likes telephone calls, so it’s not all trouble in paradise. Sometimes the telephone must be like the worst invention of all time.
Wait a minute . . . sorry . . . don’t go anywhere . . . I’m going to be right back . . . I lost my beer, I left it in the bathroom, near the sink, I don’t even remember leaving it there, but nobody else left it there so it must’ve been me: normally I blame Meredith for this kind of thing, but not in a bad way, not like that, just as a joke, but she went out with her friends a little bit earlier tonight. When she’s out I can pretty much do whatever I like – which is as good as it sounds. You just have to play it cool as ice, like ice-cold, when she gets back I mean: like nothing bad happened. I mean, nothing bad is going to happen; that’s kind of the point.
That’s not the point at all.
The point is, your animation is killer, I mean, like really good, like Mike Tyson money, like Ali in Zaire.
I was in the park just the other day telling some people about the lion and the canary. What I mean is that sometimes you’re the lion and sometimes you’re the canary; it doesn’t mean too much more than winning some and then losing some, and also it means you don’t get to choose when you’re winning and losing, it’s not like the way Charlie Sheen says it is: it’s more like Ali in Zaire; sometimes George Foreman hits you, and sometimes you hit George Foreman – if you know what I mean. But either way: life is lived against the ropes.
I was also telling these other people about the Happiness Triangle, but that’s a different story.
The Happiness Triangle is kind of about three tangent concepts that converge symmetrically to define when is now as opposed to false notions pertaining to the past and the future (more specifically: the past and future do not exist – The Happiness Triangle illustrates this).
I think that’s what I’ve been trying to say. The Happiness Triangle. There are no telephones in the Happiness Triangle.
Drawings though: that’s a different thing. There are drawings in the Happiness Triangle – like the kind of thing you do, the kind of thing that you do that no one else can do.
That’s the kind of what the Happiness Triangle is all about.
You didn’t get the telephone and that’s like the canary. But the drawings are all lion – your drawings are always the lion.
And in the end, all the way through and against the ropes – that’s kind of what I was trying to say.
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All three tangents of the Happiness Triangle,
Plainview.
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The Plainview lives!
Your brand of awesome has been missed.-
*high five*
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Ok, seriously… this made my day/week/month/year. I could ramble on and on about how much I loved this, but I will say simply this – thank you. You are awesome.
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Jesus H. Christ, Sughly.
What’ve I got to do to trick you into drawing a picture of a lion and a canary and both of them doing something hilarious; it’s not going to draw itself, old chum, and I’m certainly not up to the task.
I was very drunk last night and writing this was some kind of inconvenience, no, let’s be perfectly honest here, I’m not going to sugar-coat it: it was an ordeal.
You know something, it was Monday night, Meredith’s night out, I should’ve been smashing windows at the old abandoned warehouse downtown.
I politely request that you leave the Happiness Triangle.
Forget about it, I’m not too disappointed.
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Yes I am,
Plainview.
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lolol! Yeah I planned on doing such a drawing you know, but now you’ve made it look like I’m doing it just because you guilted me into it. So now it’s lost any surprise potential it might have previously had. *siiiiiigh*
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Tell me about it; crushed by the weight of expectation.
Maybe next time.
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Is Tania Zietta’s skin as shiny in real life?
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J-Mac, old sport, you would not believe it, it’s like looking into the sun, it’s a blinding light, she’s the kind of girl who should come with a warning from the Cancer Council; she shines too bright, but you can’t look away – that’s the bad thing about it.
I mean, it was summer as well, it was like someone was shining a mirror in my eyes.
Whenever I see a bright light now, I hear the name, Tania, it whispers on the breeze and calls to me, and I close my eyes just a little bit because . . . because . . . I can see the light . . . I can see the light . . . and it burns . . . it burns.
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Tania: bright, bright, burning light,
Plainview.
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Plainview!
You’re returned!
I could wax lyrical for hours upon hours about the glory that is your return, but I shall instead comment that you appear to be using commas in the same manner I do.
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I know! The commas! So bohemian. So liberating, so hedonistic! It just feels too good. I’ve started drinking out of old jars, the knots in my beard have knots. I have wildlife living in my house. It’s just so far into the wild. Too far? Never.
Let’s go the edge of town & drink moonshine beside the old railway tracks!
This is the kind of thing you write in log cabins at some kind of point of no return; a manifesto of sorts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Writing from the Book of Blaghman,
Plainview.
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I should be working, and my laughter is signalling to my colleagues and boss that I might not be… THANKS A LOT 🙁
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My commitment to anti-productivity is really more like a life journey: it’s just something I feel so strongly about.
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Welcome aboard,
Plainview.
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Holy Crap! That was legendary!
Now, this is just a theory… But is your son… Jimu?
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Don’t i only wish.
i could take him sailing and all kinds of wonderful things.
I would buy him a bmx and then sticky tape a water bottle against the back tyre so it sounded like a motorbike; just so all the neighborhood kids would know he was a rebel without a cause: like James Dean, but more like Dennis Hopper, you know, when he was in Easy Rider, but more Dennis Hopper circa Apocalypse Now – kind of a mixture between the two I guess.
Or maybe Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet, but he didn’t much look like the motorcycle type; but you never can tell.
And when kids come up to him and say, “Whose motorcycle is this?” Jimu could say, “It’s a Chopper, baby.”
So he’d be more like Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction is really where I’m heading with this.
We would go to the zoo most Saturdays and he could throw peanut butter on toast to the monkeys: a special treat for them on weekends.
On Thursday he delivers the community paper to the neighbourhood and earns enough money for a bag of licorice at the locally owned family store, in his later years he will spend the money on cheap, illegally imported cigarettes and give the change to Wendy Folsom over at the orphanage.
Every Tuesday I leave Jimu at the Morgan’s Family Convenience Store, I just drive home without him, I don’t look back; this sounds to be a tough lesson, it is, but I like to remind him who the alpha male is.
On Wednesdays, i take his bmx and bury it in the forrest to teach him a lesson: nothing lasts forever and everything you love eventually leaves you.
Soon, the Department of Child Protection take Jimu from me and find him a more appropriate home for him: a place that doesn’t believe in my brand of strict military regimentation, psychological conditioning and feeding peanut butter on toast to monkeys on a Saturday.
Jimu will find the bmx I buried in the forrest, he will do a lot of things, he will become a man of impossible wealth and status; an oil man of untold fortune.
He will still remember old Plainview behind the bright lights and glittering spectacle of his playboy lifestyle; he will remember the sailing, feeding the monkeys at the zoo, the bmx and buying me cheap, illegally imported cigarettes with his pocket money.
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Plainview.
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Well… My comment was actually in reply to Sughly, but I appreciate your input.
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Oh, thank god.
You don’t know how much better that makes me feel.
I’ve been feeling terribly awry trying to figure out what happened here. Sorry, old boy! I should read more carefully. This is a simple case of mistaken identity and the like. It won’t happen again. Just trying to do the right thing; you understand. Post the replies that need replying to as a matter of common courtesy.
But your words does make a lot more sense to me now when before that wasn’t at all the case. I was a grade A rube. But I guess we can laugh about it now. I didn’t want to be inputting where my inputting wasn’t a welcome commodity; that’s just not my way and wouldn’t want you to think otherwise.
I can sleep easy, this is just the kind of thing that puts me back on the straight and narrow, away from the edge, where I need to be.
People like me, truth be told, look up to people like you; time and time again – sometimes that goes unsaid too often and I intend to set that straight also.
I can’t apologise enough, really I can’t. I just need to walk away and try and be a better person, just live with myself from day to day and keep on doing better than I done before.
And gee whiz, Mr . . . I hope I wasn’t evocative, I was nervous is all, trying to say the right thing, trying to do the right thing, but I don’t always seem to get that right and I think you can see that clear as day.
You’re a stand up guy, I can see that, and I don’t feel right about what happened; that’s just the way it is.
I’ve been out in the wilderness for a long time, heck, I don’t even remember how long. The point is, it’s clear to me, I lost my social graces somewhere out there along the way. It’s just a feeling inside of me that I get that makes me do the things I do.
A second chance would be a swell opportunity for me and I’d appreciate it just as much as anything.
I’m going to put this in the past and I’d ask you to do the same thing, Mr.
I mean, I don’t want you getting bent out of shape over it, or feeling like I did you wrong; that would play on my mind something terrible and fierce.
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You make me a better person,
Plainview.
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Now, now, sir. No need to apologise.
If my comments were construed to be anything comparable to chastisement, then it is I who should ask for forgiveness, on account of not expressing myself comprehensively. I meant only to clarify, shed some light on and such, what I recognised to be a miscommunication of sorts. It’s understandable how such a muddle-up could occur, considering the layout of comments on this page. Navigating the various threads can require a substantial feat in ocular gymnastics. In fact, I often find myself in the same position as yourself. Not your physical position, of course, since for us to occupy the same space, at the same time, would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible, so I’m told. What I’m saying, to be succinct, is that all of us are likely to suffer from the same affliction from time to time. My eyes certainly aren’t what they used to be.
Actually, now that I think about it, my eyes ARE what they used to be, considering I’ve had poor eyesight since birth and acquired my first pair of specs at age four. The last optometrist I visited was somewhat amazed that I was able to negotiate my way around a shopping centre, on foot, glasses-free! This led me to question her qualifications, considering I’m legally authorised to drive without glasses, as well as regularly read, write, watch television, walk, run, skip, limp, talk on the phone, shop, and question an optometrist’s qualifications, without the assistance of optical lenses strapped to my face. Now, I’m not saying I don’t have poor eyesight, I do, but if there was to be a global glasses shortage I would be able to get by.
My father’s eyesight is an entirely different beast. Place a book in front of him and he will struggle, holding the book with an outstretched arm and squinting as if it pains him to do so. However, if you were to ask him to read a road sign in Paris, while standing in Brussels , he could do so with ease. I’m convinced that his vision can see beyond, and follow, the curvature of the Earth.It seems you’ve led me to deviate from my original point, which was, if I remember correctly, that the mix-up that occurred was entirely inconsequential and insignificant.
When I say your input is appreciated I do mean it, truly and honestly. Your response, however misguided, was a joy to read, as are all your anecdotes. The mind from which these tales are born is a treasure!
When I say your yarn was “evocative” I had no intentions to imply that it was PROvocative, if that is what concerned you. It was whimsical and inspiring, to say the least.
Clearly I’m not as skilled a communicator as yourself, but you’ve encouraged me to improve.In future, if it is required, I’ll be sure to identify those whom my comments are directed towards, in order to avoid confusion.
As led by your example, I’ll put this in the past.I hope you won’t think less of me because of my blundering. It would be an awful shame for this to tarnish our friendship.
I trust Meredith is well?
You are my rock,
Effluvium Boy
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Hey everyone – thanks so much for all the love! I only just got back to the internets after last night so I got a nice big stroke of the ego seeing all the messages. I was all mopey yesterday thinking I just wasted my time on it, but seeing people respond is worth it!
Hot damn, can Plainview write too…
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Seeeeeeeee I told you to post it in here. The love is all deserved. Well, not so much on you, but those vocal talents! So sweet and cute! I wish Mark could maybe check the Allure offices for something Pokemon to send. Surely there is something Pokemon kicking around there. Please take a looksy Mr Mark Serrels sir! Don’t destroy the little ones hopes and dreams!!!!!
Oh, and dragging Plainview out of the other-worldy planet to post in here is all kinds of win on so many levels. Plainview, you are one brilliant dude!
Game of Thrones is made of awesome. Quite how they found such a stomach-churningly ugly boy to play Joffrey to perfection I don’t even think I want to know. Poor kid.
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I’ve really been meaning to watch it. Do I have to rely on the internets to watch it, or is it on TV somewhere?
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It’s available on Channel BT 😉
I’ve been kind of watching. It’s a great show but every time I watch an episode I get a niggling feeling that I should read the books. So I put off watching the next one longer and longer. At the moment, I think I’m only up to episode 4.
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Buy the books now, young man!
Was it you who recently got a Kindle? The show made me want to read the books again but when I originally read them I borrowed them from my sister so I’ve now bought them on my Kindle for around $8.50 each.
With the next book due mid-July (on my birthday!) now might be a good time to start catching up.-
I have them on my Kindle, just working my way through some other books before getting into it. Really, is there any excuse not to read American Gods when you have it right there, available to read whenever you like?
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The internet is your friend for this one.
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I love the show, it makes me feel bad every time because I haven’t read the books yet. The good news is that it was renewed for a second season 2 days after its premiere.
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OMG this show is filling the “I need Science Fantasy TV” hole right now.
I haven’t read any of the series at all, which I’m grateful for as I really don’t want to know what happens.
This show is so much win. I just watched the last episode that came out in the states last night, and you can tell that this series is going to just be epic.
Love it.
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Extremely faithful to the books and brilliantly cast – I’m sooooooo impressed with GoT !
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Yeh, Sean Bean should be (and almost is) in every epic Fantasy film.
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And he should always be a dude that turns out to be the villain.
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For England, James?
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No. For Me.
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OMG! I never connected him with that movie until now. *stamps on own foot for punishment
I too, am loving this series. (any grammar Nazis out there tell me if the comma should be there? this sentence doesn’t feel right somehow.)
The opening sequence makes me wish i was into table top games… then I could roll a D6.
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There should be an additional comma after the I:
‘I, too, …’
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Loops. You have to pass level 100 on tackle alley in backbreaker. So much fun. Did it last night. Nice 90G also.
http://www.logitechshop.com.au/logitech-wl-guitar-controller-ps3.html
Grabbed one of these last night. $40! Playing RB at Welbot’s place reminded me I don’t have a working guitar so when I saw this it was too good a bargain to pass up.
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$40!!! I’m tempted to go smash all my guitars just so I’ve got an excuse to get one!!! That’s awesome!!!
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Why isn’t there a 360 one‽
I would buy one of those instantly if only they had it for the right damned console.
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Yeah my sentiments exactly. This thing looks friggin cool. Like, capital C cool. But yeah, I has no PS3 guitaring games…
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Haha check out what my dad and sister got me for my birthday yesterday!
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That looks really really cool.
Now you need a complete set of spartan/elite armour!Happy birthday Jo 😀
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Haha that’s awesome! And happy birthday mate! 😀
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Happy Birthday! Looks freaking awesome.
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Thanks everyone!
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Ah, a good old swish-swoosh-stab. Nice.
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Wow, that looks epic dude. Happy belated Birthday!
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Noice. It matches your uber awesome ‘how the hell did he do that?!’ wraith skills.
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HAPPY BDAY!! Man, you people just keep having birthdays. Whats the deal? The present looks cool though, is it a Haloey thing…amabob? I dont play the Hallows…
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Yeah its an energy sword from Halo.
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Way cool!! And happy vaginal exit aniversary day!
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Saw the mock video game affliction post from Luke this morning and it got me thinking.
Possible future of Australian video game box art? http://tiny.cc/2aoyz
Don’t tell me you can’t see it coming!
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Oh god, that’s almost exactly what I was thinking when I saw that article. The ACL is totally gonna pick this up and run with it. 😛
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eheh I keep waiting for some “scientific” discovery that links video games to cancer.. like cancer oft he eyes or some such.. then we’ll have warnings of all manner on covers.. and then of course we’ll see plain paper packaging, cos you know.. we don’t want the kids getting excited by all the bright imagery!
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Hey I’d be fine with that, I got a step father who could print out the original front covers (In better detail I might add) if it REALLY comes down to that.
Loving the new axe in terraria, thanks for the help in getting me the materials to make it Blaghman and Rocketman 🙂
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Terraria MP shenanigans?
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Yeah I’m not THAT much of a fan of Terraria MP, the lag is just awful while running it off a VPN. Makes every fight very frustrating cuz they just seem to teleport into you while you spam attack to keep the enemies at bay. Boss battles are worse, you dunno if you’re actually hitting them despite that it LOOKS like you are.
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Huh, that’s odd. I’ve briefly done some boss killing and dungeon exploring with someone and it’s been mostly lag-free. I’m in Sydney, he’s in Melbourne.
What really messed up the game was when he let out some water and it had to fall something like 2000 feet into a well we made. I guess it’s all physics-y and/or CPU intensive, because he was getting crazy lag on his end (he was the server, too), and any messages I typed showed up half a minute later.-
Well I knew something was amiss when I was facing eye of cthulu and while I was shooting it, it teleported into the ground and its HP leaped about 300 points when it came back up.
But yeah it seems fine at the start but I get a lot of lag jumps with mobs and players overtime which is just annoying
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Well I didn’t get any lag, so I’m sure the problem was on your end.
I couldn’t even type that with a straight face, I am terrible at this.
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Thats okay. I think i will formally say sorry to blaggy for cutting the cobwebs at the bottom of the hole about ten times.
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It’s okay, it’s only money, and what good is that to anyone?
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Now you made me feel bad. I will repay this debt. I will work it off by killing zombies until it is repayed.
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Fire Imps are a pretty good way to earn money, if only for the fact that there usually end up 4 or 5 of them on screen at once who try to fireball your face off from all directions.
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Fire Imps are also massive dicks who take pleasure in burning me when all I want is hellstone.
Also, getting Obsidian is stupidly hard, the water falling mechanic is broken.
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My friend actually figured out a decent way to get Obsidian. Mine down to when you just hit lava, get a decent lake of it, find a pool of water right above it, and drain it into the lava. You might need to mess with the water flow a bit to make sure you get an even layer of Obsidian over the lava, but once you’ve separated the lava and water with obsidian, you’ve got a pretty easy source of Obsidian right there. For each block of obsidian you mine, the water gushes into the gap, hits lava, becomes obsidian, and seals up the lava again.
Oh my god this is a terrible explanation.
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I know exactly what you mean, however when I attempted to do the same, I ended up with on block of obsidian, and all the water evaporating. I was not happy (I used friggin’ massive pools too).
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Yeah, that’s why you have to stop and start the flow constantly. You basically have to build a funnel to channel the water into certain places.
But once you do, you’re sweet.
Much easier with a grappling hook/vine-thingy.
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My PS3 arrived in the mail yesterday. Just one problem… it’s not the 60GB backwards compatible model promised in the listing. It’s just some old 40GB model 🙁
Have opened a Paypal dispute, but even if I win, I have to send the console back, which means I’m out of pocket ~$100 🙁
I’ve got 17 games in the mail on their way to me, including many PS2 games… stupid wasted money.
Grumble grumble.
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i know this is no consellation, but at least you can buy a ps2 for like $99 to get some use out of the ps2 games.
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Thanks, welbot, I was thinking about this. If I manage to get a partial refund and keep the system, this is probably what I will do.
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That’s suckasaurus. Must have been such a letdown. 🙁
If you know someone who’s(or if you are) good at fixing stuffs I have a non-working old slim PS2 that you can have. I have another one that works so I don’t actually need the non-working one and it could just be a simple fix for all I know.
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Thanks, but:
a) I am a hopeless technical person, and so is everyone I know 🙂
b) I need an NTSC system, as I am importing games (from the much more impressive USA game catalogues).
b)(i) Now I think about it, I think I might actually have an old PAL PS2 system lying in the garage…
c) I don’t really want to do anything until this dispute is resolved.Still, I really appreciate the offer – thanks! 🙂
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All PS3 games are region free. The only thing the NTSC can do that the AUS PAL version can’t is play region 1 DVDs and Region A blu-rays. Seeing as most blu-rays are also region free, another moot point.
The ps1 games (and PS2 if the machine is backwards compatible) however are region locked.
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Yup, it’s the PS1 and PS2 games that I was thinking of. (For example, the Metal Gear Solid Essential Collection, Chrono Cross, all the PS1 Final Fantasy re-releases, and cheap classics editions of games like Shadow of the Colossus – all of which either don’t exist or are waaay too expensive in PAL)
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Heads up anyone who may want to join me on the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise 2012 (January 23-27, Miami-Cayman Islands-Miami).
Public sales begin overnight.
First 10 announced out of 40 bands are: Amorphis, Eluveitie, Grave Digger, In Extremo, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Pestilence, Stratovarius, Therion and Tristania.
Join ussssssssssssss….
(Just realised looking at this, ‘join’ is a stupid word. 😛 )
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*sob*
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Sorry, Join. Next time I’ll just say you’re a strange word. 😉
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wow.. i’d loooove to.. but joan and I could fly to japan and back for cheaper than that atm 🙁
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If things go according to plan, I should be on a massage table in Bali around that time.
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Oooh tat does look cool.
Looks like all the cheaper cabins are taken already though.-
Yeah, they did a pre-sale for “veterans” of the first cruise. The actual cruise itself is great value though considering it’s all food and accommodation plus the most awesome music festival you’ll ever be a part of including hanging out with the bands. It’s the flights to the US that start pushing it into the super-expensive realm.
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Yeah I might wait till I see more of the lineup, see if there are any bands I really want to see.
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Damn that looks cool. Any idea when the rest of the line up is announced? I might like to see some more bands before committing.
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If last year’s announcement schedule is anything to go by, they’ll be trickling the announcements out like water for a dying man. The last bands weren’t announced until around Christmas last year, maybe even later.
If it’s something you’re really interested in you could book and if the line-up doesn’t look like one you’re impressed by you have until I think October to back out and still get a full refund.-
Judging by last year’s line up, it’s probably going to be ridiculous. Plus the whole atmosphere looks like it would be incredible. This may be something I have to give some serious thought.
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So it’s the 31st of May and still no sign of the PlayStation Store making a return.
So much for the end of May.
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US time perhaps?
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Could be. At this stage in the game though, I’d say May is a bust.
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I’ve been having crazy fluctuations of anticipation.
When it first went down, it was when I was considering buying Hard Corps: Uprising, but before that I barely used it, so no big deal, I guess.
Then I had some craving for UC2 multiplayer, but PSN was still down, so I was disappoint.
Then Outland came out and I was all wooooooo! PSN this week maybe?
Now I am back to not caring.-
I want to pick up Beyond Good and Evil to see what all the fuss is about.
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I know I’ve mentioned this before but it still baffles me.
If I show up 2 minutes late with a coffee in hand, I get in trouble. If I show up on time, sit down, turn my computer on and then head out to grab a coffee (taking 5-10 minutes), I’m in the clear.
On a barely related note, I normally get a flat white with one sugar. Think I might need to mix things up a little, anyone got a suggestion that isn’t a long black or espresso shot by itself?
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Get a Mocha! Those are awesome!
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robots don’t drink coffee. SO how would you know unless your a imposter! lol
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Tech Knight might be one of those robots fueled by coffee.
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My internal systems process the coffee I consume into a kind of cleaning and boosting agent. It’s actually what fuels my CPU processing and RAM efficiency the best. It also increases my battery life temporarily like a mini-portable generator.
My tastebud drones also keep recommending mochas as most enjoyable while maintaining said function above. The only imposters were those before “Tech General” and “Tech President”… and lets just say they aren’t feeling… 100% after I was done with them.
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I used to get something called a Cinnamocha.
Was a nice coffee with a cinnamon flavour. Was totally delicious, but I can’t recall where I used to get it from. Might have been Gloria Jeans.-
I’m not a fan of chain coffee stores. I get my morning beverage from Pour Boy Espresso and they don’t really do those weird sugary things that Gloria Jeans and Starbucks do. It’s just straight up coffee with all the typical espresso varieties.
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I know I’ve mentioned this before but it still baffles me.
People are stupid. End of story. You should try just getting up every hour or two, and stand around and do absolutely nothing for a few minutes. If people ask, say you’re taking a breathing break. It’s like smoking, but not harmful. I imagine you’d get in trouble for that as well. Why? Because people are stupid.
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TEA
What gentlemen drink!
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I have a tin of French Earl Grey sitting on my desk and some Melbourne Breakfast (English Breakfast with vanilla) at home. Tea is serious business, but when it comes to first thing in the morning, get the brain functioning, most important meal of the day, I need me some coffee.
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I heart that emote.
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Ceylon orange pekoe, One sugar and a little milk please.
Keep that icky coffee stuff away from me.
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Caremelatte – one of my all time favorites
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Whiskey.
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I support this wholeheartedly.
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The first whiskey of the moning needs to be good stuff… Never waste your sober moments on bad whiskey.
Good whiskey should make you want to fight people… bad whiskey should make you want to kill them. That’s how you know the difference.
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I find that people make me want to fight people, and then 90% of alcohol makes me want to be great friends with everyone. Even Whiskey. Maybe I’m doing this wrong…
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Maybe… maybe you’re drinking Irish Whiskey?
You’d know if it was Bourbon because it’s so sweet… and you’d start thinking America is the capital of the world. Rum would make you suicidal and sherry would turn you into an old lady.
Actually, you’re probably drinking brandy.
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So i just wanted to say a massive thank you to you all for your AMAZING support yesterday after my little Emo Tantrum.
I was feeling like crap for pretty much the entirety of yesterday, and you were all absolutely amazing.
It’s no wonder i love being a part of this community so much.
I studied from the time i got home, last night, until almost 10pm, and i have a feeling i’ll be doing the same right up until exams…
On the plus side, the boss isn’t in today, so i’m trying desperately to get part 2 of The Kotaku Chronicals done today. I think this one will be a bit longer than the last as i introduce some new people and hint at the inclusion of more f you in future story lines.
Anyway, thanks again, everyone. You’re all awesome and i’m an emo puppy dog. lol
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“hint at the inclusion of more f you”
“inclusion of more f you””
“more f you”
“f you”🙁
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lol!! I picked that up too.
You’re more then welcome Chuloopa =]
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Perhaps he’s adding a Tarantino-esque flavour to it?
Serrels: “What planet are you from?”
Alien: “What? What? Wh…?”
Serrels: “‘What’ ain’t no planet I’ve ever heard of. They speak Galactic Basic in What?”
Alien: “What?”
Serrels: “Basic, motherf***er, do you speak it!?”-
AHahahahhahahahahaaa
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Remember to take a 5 minute break every 30-45 mins during study. It seriously helps you concentrate.
Oh… Also, Sughlys entry into the gizmodo comp was epic… who wants to chip in and get him a little prize for his hard work?
It’s the right thing to do 😉
then he can have something delivered to him by the other guy who always delivers.. the post man!
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The would be hilarious, if the postman actually did always deliver…
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Don’t push yourself. I’m sure we can all wait. For a little while at least.
Good luck with the studying!
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Due to the numerous AWESOME pictures Sughly has done of me, I most enthusiastically offer my support.
Tell me how, where, what and when and I will contribute to this most noble of causes. -
NOOO! I really appreciate the love loops but I would feel so so bad if you sent anything. I just wanted to get some nice comments about the animation to make it feel worthwhile which I got, so I’m happy! And besides, I felt terrible for you when I read your story and never ended up replying since I was out all day and then coming home was in my own mopey world >_<
But I'm glad to see your seemingly more chipper today and poitive and whatnot! I'm sure everyone said more encouraging things yesterday than I could of anyhow… so yeah, that's my excuse! -
Hey loops! Great to see you feeling better 😀 Also, as I’m hurriedly trying to catch up on Tay, I sugegsted similar above, but asking for Mark to see if there’s anything Pokemon in the office to send out. Cutest voice over ever!
Is anyone planning on getting Hunted: The Demon’s Forge? I was, but with LA Noire, Enslaved and AC:Brotherhood on the way from Zavvi I think I may be a busy for a while.
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Hind and I have our Xbox 360 copies coming through from ozgameshop. The idea of a co-op dungeon crawler (with splitscreen!) was too good an opportunity to pass up. Unfortunately, there is so little information available it’s not funny. I’m hoping it’s as good as the trailer makes it out to be.
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Yeah.. the lack of info is concerning.
I’m waiting to see what you guys say about it, but i agree, the trailer makes me want it soooo bad
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You ended up buying L.A. Noire?
Captain James Donelly is pleased.
http://i56.tinypic.com/rif5e8.jpg-
Over the moon, boys!
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lol.
Alien Water truly has some hokey dialogue.
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Arrrggghhh, stop doing that to me!
He seriously looks like he has one of those mouths that stretch and stretch until they’re big enough to chomp you in two. I’m gonna be scared to play the game.-
Captain James Donnelly is displeased you are displeased with his face.
http://i53.tinypic.com/23iar1w.jpg-
Bahahahahaha.
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Pre-ordered two copies. One for me, and one for my lady. Also ordered at two different stores to take advantage of the different incentives.
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Very, VERY tempting.
But I think I might show some extremely rare restraint and wait and see what others think of it.
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It looks awesome but I’m going to wait and see what the reviews say.
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Looks like something that would be fun to play with my husband.
I’ll wait and see what you guys all have to say.
I remember someone (welbot?) recently talking about domain names or web hosting or something. I saw this and thought people might be interested:
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/45875
FREE .com.au domain names.
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Thanks, but I already have a domain. It’s really the hosting I’m interested in.
I finally got my songs of ice and fire book series from book depository. I know what I’ll be up to tonight
So I heard Strange was looking for a personal trainer…?
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Totally not how I pictured Strange by the way.
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Hmm, I’m curious as to how you did picture me now.
Is it okay if I picture you wearing a kilt and holding bagpipes?-
All I knew about you was that you had a child, tatts and liked metal.
I pictured a very pale, tall woman. Black Rammstein T-shirt, peroxide blond hair shaven at the temples. Neck tattoo’s and maybe a lip ring.
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Also, it’s ok to picture me in a kilt holding bagpipes… that’s what I look like.
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Sorry to disappoint you. I’ve never been the greatest Rammstein fan, Power Metal is more my flavour of metal.
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Maybe you mentioned the shaved head before… and that’s where that image came from.
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Hahaha! Yep. I need someone to yell at me to stop gaming and sewing and do some exercise. Having your shirt on is optional. 😉
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Well, since I’m Grandpa Q-Bo here, I guess you must be Nanny Strange. Our ages dictate that we can tell the world whatever the hell we want. Also, exercise is way over rated, how would we get time to game??? I think it shows dedication to our hobbies 😀
I just spilled carrot and orange juice on my white shirt.
Woe is me.
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Tell people it’s a new form of outsider art.
Or, since carrot and orange juice is good for your insides, it must be good for your outsides.
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Get all Jackson Pollock on your shirt.
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lolol. I wish I could breathe fire, or be a cool kid, or an anti-establishment artist.
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Carrot and orange juice?
No one would have thought less of you if you’d been honest and admitted that you’d thrown up.
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Put on RayBans and don’t shower. People will just assume your a hipster.
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I would have thought as someone who may or may not eat a lot, you would already know that dark coloured tops are what you wear?
The stains blend in!
Also I just noticed my favourite red hoodie still has brownie stains on it from months ago.
HYGIENIC-
Not quite the same, but this one time (every few months) my sister shoved a piece of clothing (I think it was a shirt) in my face, and asked me to do a sniff check for her.
I responded with a “no,” and after arguing about it for a few minutes, I finally gave in and sniffed it. Once I was done she got to the relevant question. “So, does it smell of vomit?”
Classy.
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Suuuure, they’re *brownie* stains ;]
I actually wouldn’t mind wearing a rainbow, cuz they I could walk around and if I got into a fight I could be all like “TASTE THE SKITTLES, B1TCH!”
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I was going to say something probably as a reply to you but then I got sidetracked with thoughts of a shirt made entirely of skittles.
It would be amazing.
And delicious.
And amazing.-
Also delicious.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaan, I gotta go pick up some Crazy Cores tomorrow. nomnomnom
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Possibly the BEST battle cry ever!
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Quick get more carrot and orange juice and cover the whole shirt. Then no one can tell.
The continuation of political correctness gone mad
http://www.smh.com.au/world/school-punishes-boys-for-playing-at-soldiers-20110531-1fdui.html
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I’m off to find some Arecaceae to plant my face into, because my hand just isn’t large enough for that level of fail.
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In all fairness…
Re-enacting the photos from Abu Garab was a bit extreme.
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wow.. just wow.. that is so so stupid.. so kids can’t have fun these days?
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Pew Pew Pew…. [Banhammer]
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Also found this, the title just… *frustrated sigh*
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/nintendo-child-porn-game-pg-in-australia-20110531-1fdrc.html
Did anyone see this a few weeks back?
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/s3219358.htm
It’s Jennifer Byrne and a panel discussing the future of books.
The most interesting point raised was e-reading vs paper reading. They basically say that the experience and the way the information is processed is different, and that you get much more involved with a physical book story on a neurological level than e-reading.
Anyone who uses e-readers agree/disagree?
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I find I get just as involved when using my kindle as with a book. However if I read on my computer the immersion may take a little longer to begin or be slightly lesser. I assumed this was because I was less comfortable though.
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Tl:Dr but I will say normal books are easier and somehow better to read than an e-reader. The black on white of paper and print is still much better on the eyes than the black on gray e-screens.
You also need considerably better light to read an e-reader than paper, but not direct light on the screen like a torch as it still glares.No matter what they say, in my experience e-ink is definitely not as good as paper and ink but is nonetheless a damn sight cheaper.
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I don’t use an e-reader (we have one in the house, but I’ve never been bothered enough about missing out on a book to use it), but I prefer books. Yes, e-readers are more environmentally friendly (and good for saving space), but I like having a massive library. There’s just something about a huge number of books staring at you, with the knowledge that you can grab and paw through one at any time.
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The thing I love most about e-readers is that you have that library in your hands. You can switch from reading Thursday Next to American Gods on the train without having to worry about lugging fifty bajillion kilograms of ink stained paper.
It’s the difference between an iPod and a Walkman.
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I agree, I like having a massive library.. When my apartment is finished at the end of the year, i’m getting a floor to ceiling bookcase built with one of those ladders on wheels, just because I Can!
on topic tho.. I’m planning on getting a kindle in a few weeks, but I think I will still buy my favorite authors on paper, and read the ones I like less/the classics (hey, they are free!) on the e-reader.
I have read one book on a kindle and I don’t think I was any less involved, but the book was one of my favorites.. I had more trouble when I tried reading with music playing via the ipod on the train to cut down on background noise, now that took you out of the experience..
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I find reading while listening to music really easy, but I guess it’s a matter of practice. I’m sure if I used an ebook I’d get used to it quickly, and it wouldn’t make a difference.
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Didn’t watch it, as I don’t have time to watch a video. But I disagree somewhat with that premise.
I have a Kindle, and keep it synchronised with my Android phone running Kindle software as well. So I use the Kindle at home and when long distance travelling, and just the phone on the bus to/from work.
I can somewhat agree that reading on a mobile phone feels less involving (but they may just be a factor due to public transport, there is noise and visual distractions).
When I read on my Kindle (same situation at home as reading a traditional book), I find it just as engrossing and fulfilling. I feel I read more now with the Kindle as books are considerably cheaper.
The main aspect I don’t like is the inability to quickly flick to and form a map at the front of a book.
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I’ll watch this when I get home.
But since buying my Kindle a few weeks ago, I’ve found that there is no noticeable difference between using a Kindle or a paperback to read.
Well, there is one difference. I find it a lot easier to get comfortable with my Kindle. With books, if I’m lying down in bed, I move all over the place trying to find a comfortable way to read. At some point, I’ll end up on my belly with my arms dangling over the edge. There might be a way to predict my position based on the size of the book, how far along into it I am and if I’m reading the left or right page. With the Kindle, I get in one comfortable position and don’t have to move for hours.
Then again, I’m weird.
How would you want your ‘Smokin’ BBQ Chicken’ sub?
Hey is it me or was there a gif floating around of Sunday? Was there other photos and whatnot? WHAT AM I MISSING?!?!*
*Note: I am lazy and have opted not to go through TAY looking for it.
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It’s on Page 1. We only have 3 pages so far. You’re beginning to sound like me and that isn’t a good thing. Before you know it TheCommandoUsedMyHandle will be around to yell at you or something.
Apparently Welbot sneakily sent a couple of pictures to Qumulys and Q-Bo proceeded to make a funny gif of Rock Band hijinks complete with Bunny’s Pete Townsend windmill rock arm.
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Ahhh yep, wasnt too hard to find after all. Man we all look really bored. Except Trjn of course. The photo does not justice! Although thats a pretty accurate representation of my keys effort.
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Thanks for being lazy Sughly, I missed that yesterday.
In case anyone is wondering, from the front, clockwise: LittleJJ, Sughly, Trjn, Endu, Jimu, Strange.
This is an interesting piece on people’s reactions to someone studying a PhD in video games:
http://www.killyourdarlingsjournal.com/2011/05/its-in-the-cinema-studies-department-…-studying-videogames/
Adam Ruch might be interested? 🙂
Sony just announced the store will be back this week!
To get a decent topic going here, who’s planning on getting what as their welcome back gift?
I’ll be grabbing WipeOut HD and Dead Island.
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Infamous and ???
I have none of those games, and I was interested in Infamous (or… ‘inFamous’, whatevs), but I’m pretty myeh about the other one.
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I think you mean Dead Nation, not Dead Island 😉 Free Dead Island would be an awesome apology though!
I’m getting inFamous and Wipeout for sure. If I’m able to download games with my US account as well, then I’ll get Wipeout and Super Stardust HD from there, and inFamous and Ratchet and Clank locally.
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wow. I was actually thinking about Dead Island when I posted and even made a mental note not to confuse the two. Epic brain fart.
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I think you mean Dead Nation.
It’d be nice if it was Dead Island, but we still got to wait for that.
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InFAmOuS and LBP!
Wait, we get freebies on the PSP as well?!! zomg!! I thought it had to be one platform or the other.
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Hellz-to-the-yeah we do!
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Oh boy, we get free games? I should have paid more attention. This is rather exciting!
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is there a list of these games up anywhere?
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Dead Nation
inFAMOUS
LittleBigPlanet
Wipeout HD + Fury
Super Stardust HD (Not sure if this will be available in Oz)PSP
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This was the Kotaku article:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/05/sony-thinks-your-psn-pain-and-suffering-is-worth-up-to-us104/
but the list is also on the official Play Station site too…
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Thanks guys, I feel a bit sheepish at missing the three hojillion links that listed the games on offer.
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Infamous and Wipeout..
but does anyone know why Infamous has the asterisk on it in the list? I was wondering if it was only yours for 30 days or something?
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It’s not available in Germany, or something like that.
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Do zee chermans not like electricity?
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I wish I could get free games, but I don’t have a PS3.
Assuming I have LBP, I would get Infamous and Wipeout.
Blerrgh.
Why did nobody warn me that sewing entails lots of ironing? I hate ironing!
Just spent ages ironing two pieces of cloth a similar size to a single bed flat sheet each. Now I’m too cranky to use them.
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How are you going to iron all of my flecks of skin together?
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With much disgust, sir.
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Aren’t you meant to be fetching my pantaloons for the medieval reenactment tonight? What gives?
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Again sir, doing so, but with much disgust.
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I was breaking them in before I sent them off for alterations. This won’t be a problem for you, will it Jeeves?
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Serving you, no matter how big, small, bizarre, unclothed or awkward the task may be is one of the simple joys in life. -
Thank you Jeeves.
Are you ready for today’s task? I feel quite inspired by the medieval reenactment. I know you’re not quite keen on bicycle jousting but believe me, it will be fun!
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PSN store to be back worldwide “by the end of this week”. Hooray for free games!
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GORRAM IT!
Exams are next week. Now what the hell do I do? Play free games or study?
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Games, of course.
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A little lol for the day…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6ArJJNqPE
Oh, and I’m not sure if its NSFW, Well, lets say you work in a bank, and your in lendings and your trying to land that Robinson account. Then this video is probably not such a good idea, you may miss that Robinson account and lose the promotion, and your wife who keeps buying overpriced handbags will hate you, your kid will keep failing preps since he tries to eat clag to nourish himself because you brought an overpriced McMansion in Toorak. Then yer, its NSFW.
But, if your work is a little more relaxed, say growing illegal pot, then the video should be fine.
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Where do YOU work? Take me there plz.
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I believe Q-bo is what we, in the economic downturn, refer to as “an artist.” Like myself, being “an artist” means you get to spend you days at home, doing whatever you want, and calling it research. The other major upside is that when you’re “picking up chicks” as they say, it sounds far better to call yourself an artist or a musician rather than calling yourself unemployed.
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Sorry, but your shirt is too stained to enter. Or not stained enough.
The important thing is that it isn’t stained exactly the right amount.
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LOL, me? Weerrrk? Never heard of the word. Actually, I’m pretty much unemployable, hence my work involves kotaku, and ummm, some games, and errr.. Man. I need a job.
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No qbo if you did who who supply the wittisisms
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^ I cannot fathom this
Who needs work, just live in Minecraft. There’s an unlimited supply of pork chops and water. all you need in life.
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*pushes eats out of the way*
She means bacon. As for the water, there is plenty in her house. Just be careful when you open the door.
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See, if she had been eating bacon, none of this mess would happen. I’m sure this is the evil work of the abdomen of gnat puree diet thats all the rage in hollywood.
Bacon, the cure-all for crack-splat. -
I AM NOT SO EASILY PUSHED! /flexes
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Aww, you have cute widdle bicep.
Look at it shake! It’s scared.
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wow i pretty much just vomitted letters on a page sorry guys.
I thought we agreed on tradesies last week?
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Yeah, but that was b4 I knew you had a regular sucky job!
I like Blaghmans call of “An Artist”, although, I feel like I should pronounce it ‘Arteest’, cause it sounds way more professional.
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I stick with calling myself “a musician,” because if I really try I can bullshit music stuff. Start discussing Myxolidian mode, even though I have essentially no idea what it is, that kind of thing. Also because it’s easier to fake playing an instrument than it is to easily fake artistic talent…
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This.
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Co-signed.
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In epic fashion?
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In peaceful, yoga fashion my dear.
Why are you holding a mop?
AJRHKEJKRGBVAKJEBGEKJLDSCJLUKAEF
Just finished season 3 breaking bad. I WANT TO KNOW MOAR! Dammit.
Saw a clip of X-Men: First Class. The one with Emma Frost in an interrogation room.
That clip made me lose hope in the film, but it’s still 100% on Rotten T’s…
Will have to wait and see I guess.
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No, dont tell me something bad about it! I have my hopes up high for this one (for no good reason whatsoever, mind you). I still excited!
Whoever this Theo Batchelor person in the Activision thread… he’s starting to vex me a little.
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i read that and i got about 10% of what he was talking about. He seems to be either 10 or kind of hypocritical or both.
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PC supremacists are worse than 15 year olds arguing over 360 and PS3’s. That’s my opinion anyway.
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Just t bag him and call him a homo…..
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There’s a reason they’re called fanboys and girls and not fanmen and women.
Has the new phone broken dawdle????
Or did I just miss her link???
Anyways, I’m sure this is her job!! But Shadow of Israphel #23 is out!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqy3dPC_jw&feature=topvideos_entertainment
And the start is brilliant! 😀
I like Street Fighter streams. There is much fun to be had with them.
My personal favourite part is whenever they mention Mike Ross these days, because they talk about his tiny stick (if you watch the Cross Counter material on YouTube, you’ll know what that’s about) and follow it up with “shout outs to goth girls”. I find it highly amusing.
Ok, this is how hard Lambo pwned my ass…
No sound.. but it is 1080p… so STOP WHINING! 😛
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Why didn’t you jam?
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First mistake: not jamming EMP (twice!).
Second mistake: not boosting at all.
Third mistake: offroad shortcuts in a low slung supercar.-
Also, too much brakes and not enough gas on the drifty corners.
I love how you’re all ‘F**k the police! Let’s go the other way!’
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Hmm, it appears the new heatsink for my GTX470 has arrived.
Do I go home and practice my zendrum chops or do I overclock my GPU and laugh maniacally?
Decisions, decisions.
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The obvious choice would be to do both at the same time.
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Sure you could do the latter, but what graphics intensive game do you have to test it out on.
…Brink?
*giggle*
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You’re such a Bish.
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But would we want him as anyone else?
As a note to Bish, I think to go along with your other Alien Water pictures, you should get some of Leland Monroe. I am rather suspicious as to whether or not he has eyes…
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Haha, I’ve actually been going through the pictures just from this article: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/05/l-a-noires-homicide-captain-wants-results-no-matter-what/
All I have left for the yet-to-be-used middle one is a Phoenix Wright style “OBJECTION!”, so unless le Strange starts making Ace Attorney jokes, I got nuthin’ left.
Not very far into the game though, so maybe there’ll be some amazing faces I can’t help but plaster around the place. -
Well, here he is in his natural “eyes wide open” state. http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5317/1787062-la_noire_characters_list_leland_monroe_thumb.jpg
And here he is, expressing something something something.
http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/69/76/52637669/photos/LA-Noire-General/LANhappytohelp.jpg
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Vroom.
Cooler is on. 470 now idles at 30degrees at stock settings (down from 58).
Time to overclock this thing and see what sort of performance I can get!
Took some photos which I’ll upload tomorrow. It’s quite a sizable thing. I heart it
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vroom.
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nice e-peen.
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Impeccable ‘vroom’ing, sir.
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Thank you Jeeves, I know you quite enjoy my renditions of a V8 when we are in my boxcar rolling down the hill.
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Looks like L.A Noire won’t be $78 for much longer, but Dick Smith have it for $79.94 so it’s ok.
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OBJECTION!
http://gamesplus.com.au/SearchResults.aspx?s=LA%20Noire
Or you can go to Ozgameshop and chuck in that code Batguy showed to get LA Noire there for about $52.
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Should have mentioned it was the instore price.
Just finished reading The Final Hours of Portal 2 (Steam Version). It was very interesting to read, and interesting to read about their approach to making portal 2. It may not exactly be worth the $2 it costs, but I still thought it was a interesting. If you’re unsure, read this:
http://au.gamespot.com/features/6112889/index.html
If you enjoy that, and want to read the same thing but about portal 2, you should probably check it out.
Still at work…
Bum, poo, wee, hell, damn, fart!
/vent
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Sounds like you need to get thee to a bathroom, stat!
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Indeed.
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*Some other form of jazz plays in the background*
It seems my actions are finally having consequences. My wife found out about my job change, and then she found out about the whores. So now I find myself on the street. Sleeping in my office, drinking away my expensive gifts.
To make matters worse, I’ve been hired to look into some fires. Like an oniony parfait, it just seems to go deeper and deeper. Layer after layer of conspiracy and fraud. It’s a shame, the pay-off is so good that I might just have to keep going. Though I’m not sure if it’s good enough to pay the hospital for my broken nose.
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“Oniony parfait” Hehe
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Well, I had to keep Bish happy…
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Great, it seems as though I have a cold…
Damn you winter weather! 🙁
So I decided to keep the PS3 console after all. Getting a partial refund from the seller, so I’m happy enough.
Got my first choice for PSN handles: ShaneWSmith
I am led to believe that because mine is a new account unaffected by the PSN outage, I will not be getting free games when the store returns. This is fair, but it made me sad anyway.
Is anyone planning on not claiming their free PS3/PSN games? Would be willing to send small $$ for a gift of Infamous and/or LittleBigPlanet…(Though I don’t know if they can be gifted…?)
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Pretty sure there’s no gifties. Sorry. I’ll add you on PSN when I get home anyway.
You can pick up InFamous pretty cheap anyway, and you’re better off skipping LBP and jumping in to LBP2 (All DLC carries over and the level building tools are far superior)
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yeah when i logged in and applied the update the other day, it said on there you have to have had an active account before april 20th or something to get the freebies.
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Find out where he lives and smash him.
I was all sickness n shiznit last night.
But I still had to go to work.
Too much work making a mountain of DVDs on my desc. I call it “Mount DVD”. (What? Like Mount Doom is any better!)
I should write something.
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I’ll do it for ya…
SOMETHING!!!! :0
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Well, now that that’s out of the way, I should probably get back to work.
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If you love watching pro Starcraft 2 matches as much as I do and have favourite pro players, here’s a good chance to help support a guy from the US in making a documentary about it!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1011310132/star-nation-a-look-at-the-players-behind-starcraft
The amount of money won’t be deducted until the pledged goal is reach. Trailer for it looks awesome and it’ll be good to help make it possible!
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Do you play SC2 or just like watching the matches?
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I’d want to after watching TB play it every day, but I keep feeling like I’m gonna get my arse handed to me time and time again cuz I don’t even know my macros. The best I have is a Zealot Immortal push which is very vulnerable to air. I try to avoid four-gating as much as possible cuz it’s such a rookie and OP thing to do, it’s almost cheesing.
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Eh tell that to Terran’s standard M&M build.
I am not a fan of competitive playing either, requires far too much dedication to keep the skills up.
But if you want to play some friendly games or something that would be cool.-
Yeah count me in on that, friendly 1v1s or we try tagging up against high powered AIs in 2v2s maybe. I’m mainly a protoss player but I do want to learn macro on all three so I could use random one day if I ever decide to play in the league, you get twice as many cheeves with your wins, one for winning with the race and another winning with random xD
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And that’s why I have over 600 Random Multiplayer wins!
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Think you could teach me macros sometime good sir? Please?! 🙂
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3 gate, expo, robo, bay, robo, 3 gates. Then build a protoss death ball. (also, lots of upgrades, makes stalkers actually worth their cost)
What, you mean that doesn’t help?
Sure, I’d be happy to try and help, I have a bunch of friends who are better players than me and we play quite frequently, and they’re always happy to help (even if the people don’t listen…) (although I only know Diamond toss, if you played Zerg or Terran I could get you a Masters Leaguer)
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Same, I’d want to play (used to play SC1 on Bnet) but I know I’d just lose my life and every other game would just be a lost cause. gg life.
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I don’t really care much for the ladder if I’m not going to try and play it competitively, so I’d be up to doing it casually, one night per week of it or something
This is why I don’t 1v. anymore. The rest of the game types are just stupid fun.
Back when the game first came out I had an absolutely killer immortal timing-push, but as the 4 gate rose to prominence it lost effectiveness
Now I play a macro style protoss…
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I hate four-gating… it’s just too easy to master and can’t easily be countered, it’d make games boring.
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The best thing about Gold League? Back when I was actually half decent at 1vs. I could beat a 4 gate with a 3 gate expo (Map dependent, of course, but about 70% of the time).
The only computer I have currently is a netbook, which has specs way lower than the minimum system requirements for Starcraft 2. I played a bit of campaign and fun custom 2v2 matches with friends before, but those were very rare and infrequent occasions.
Also I should say I’m not particularly good at real-time strategy games.
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A little addition to that, I think SC2 to me is more like a sport (well, eSports) and source of entertainment for me rather than a game I would play in my spare time.
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Ah fair enough.
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Erk.
I’m all grumpy and it’s all rainy outside. Wonder how much chaos my son would wreak if I just went back to bed and stayed there. 😛
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Rainy should mean cozy and warm and coffees/hot chocolates. Mmmm…
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Oooh, hot chocolate! That might do the trick. Thanks!
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HOT CHOCOLATE!!!!!!
You should be doing laps in the rain with a child under each arm!!!!!
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Glee does Rebecca Black’s Friday tonight. Be sure not to miss it! lol
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There is no part of that sentence that I like.
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I don’t mind the “miss it” part.
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+1
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Why would you want to watch that version when you have mine at a mere click of a button?
What, you mean I’m the only person who has all my videos bookmarked? H-uh…
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If it makes you feel any better, yours is the only version I’ve ever heard and probably will remain that way.
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I’m not sure if I should feel honoured, or rather worried.
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I’d say probably worried because as far as I’m concerned “Friday” is your song. 😛
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It was so darn cold this morning it looked like the roof of my car got snowed on and I had ice on the windscreen, luckily I had the garden hose nearby otherwise it would’ve been an issue getting to work.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/31/3231331.htm
OK… Right, yeah.
So, apparently Victoria police are going to get the power to issue fines for people using indecent language. The reason being that the current system is clogging up the courts.
How bad does your language have to be to get you fined?
Down here in Canberra, we had this guy who went to some building just outside the ANU, and spent a few hours yelling at it. He did this every few days for a couple of weeks. Nobody batted an eyelid, despite the fact that his language was quite atrocious. Now sure, we’re a fairly chilled town, but still…
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Victoria’s answer to everything is making us pay money, that’s it. Higher fares by Metro made more fare evaders: Answer = Fine the fare evaders.
Speed cameras are accused of being faulty: Answer = really do nothing cuz it will still ensure more fines regardless
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To be fair, I think the guy was onto something. Canberra is over-planned and development is over-regulated, and this man is expressing this view at one of the many buildings that represents this via interpretive yelling. He’s a visionary, god dang it! ^^
Also, Canberra represent!
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I think the building was a court, or law-like building, and he didn’t like some decision they’d made, so he decided to express this in a form of Stanhope funded public art by yelling at the side of the building…
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Wow… they’re going to be busy at Collingwood home games.
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ROFL so true!
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So, Starcraft 2 night!
Who would be interested? Friendly games, maybe co-op against challenging AI or something.
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I would!
Except I’m shaped until the eighth, so I can’t play until then…
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tonight I can’t, I got bowling tonight so I will be home late 🙁 maybe tomorrow if I don’t get home early enough
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I need the practice, so yeah, definitely.
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Maybe tomorrow or friday night and again the next week with Blaghs?
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Works for me! I run SC2 with Steam so you’ll know when I’m in.
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I may be up for it if I’m home.
Add me using email
_ mrexplody _
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But we’ll be able to find out your real name human… is this what you want?
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What do you mean?
..My name IS Mr Explody, originally of the scottish clan MacExplode. Passed down through generations and ultimately settling into Australia when Wiliam MacExplode married a young Irish lass, Shawna O’Really who was convicted for stealing an egg and shipped off to the British prison island. The name MacExplode became simply Explody as it was easier to write, which was considered a good thing as not many people could read anyway.
My Great Grand-Parents Papa Explody and Old Mother Explody did not believe in first names as they were generally perceived to be a hindrance in the family as the Explody tradition at the time was to name their children William and Shawna for boys and girls respectively. Rather, the modified the tradition to refer to Explody family members by their title and honers alone. My father Dr Explody PhD thought this was a good idea for obvious reasons, I however must carry the title of Mister until such time that I achieve an Honorable Title or get a sex change, both of which are still up for grabs.
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That is the greatest vignette I have ever read that wasn’t written by Plainview.
Also, good news everyone, my internet is fixed (I think), so I should be able to join you for Starcraft 2 fun!
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In retrospect, it’s probably easier if you all add my email too.
It’s not very original.
blaghman (at) gmail (dot) com
I am so original…
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Dear lord, I commented on my lack of originality twice without meaning to! My memory is so shot.
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Actually, if you don’t want to add me via email/real id, you can just add my character
MrExplody
#957
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Alright, this was delayed by some shopping duties earlier in the week, but here it is: an artist’s impression of the Sunday meet. And yes, I too was surprised by how similar we all looked when I arrived.
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I can verify that this is a true and eerily lifelike depiction of events.
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Why is it that only the ladies have smiles on their faces? 😛
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They were probably enjoying the view of my sexy toned ass from all that dancing!! OH YEAAH!!!
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Pfft, ‘artist’s impression’. You can’t fool me, that’s totally and obviously a picture taken by the Kinect.
And is it my imagination or are JJ and I smirking?
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Haha, I dont even know how that happened actually. I meant to give everyone a flat expression to represent our exact likeness to each other. But I guess subconsciously I just wanted to make you gals happy…? *shrugs*
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Welbot’s look of concentration = Win.
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Whoops…
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Classy!
I’m planning to go to Brisbane & Gold Coast end of June, so I may not be able to go to the official Sydney Meats 2.0. Any ideas on the best price for return flights around that time? I’ve checked both Virgin and Jetstar, they seem to be around the $150-$180 mark. Should I book these few days or hold off until better deals (will there be)?
Would be open to suggestions for accomodation and must go places (especially food!). My friend and I are thinking of visiting the theme parks in Gold Coast, but haven’t had too many ideas for other things to do during our vacation.
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There really isn’t that much to do around Brisbane and the Gold Coast, but I think that a meet-up of some form is required.
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This!
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I missed this earlier.
I agree. We definitely need to hold a Dawdle meet of some kind. Definitely.-
Oh, I see what you’re doing here!
You infiltrate the Sydney Squad, then start to syphon off our members, one by one!You are a devious villain, Strange…
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Generally, the earlier you book flights, the better the prices will be. Virgin does a $50 happy hour flight every day at 12, but you never know where it’ll be going to/from OR when it will be.
As for things to do, if you like the beach, you’ll be in luck, as the water is still warm due to ocean currents, but the beach is deserted because it’s winter. The theme parks are pretty cool, but you have to pay through the nose for everything.
Brisbane on the other hand is like Canberra but with no tourist traps. All that’s here for you is us.
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I see. You saw the epic meet up they had and decided to ditch us?
Et tu Dawdle!
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I’ll be seeing you guys this Sat 😛
And if only Sydney Meats 2.0 is a weekend earlier (18th/19th) then I can make it, but I think a few others won’t be free then.
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If you like steak, go to the Breakfast Creek Hotel. Best steak ever.
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This is true.
And if you don’t like steak, then I don’t think we can be friends anymore.
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That’s also true!
This is our song of exultant joy ’cause we only came to kick some ass.
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I actually just read this comment and it made me chuckle on http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/05/report-mark-wahlberg-wont-be-in-uncharted-flick/#more-448344 page
Aaron
May 31, 2011 at 11:38 AM
“@Tech Knight Just curious, are you familiar with the comic The Boys by Garth Ennis. There was a character called Tek Knight in that comic and, well, he had some problems, pathological deviant problems. You probably don’t want to be associated with him.”
Nohandle, this ring a bell at all? 😛
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Are you inferring that myself or my doppleganger are unstable…..? 🙂
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Nope, asking that since you guys are known comic lovers, have you heard of it at all? 😛
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Doh! Forgot to change my name back.
Had heard of The Boys cos i’m getting into Ennis at the moment. Hadn’t heard of Tek Knight….
But according to wikipedia he is a pastiche of Ironman and Batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and he has a brain tumor the size of a fist that gives him an overpowering desire to have sex with anything….This comic looks awesome….
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Spooky….
http://i51.tinypic.com/29w7hg6.jpg
I now have photoshop on my work PC so I tried to make it a bit fancy???
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Can I make a suggestion?
It took me a while to figure out what I was looking at. You might like to try creating a black fill layer, setting in to ~50% transparency and then drawing an oval around your point of interest and then clearing it.
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Yeah i was going to do that type of thing, with a feather etc… but just had to post it…
I did however manage to use photoshop for 3 hours at work without getting in trouble (because it was work related).. good times.
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Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea,
For the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short…Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast. For it is a human number…
Sorry guys, with all the distractions, not only is this delayed, but i’m not entirely happy with my writing. The next instalment will be an action packed gore fest, however. So without futher a due..
THE KOTAKU CHRONICALS
Part II
The soldier’s mess hall was a wall of noise and pungent odors. Dozens of rows of rectangular steel tables and benches spread out somewhat haphazardly throughout the room, with the kitchen on the far side looking as though a bomb filled with food scraps had gone off within it. Lunch time in the mess was not for the feint of heart.
Hugo the barbarian sat at the head of one of the tables, wearing naught but his issued underwear, regaling the ‘green’ recruits with tales of his conquests in between mouthfuls of meat and beer.
On another table sat the ships “Panzerkrank” squad, elite warriors who had been wounded in battle so many times over that their pallid and scarred flesh was fused with mechanical implants, enhancements and life support systems. The men, if they could still be reffered to as such, were walking mechanical gods among the regulars.
On the opposite side of the room, tucked into a corner, a table of four soldiers played a game of 10 card suicide – a game spawned of boredom in deep space by pirates, smugglers and other unmentionables. Using regular rules it was a game of ‘last man standing’ with ten cards, numbered one to ten ,laid face down in a deck. Each player would try to trick their way into winning a hand, with a heavy emphasis on lying and cheating. The downside being that if one was caught cheating, all called out for lying and proven guilty, they were executed then and there at the table.
The soldiers aboard the Kotaku, however, had a far more civil and less fatal version.
If punching each other in the face could be called civil, that is.
“I have an eight” Private Fatshady said, matter of factly, keeping his card concealed from the group.
The heavy weapons specialist was a behemoth of a man, easily a head taller than anyone else at the table, with muscles throughout his body that were surely wrought of iron. It was often joked that his mother had spawned him from an erotic late night encounter with locomotive.
Private Blaghman stood up dramatically, hurling an accusing finger in the direction of Fatshady.
“OBJECTION!!!”
The small crowd that had begun to huddle around the table fell deathly silent.
“This man is cheating!”
Fatshady’s face cracked into a smirk
“Why you gunna put me on trials like that, dawg?”
Blaghman threw his card down in a dramic display. An Eight.
“Looks like he’s got you there, big guy” Private Strange interjected. “The jibs up”
Strange, one of the few enlisted female soldiers on the Kotaku, was like the ‘mum’ of the vessel. The soldiers always treated her with respect and admiration, if not for her caring nature, then for the foot-shaped imprint she’d leave in their cheek for crossing her.
Fatshady looked over to Strange, still smiling.
“Nah, shorty, you know how i roll” he said as his meaty fingers laid his card on the table. An eight.
“I be inclined to reckon” Fatshady started “that i aint the cheat here, boy”.
He stood and moved around to meet Blahman, who had suddenly turned pale and started to quiver.
“Dawg, you are as bad a liar as they come, don’t think you could play me. I knew.”
With that, Fatshady grabbed Blaghman by the shoulder and lifted him off the gound, shaking him with what seemed to be little to no excersion on himself.
The smile returned to Fatshady’s face as cards began to spill out of Blaghman’s pockets and sleeves. He then lowered the quivering soldier to his feet again.
“H… How???” Blaghman stammered
“Look around, bro, what do you see?” Fatshady inquired.
“We’re all in singlets and you’re the only son-of-a-feth in a jacket!” Bish finally piped up from his seat at the table. “It’s gotta be at least 30 fethin’ degrees in here!”
“Sorry love, we all knew” Strange added “we just wanted to see how long you could last”
“Sorry pal, you loose” Fatshady said, drawing his ham of a fist back, readying his vitory blow.
Blaghman closed his eyes and awaited his fate, but it didn’t come.
“All right ladies, it’s time to stop playing house and get to some fighting!”
Every soldier in the mess dropped what they were doing immediately and quickly scrambled into rank and file.
“You all make me sick!” Sergeant Jimu said coldly as he walked down the line, looking at each of the men.
Some of them were covered in their lunches, from a food fight that had broken out earlier, others were wearing little more than their underwear.
One soldier even appeared to be wearing a ladies skirt.
Jimu just shook his head, afterall he did pity the men in a way. They were trained killers, and they had been forced to sit around this god forsaken ship for months twiddling their thumbs. It was only natural for bordom to set in.
Food fights and cross-dressing were welcome compared to an all out mutiny.
“We’ve found a GCL ship not far from our position…”
Jimu was cut off by a sudden wall of noise as the men cheered and banged their fists against tables. He raised hi hand to hush them.
Once the men were silent, he continued.
“This will be an all out assault, i want all of you geared up in five…”
Jimu was cut off again, mid sentance, as his comms unit hissed into life.
“Sergeant Jimu, come in”
The Lord Marshalls coice was unmistakable.
“What the feth now?” Jimu thought to him self as he raised the comms umit to his mouth
“I read you, sir, go ahead”
“Change of plans Jimu, there’s been a… complication”
“what kind of complication?”
“Round up a specialist quad of 10 men, all geared up for close quarters combat and meet me in the war room, i’ll explain when you arrive”
Jimu could already see the excitement fading in many of the soldiers eyes as they realised that they probably wouldn’t get to see any action, with such a small quad being asigned to whatever task the Lord Marshal had in mind.
It wasn’t fair to any of them, they all deserved the glory of battle.
“Yes sir” Jimu replied, obvious concern in his voice.
“Serrells out” the Lord marshal replid. The comms unit fizzed back to silence.
“You heard the man, lets get to work!” Jimu roared, suddenly all business again.
With that, the old Seargeant went about the task of selecting ten men fit for the task ahead, whatever it may be.
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So full of win! Love it Loops! Keep it up 😀
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There’s a hint about you in there 😉 lol
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Lol yeah I saw that xD, love it. “…mechanical gods of the regulars”! Love the name of the squad too xD (Here’s hoping that meant me and welbot, if SpamTod or any other of the spambots are in that group I’ll execute them so darn fast in a painful way :P)
I’m just wondering what kind of enhancements I’ve been given, or weapons, or badass machine one liners… I’m hoping for too much I think xD. The world doesn’t revolve around one honourable robot abandoned by its maker and will forever be hidden. I will be looking forward to it though! 🙂
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Definitely looking forward to Tech Knight opening up a can of Panzerkrank brand Whoop-Ass.
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Heh you should just make him a talking tank or something.
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Lol like Sheila from RvB 😛 Tanks aren’t that great on ships and especially not close quarters missions xD
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Barvo, sir! Bravo!
You have teased us a great deal by introducing more crew yet kept their mission from us, knowing we would crave more. And more, I crave! I look forward to the continuation.
YAY!
Nice work Chuloopa.
I have to make an objection though, I never get caught cheating at cards. (because this is clearly an accurate representation of all the Kotaku readers, with a firm emphasis on truth and realism)
Fun fact: When playing cards, most people won’t notice if you shuffle the cards very deliberately so that they stay in a specific order.
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I like how we could tell you were cheating because you were wearing more clothes.
If we meet at the Sydney Meat, and you are fully clothed, I’mma gonna accuse you of lying everytime you say something.
…Or maybe in Chuloopa’s perfect world, free of lies and deceit, we’re all in our underwear.
Or crossdressing.
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I find that long sleeves don’t help that much in cheating at cards, but loose pockets are a god-send. If you go for a sleeve based grab it often looks suspicious, whereas a crotch-scratch card swap just makes you look like a bogan.
I am amazed by your detective skills though. But I guedd it’s accurate if the ship is thirty degrees, that’s T-shirt and jeans weather.
Then again, for me, if the ship were -5 it’d be t-shirt and jeans weather, and the same for if it were 45…
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Aaaargh cliffhanger!!!!
Hurry up and write some more, this is good stuff!
FatShady, a private? That surprised me.
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EVERYTHING is for a reason, my friend 😉
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OH! INTRIGUED!
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If he’s not a private how can he play around with them?
Everything’s shiny, captain.
HAHAHA, brilliant!!!
Who needs Warhammer books when you have Chuloopa!
No need to be unhappy with your writing, that was great fun.
Also, me sitting around in my underwear shovelling meat an beer into my gob pretty much sums me up perfectly.
MOAR!
😀 Pure awesome! The FS’s mums locomotive line was hilarious!
Wooo, we has the detectives skills!
Watching CSI and playing LA Noire is finally paying off!
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I like to imagine my face like this: http://cdn.gamerant.com/wp-content/uploads/LA-Noire-Investigation-and-Interrogation-Trailer.jpg
BECAUSE I WAS CLEARLY NOT LYING OR CHEATING OR DOING ANYTHING UNDERHANDED.
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Oh, and Shady was all like this: http://noobfeed.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/images/La_Noire_review4.jpg
But taller, and more grizzled.
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He literally has explosions following him around like stray dogs.
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Honestly, that’s third on my list of super-powers I want.
Explosions that follow me around dramatically.
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Man, that is one ugly sweater-vest.
“Excuse me sir, Detective Cole Phelps from the Fashion Police. Did you willingly wear that sweater-vest outside in the public?”
“I… My wife picked it out for me?”
* ▲ – Lie *This is how I play games. MY WAY
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Watch what you say about sweater vests, young man…
You going to Sydney Mini-Meat..?
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Yes’m. Well, probably. Mostly probably.
I don’t have anything against sweater vests in general, just that brown and blue ensemble is a bit… not great. Not only that, he’s got 3 patterns going on. Vertical strips, diamonds, and brown… fuzzy zig zags. There’s just too much going on!
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I shall wear a sweater vest on Saturday just to spite you!
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Make sure it’s a real good ugleh one!
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I am going out to buy the most horrific sweater vest money can buy in anticipation for Saturday.
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Indeed, the young master has exquisite taste in visually-offensive clothing.
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Jeeves, I do believe you’ve made your thoughts on my fishnet attire well-known.
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Apologies sir, but you asked for an honest opinion, and as I have said, you are no Tim Curry. Nor do you have the legs to pull it off.
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Back to the gym for more lunges then, Jeeves!
Here’s my duffel bag. You know the drill.
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Of course sir, I will retrieve the spare leopard print leotard for your working out pleasure.
May I suggest vaseline to prevent the chafing this time, sir?
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Bahahahahahaha.
I don’t think I can express just how much I am laughing thanks to that.
Nice work man, can’t wait for more.
I smell a hint of Gaunt’s Ghosts in the writing style here 🙂
Wonderful!
Looking foward to part 3. Out of curiosity how many of these are you planning on writting?
Brava’!
Haha, awesome! I was gonna ask about this before, wondered if I missed anything but evidently not. Nice work loops!
Darn cliffhangers!! I really really wanted it to keep going 🙁 now we must be tortured by a weekly wait!
Also this is just me putting on my grammar police hat on but I noticed a fair few spelling errors… =) relax Chuloops! No rush to get these out. Aside from an eagerly awaiting fanbase ready to break down your door.
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That’s ok.
I know there is A LOT of spelling mistakes.Basically what happened is that spell check wasn’t working properly (was composed in the draft box of my emails so i could access it anywhere), and when i copied and pasted it once it was here, i just hit “submit” instead of checking over it. This is due in part to forgetting and also due to being in a hurry as i had to get to uni this arvo 🙂
The next one won’t be so sloppy. Sorry.:)
Son of a Feth ftw.
I’mma bust that out in future.
bahahaha, that was fantastic! can’t wait fo rthe next installment 😛
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Chuloopa. You are a master scribe. Fatshady’s dialogue was gold.
Had a “YOU CHEAT DR JONES! PLAY WITH YOU NO FUN!” vibe to it.
Awesome!
Need moar.
Helooooo, I’m baaaaack 😀
Well, sort of. Going through the last three pages of TAY in one morning has left my brain a little mushy…
Oh and tadmod, I saw the nfs video, just one problem…it’s too silent! So I shall make some music for it 😀
And Batguy, you did an awesome job with cheapskate gamer yesterday 😀
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Cheers. Seems it was pretty well received all round, which makes me happy. Hope the exam was OK!
Don’t know if you saw in the comments for the article, but it looks like we’ve got to the bottom of the Zavvi-not-shipping-to-Australia problem – it’s browser incompatibility! So you might want to add a warning from now on. Something like “if you are unable to select Australia as a shipment destination, try a different browser”.
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Huh… that’s a strange error for browsers to have.
Speaking of which I may leave Firefox cuz of how horrible version 4 has been. I get common freezes for no reason while browsing.
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Indeed. I should probably take a look at the underlying code to see if I can understand what is causing it. A quick survey indicated that Chrome, IE8 and maybe FF3 were fine, FF4 and Opera were not.
I have the opposite results to you with FF4. I used to have lots of problems with unresponsive windows, javascript and flash video on FF3 but they’ve all gone away with 4. So I’m actually a fan of it!
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Well I actually had a closer look at the forums, turns out it was my work’s McAffee add-ons causing it. So yeah apparently I just had to disable it and it works better, yet to have a freeze yet today so might have done it up nicely
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I’m with you on Firefox 4.
Except for Kotaku, the only browser I use that doesn’t die every time I load a Kotaku page is Safari.
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I’m with you, Batguy – FF4 has fixed so many problems I had with FF3.
Wow – I just noticed it looks like we’re talking about Squenix games.
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Your cheapskate got 2 facebook likes! (That’s more than average)
About zavvi, that doesn’t make much sense…oh well, I suppose we do live in a messed up world 😛
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Dear Plainview,
Your response has not gone unseen.
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I wanted to make it right, and I really mean that.
I’ve been on what was something like a camping trip for a time I don’t too much remember, but looking back on it now it might’ve been some time too long, too long away from the city lights to properly maintain myself in a fashion suitable to these fast and modern times.
There’s something about a log cabin that makes a man – in time – become something he does not himself recognise; not even in the mirror, not even anywhere.
I’ve been reading too much of my Tom Sawyer adventures and I get crazy ideas of going into the wilderness for just as long as I can, it keeps me out of people’s way, helps with my writings and I can sometimes turn a small profit with my raconteur’s (edit: half-true) tales of misadventure for casual, throw-away entertainment for people of similar persuasions.
So i arrived back to big city sensibilities and civility and I know I’m here, but I’m still somewhere else also and at the same time; to be in two places is what it is and it is not what you may expect.
Something like a re-adjustment: leaving behind the way I could be and becoming the way I need to be.
I’m sorry is all, I’ve been saying that a lot over the past couple of days, but that doesn’t mean I don’t mean it in a meaningful way like it should be said.
Sometimes I have the capacity to be misunderstood with my intentions that I keep courteous, but convey with a clumsiness that does at sometimes and often betray me.
I believe in setting the record straight is all and that helps me visualise my mistakes and better myself on the day to day.
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Your old pal,
Plainview.
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Can we be friends?
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Everyone is Plainview’s friend, and Plainview is everyone’s friend. The man (or woman) who is not friends with Plainview may as well not be a man (or woman) at all.
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I have a confession to make. I am not Plainview’s friend. My eyes glaze over and all those words blend into one. I think this makes me a bad person.
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Plainview needs a TL;DR buddy.
Maybe Conciseview is still around?
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You want my opinion?
Get outta my country commie!
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Come on, man! I was so about to say that; that was my moment in the sun, Plainview’s time to shine.
Forget about it. Let’s get together sometime. I know an abandoned warehouse downtown where you can literally do whatever you want: no questions asked and on a need to know basis and all that kind of business.
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He loves you (yeah, yeah, yeah),
Plainview.
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This cuts deeper than you might imagine, Strange.
I haven’t always lived a good life and, in turn, that makes me something of an easy target.
I don’t agree with what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it!
Keep up the good work!
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983).
The Emperor: [to Luke] The alliance… will die. As will your friends. Good, I can feel your anger. I am defenseless. Take your weapon. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
(Pssssst . . . over here . . . i secretly know how much like me!!!).
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Your good old pal,
Plainview.
: )
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Like I said, I’m a bad person. Pay me no mind.
It would help if you weren’t so mysterious. You’re more anonymous than The Pessimist.
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I’m not his friend then
Ahh, you appear to be mistaking the difference between an inclusion and an exclusion. Anyone who is not a friend of Plainview’s is not a person, but that does not condemn those who are not people to being his friend.
Just because all A are B does not mean all B are A.
Come on, Techy! Not you too?
I love robots: I’m saving up to get robot arms and legs!!!!
I watch RoboCop all the time!!!
I can’t believe the robots don’t even like me anymore.
I love robots!
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Love is one-way street,
Plainview.
I say: [Barack Obama voice] – YES WE CAN!!!
I drinks-a-lot, you eats-a-lot and that means we’re already friends in my book.
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Your old & new pal,
Plainview.
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WOOHOO! I feel special.
/hi5’s you in an unnecessarily violent manner
Holy crapsicles! It’s midday already? How did that happen? I’ve done absolutely nothing. Well, I did sew a sleeve onto my daughter’s jacket back to front and had to take it off again so really I’ve done less than nothing. Eek, I’m going backwards!
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Don’t worry, it’s just after 10am over here. You have plenty of time!
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HOW MANY LAPS HAVE YOU DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????
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Oh. Uh. Laps. Yes well, laps. Err, does getting up to go to the fridge count?
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It’s not just me then.
We need give Dr. Who a call.-
Oh. ‘Him’ eh?
Always calling Doctor ‘Who’.
“Oooooh! Lookit me! I’ve got a TARDIS! And… Hair…”
You know he doesn’t even have a doctorate. He just calls himself that. He’s no more qualified that Dr Pepper.
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The thought of asking the good Dr. What? did cross my mind, but I had the impression that you were more practised in the medical field.
My apologies for the offense caused.-
You should totally be calling on Dr When in these situations.
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Still no Jerkin strange?
I sent another satchel of skin flecks to you last week. I am beginning to doubt your prowess as a legendary tailor.
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It’s taking so long because I am painstakingly handstitching every precious scrap of your Pessimistic skin together. It’s such an awesome garment. Emperor’s New Clothes kind of awesome.
Wait, why am I still working on this? I told you NOJERKINFORYOU! You were all mean and stuff. *sniffle*-
One day I will road trip all the way to Brisbane just to drive you to a Sydney meat up.
One day.
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Strange is a Sydney Meat pioneer.
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Kotaku Road Trip!
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I’ll bring beef jerky.
Always necessary in the inevitable ‘we’re lost’ scenario. Saves us from cannibalism.
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No Jimu this week??
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/31/isaiah-mustafa-luke-cage-video/
The old spice guy wants to play Luke Cage. Marvel make this happen!!!
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He seems fairly well suited to the role.
Plus, yeah, where’s all the Jimu at?-
He’s packing and moving apparently. Must be some new fangled dance all the cool kids are doing….
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It’s more likely he’s taking a machine gun to the DC-Comics headquaters… after the announcement that they’re rebooting their entire line of comics.
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He wouldn’t do that without me…
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This kind of crap is the reason I never get beyond one or two comics.
There’s so many alternative realities, reboots, retcons etc.
Why isn’t there just one cohesive storyline? Why are there six different Batmen?
Is it because comics make so little money, they need to flood the market to get a decent profit?
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After being mesmorised by my aural prowess on Sunday, Jimu is moving house significantly closer to me this week.
Also he wants me pokemanz YARRRR
I had a quick look through and couldn’t see this as posted yet (you guys are hard to keep up with when work is busy!), anyway enjoy.. (if you haven’t already seen it!)
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Please tell me they have a kickstarter page and want to make this a feature length film.
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I was thinking that too.. its a little bit genius isn’t it?
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Six words for those guys:
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
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Oh my, that is incredible.
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That was amazing.
I have no idea whats going on this week.. but here is another good offer.
Free month of Foxtel on xbox… just make sure you cancel before it ends… Ive wanted to try it out but I have foxtel already. Now I get both.
Apparently you also get a free month of XBL gold also (Loops!) so even if you dont want the foxtel, may be worth getting the free gold month?????
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/46013
I just signed up and called foxtel. I am gold already so not sure about that, but certainly legit and free and can cancel with no strings…
enjoy.
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I tried to post about that earlier today, but the great Kotaku juggernaut swallowed up my comment 😐
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That’s happened to me, but I think Mark dove through the pile of rejected stuff and approved what I wrote anyway.
I’ve also had terrifying moments where I’ve posted something, refreshed the page a few minutes later, and found that posts after mine had been approved, but not mine. I proceed to have a moderate strength panic attack (which involves raising one eyebrow and saying “h-uh, that’s weird.”), wait a few minutes, and then it’s approved anyway.
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Wow. Just got some heavy duty religious books in the work mail this afternoon, condeming the people of the world.
It’s weird because this is a tiny government office that doesn’t have its address listed… well… anywhere as far as I know.
Plus this stuff came from America (of course) so I really want to know HOW DID THEY EVEN KNOW OUR ADDRESS.
and if a tiny office like mine received one, how many more would have as well. Weird.
Plus this is some hardcore stuff, claiming we are all abominations and such. Freaky.
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I wrote up this big rant, then I realised that some people might not appreciate my particular thoughts on the idea of the creator of the universe sacrificing himself to himself in order to forgive us for crimes against him.
In short, religion is weird and fundies say the darndest things.
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I was somewhat hesitant about how much detail I should go into about the material sent, by the end of my first draft for this post, it looked like some giant rant and I most certainly do not want to start a religious argument between the TAY religious and non-religious.
However the contents of this material are pretty extreme. Here are some of the titles of the books included.
“Warnings of the Lord to this nation and generation and the nations of the earth”
“Warnings of the Lord Jesus Christ to the United States of America”
“Warnings of the Lord Jesus Christ to all nations”
A lot of which is addressed to the various leaders of earth, most prominently the president of USA.-
Ring the AFP…
If they’ve got time to make a tv series; they’ve got time to do some actual work.
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I hope and pray that they reference Revelation heavily. Actually, referencing anything other than the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) is hilarious, but referencing Revelation is particularly hilarious. Although almost as good are any of Paul’s writings.
I’m so going to offend someone with all this and probably already have. Oops.
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It was cold that day!
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That’s really odd. o_O
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What does your office do to warrant receiving such books? Do you torture children and drown puppies or something?
Are you one of those liberals who want to give NASA the right to abort space missions whenever they feel like it? <— Simpsons reference.
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I work for the state government, so… well… umm… I’m probably not at liberty to discuss what we do or do not torture or drown.
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Erm… couldn’t you just start a fire with them? :\
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God knows your address. He’s like Santa. Duh…
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He watches you shower?
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Who doesn’t?
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I think you’ll find that’s Blagh, dressed as Santa…
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Nah, I only stalk Bish.
And Loops.
And AmbroseIV.
And Strange.
And I’ve been attempting to stalk Plainview, but it just hasn’t worked out.
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I made a brash assumption, I apologise.
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Does this mean I can open up my curtains?
I still refuse to wear pants.
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Sir, it has never stopped you before.
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These aren’t the curtains I normally refer to, Jeeves.
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Blaghman is your real name Lamarr Buckshot?
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I was pondering that, but I’m not sure there was a food reference for Bish in the review.
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I do believe you are quite aware of my real name. So that’s a no. If I’d written it it would be filled with commas.
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Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon…
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#grammarsongs
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Cop that ACL!
Now, we have some icing, we just need a R18+ cake.
http://mumbrella.com.au/adshel-reinstates-safe-gay-sex-campaign-after-homophobia-backlash-48189
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I particularly like how it boils down to “we thought they were genuine complaints, then we discovered it was just the ACL.”
Good to see sanity prevailing.
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I know. Pure gold isn’t it.
Noticed the ACL site is down too … perhaps they have realised the folly of their ways and shut down operations.
Somehow I think not.
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Reading the submissions (http://qahc.org.au/files/shared/docs/ASB_-_complaints.pdf) makes me wonder why they didn’t notice that it was a coordinated ACL campaign days ago.
They all write in CAPITAL LETTERS and have references to, variously, “minority groups”, “very high risk of serious disease”, “promote this lifestyle to our youth” etc.
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Good to see Adshel showing some spine. Shouldn’t have taken them down in the first place, but putting them back up was a good move.
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I’m honestly wondering why the ACL even bothers any more.
This is probably the third or fourth ‘public Twitter storm of fury and outrage’ that has forced them to make an apology or rescind a campaign. It’s getting to the point where anything they try is shouted down by thousands of people in a few hours.
The Facebook campaign advocating the return of RipNRoll had 35,000 ‘likes’ in 9 hours.
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finally people are starting to ignore the ACL!
I’m all sad face s customer called me a upstart on the phone. A upstart, which occurding to wikipedia means a smart arse.I can’t be that smart I didn’t know what upstart meant
L.A Noire is no longer $78 instore!
Dick Smith has it for $79.94, so make sure you price match if you go elsewhere.
Jeeves, who are you?
I swear I’m going to make a “WHO IS JEEVES?” t-shirt soon. And wear it. Maybe.
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Ah, madam, I am but a humble butler.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Though I dare say that this anonymity makes things rather more… enjoyable.
Quite so.-
Is this what you were doing when I asked for my hot milk and cookies last night?
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As I have said before sir, if you are only consuming the cream filling part of the Oreo, I hardly think you still classify that as ‘cookie’.
But indeed, I admit my mind did wander while I was disposing of the actual cookie layers. Deepest apologies, sir.-
WHO ARE YOU! EVEN YOUR EMAIL IS MADE UP!
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LOL! Not even the admins can do anything!!!
The mystery goes on…
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My stab in the dark guess would be Bishy.
How are we supposed to nominate Jeeves for Kudos if we don’t know who he really is?!
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He recieves a weekly paycheck… you want he should be thanked too?
You… communist!
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Buttlers are suposed to be paid?
Shhh, nobody tell my one!
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Ah Mistress Strange, your kind words warm my heart. Being welcomed into this marvellous community is reward enough; it is nice to be appreciated for once.
Now if you excuse me, I must get back to deep-frying ice-cream battered fairy floss wrapped over jam-filled doughnuts for what the young master calls “his best culinary idea ever”.
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It’s an hour later and I am still without floss. Is this conflicting with my directive for you to pick out only the brown M&Ms for my consumption?
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Apologies sir, I have been on a fruitless endeavour to try preserve the form of both the ice cream and floss under high temperatures, to no avail.
The brown M&Ms are coming along splendidly, sir. I have even managed to maximise the number of extracted brown M&Ms to 100% per packet by using a miniature high pressure hose to wash off the colour of the other M&Ms, and repainting the white shell brown.
Dear me, that quite possibly has racist undertones.
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He reminds you of me because we’re both classy and outstanding gentlemen, amirite???
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Please don’t call me that, sir.
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Deus Ex Fans… thank me later 😉
http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=1494&id=9415142003580&affiliate_banner_id=1
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Wow. Awesome find dude.
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Strange.. it was $80 off yesterday, now it’s only $20 off… so so lame
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Well, my Portal 2 singleplayer is working again.
I’m happy.
Oh, so happy.
😀
Downton Abbey.
AMAZEBALLS.
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Oh it’s some kind of balls alright.
New Batman: AC trailer! (NO, it’s NOT a friday video…)
http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6316267/
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I think I need to finish playing Arkham Asylum.
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I’m in the same boat. Haven’t finished it yet. SHAME!
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I stupidly decided that I should record and narrate myself playing, which means that it’s actually a bit of a hassle to play. Really, it’s like I’m trying to find ways to make gaming less appealing for myself.
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Wat?
I find myself procrastinating gaming at times. Which is utterly bizarre.
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I’m doing this little Let’s Play.
So when I want to play, I have to have everything set up to record. Not terribly difficult, but somewhat inconvenient.
As for procrastinating, I do that all the time. A large hard drive full of TV shows and an even larger DVD collection, combined with TV Tropes, Reddit and the Let’s Play archive mean that I can find a lot of other forms of entertainment that are both more time consuming than games and significantly easier. Being easier definitely helps after work.
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My girlfriend forced me to play the game so she could see what happened at the end. She also helped with the riddler puzzles so it was a co-operative effort.It was actually a lot of fun too.
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I enjoyed it. Because I like games that play like Metroid! But I got stuck at some point. Gave up, lent it to my brother in-law and never went back…
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Man, I’d love a game that played like Super Metroid.
I liked the stealth aspect. I love any game where I can be super stealthy and sneak through whole levels without being seen.
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This was one of those games where I regretted marrying a gamer. Because we both play games we have to split up the pile. He won the Arkham Asylum toss(as well as the Uncharted games).
By the time he finishes playing in cases like this, I feel like I’ve already played the games because I’ve been watching almost every step of the way so I never end up actually playing the games myself.
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Lykke Li!
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YEAH!
So, anyone still interested in making July a month where we eradicate our piles of shame?
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I can support this!
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I’m pretty sure I have over 100 games if I include all the unfinished games on PS3, PC, Wii, PS2 and Gamecube. Eradicate seems impossible but I’m up for trying to make a dent in it! Might even take a week off.
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I’m very much in this boat. Can’t possibly finish them all.
But, if I could demolish four or five games in that month, I might be satisfied.
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Jeepers!
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Creepers!
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That’s a nice pile of shame you have there… it’d be a shame if something were to happen to it…
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
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Where’d you get those peepers?
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Just did a count and from this generation’s consoles I have at least 40 unfinished or not started games (this doesn’t include the games we own that I don’t want to play or all the music games). That number about doubles if I include handheld games and previous generations of consoles. Yikes!
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My official policy is that handheld games do not count toward piles of shame. Otherwise, there would be tears.
I have a terrible habit of buying RPGs for my portable gaming consoles, regardless of the number of RPGs that I already have for that console. Coupled with the fact that I’ve never really found the best time to play RPGs on handhelds… I have a lot to finish.
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Yep. Monster Hunter Freedom 2? Not counted.
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Maybe try and do it like a book club. Pick out a game we all have that we haven’t finished and try and knock it out together. I know it’s unlikely that we all have the same game but, well, you never know.
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This is a good idea. Or we could post a shortlist of games in our pile and everyone else could tell us which ones we have to finish next.
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I like this.
Maybe have multiple games going at once for this. After all, the aim is to play as many games as possible, so running a book club like thing with multiple options could just be crazy enough to work.
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Yeah, I’m in… half the reason my profile is set to private is my massive shame pile. I just can’t stop buying games. I feel like I need to join a support group.
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“Hi, I’m Anonymous and I have a massive pile of shame.”
“Hi Anonymous, welcome to Massive Pile of Shame Anonymous.”
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Yep. Did we all agree to call it Preparation J?
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I don’t know if we did, but there aren’t any better suggestions so far.
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We didn’t, I just wanted to get more milage off my joke about removing piles! lol.
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I’ve got the whole of July off so count me in.
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Ooh, you wait, there will be a Mid-Year (USA Summer) Steam sale… I can smell it.
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i’m in i’ve got a crapload of games i have to finsih…
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Yeah never going to work for me. I’ve got upwards of 100 in my 360 pile of shame, 30 in my ps3, 30 in my psp, probably 100 in Steam.
That doesn’t even count the DS, Wii and PS2.
Unless I’m unemployed for a few years, I’ll never get through this pile.
Game have Hunted: the Demon’s forge for $88. I’m wondering if I should once again taste the excitement of a day one purchase or be more sensible and buy it online some other time.
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Yeah, a really good question, my dear.
$88 is a lot of money for a game, but still cheap by Australia release standards…
the thrill of a day one is something i do miss, but my wallet doesn’t.
But i’m also quite keen to know how good the game is, so i would be more inclined to say ” go for gold” 😛
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You would have gotten free DLC if you had pre-ordered it yesterday.
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Most stores have extras, so if you ask them nicely they’ll still give it to you
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True.
Kids (or their parents) place a preorder, then forget about it.
That’s how I scored my cheap-n-nasty Darksiders Comic/Art Book.
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If your’e interested JB is selling it for $79.
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$88 is ridiculous. I’d not pay that amount out of sheer principle.
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I went out and visited Game and JB HiFi. I did not buy anything. I just couldn’t bring myself to pay the stupid prices.
To put it into perspective I considered that my latest package from Zavvi that I’m waiting on consists of LA Noire, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and the collector’s edition of Enslaved:Odyssey to the West and cost around $95. When I realised that, it was considerably more difficult to open up my wallet.-
Oh, and while I was in the Post Office my husband was waiting for me in Game. The guy there told him that now the amount of copies of a game publishers o give them is only the number of pre-orders they’ve got plus 10%.
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Wow. Just saw the E3 trailer for Darkness II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZPKsl-siM
There is no way in hell that this is getting classified here in OZ. Dammit.
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HOLY CRAP THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!!
That seriously makes me want to jump into the first one, which is still sitting on my shelf 🙁
Quality journalism here http://smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Industry/T7R2K7V2?page=1
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I wonder why this crosses the line and DOA: Xtreme Beach Volleyball doesn’t…
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This is just stupid. It’d have been one thing if these sort of articles were written when DOA1 came out, or even when DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball 1 game out.
But there has been 4 DOA fighting games come out, and 2 DOA Xtreme games come out.
6 games, so far. Dimensions is no different to any previous one.
It is like the stupidity with L4D. Somehow the 1st game was acceptable, but the 2nd near identical game comes out, and it is too much.
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Wasn’t there that PSP one too?
DOA: Paradise?
Which was quite literally a game about taking photos of them in bikinis or something.
Pretty sure I’ve seen it in JB, so it must have come out here.-
oh yeah, forgot about the PSP one.
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You guys kno something that pisses me off?
The difference in prices for collectors editions.
EG. Dukle Nukem ce with the bust and all sorts of junk was $148
The Space Marine CE that i REALLY want is the SAME price with considerably less stuff… albeit still pretty neat
Then there is the ones that charge you $150 for a soundtrack OR artbook and some DLC… what a rip off.. i mean honestly..
I just don’t understand how some publishers can justify such small amounts of extras for such large amounts of cash, while others may overload you with orgasmic goodies..
With all that in mind, i’m seriously considering going overseas to get my Space Marice CE, as it’s only $98 AUD on Zavvi…
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I know what you mean, but I still end up buying them >_<
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haha, don’t get me wrong, i WILL be buying the Space Marine Ce… i NEED it! lol
40k soundtracks are ALWAYS epic, and the purity seal???
SOLD!
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Everything 40K just screams epic, there’s nothing else to it
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You could not be more right
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That’s exactly why they charge those prices, regardless of what they throw in.
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Yes, but it would be nice that if afterwards i wouldn’t perceive myself as boroke-ass
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well, when i bought the collectors edition of final fantasy XIII, which came with an artbook, a soundtrack and some other stupid crap, it was only about 20 dollars extra, which i thought was alright, in fact, i only got the collecters edition because i though “hey, it’s only an extra 20 bucks, might as well”
DAMN THEIR MARKETING TECHNIQUES!
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And then you have Demon’s Souls which gives you the collectors edition with artbook, game guide and CD soundtrack as the only option and still prices it cheaper than normal editions of other games.
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I want that sooo abd, but am having trouble finding it
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So I have this Xbox live 30 day trial gold code here thanks to Foxtel. Sounds like it’s time for another Batguy Competition™!
There’s a whole bunch of x’s going on in Foxtel and XBox, so can you tell me why you deserve this prize, in 50 words or less, using the letter X 15 times? No idea if that’s even possible, but the best (coherent) answer by midnight tonight wins!
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This reminds me of a more relaxed time. When a fox in a box, and a vixen lived with Nixon. A Nix had been nixed, with more moxy than being mixed. Axl was sexy, and would flex his arms, and the exit exams were poxed to the dark.
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And yes, I’m aware that that doesn’t actually answer why I deserve it.
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I might have to try and win it for myself:
No Xbox live gold and no Foxtel make Jax something something…
No Xbox live gold and no Foxtel make Daxter something something…
No Xbox live gold and no Foxtel make Wrex something something…
No Xbox live gold and no Foxtel make Xaero something something…
So give me the prize!
IT ARRIVED!
MY ONE RING ARRIVED!
https://twitter.com/#!/TheRealTadMod/status/76089856832450560
https://twitter.com/#!/TheRealTadMod/status/76090518253207553
https://twitter.com/#!/TheRealTadMod/status/76091325258272768
Love it. 😛
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Get a lighter, I want you to prove that it IS the one ring!
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NOT KEEN!
xD
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I’d laugh so hard if it read “Made in China” when lit.
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LOLOL!
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One does not simply walk into China… since the military may shoot you on sight as an intruder! 😛
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I believe there is also something to do with a rabbit proof wall that impedes progress.
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Want! Where did you get it from? The eBays? How much?
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$35 off ebay (including shipping). Took an age to ship, though!
Look for a seller called shawson crafts, They’re the ones I bought from, and I’m incredibly pleased with the quality of the product!
Seriously, I love the thing!
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Really? I couldn’t tell.
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Yeah, it was quite subtle.
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https://twitter.com/#!/TheRealTadMod/status/76091325258272768
1. What’s the bag of shiny stuff on the left?
2. Can I please have the bag of shiny stuff on the left?
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I do believe that that’s a chain, since wearing the “One Ring” on your finger is known to have a few minor side effects.
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I imagine it’s a chain for hanging it around your neck, like the Frodster.
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A neck chain perhaps, so you could look like Isildur or Frodo?
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It’s a chain so he can hang the ring on his neck.
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Ahhh . . . I see.
Of course!
This is one of those things that seems really obvious only after everyone explains it to you.
Oh well [pulls up hessian pants higher around waist and scratches gnarly dandruff out of beard] – one day we’ll look back at this and laugh.
HaHaHa!!!
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I think it’s more obvious that you need to watch all the Lord of the Rings movies again human 😛
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Your real name is Tad?
I can only imagine some sort of scenario where the nurse asked your mother what you would be named.
Your mother, not hearing her clearly, assumed she asked if it was hard to name you.
“Just a Tad…” she replies.
The rest is history.
Just finished a deployment at work and got myself a large mocha… mmmm bliss!
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Are robots allowed to enjoy mocha…?
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my tastebud drones recommend this to me, and it gets converted upon consumption to increase efficiency of my internal RAM and CPU, temporarily of course. And “allowed”? I need no permission to use mocha to perform this function.
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Alright… Plainview, wherever you are you magnificent mystery, I hope you’re here to see this. This one’s for you: http://kramsdesign.com/misc/kotaku/plainview-phone.jpg
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That is amazing.
(The composition of it is great)
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Phwoar!
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Man i sooooo don’t get that
lol
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It’s all to do with Plainview’s epic reply to my Samsung comp entry. Linky! http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-119/comment-page-2/#comment-281926
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Epic picture is epic.
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That it is… that it is indeed…
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That was FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
on a side note, I have had 2.5 bottles of V this morning and I am going NUTS, BONKERS, WACKO!
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That’s beautiful man.
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OMG!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Amazing, old boy.
I don’t know what to say.
The lion and the canary! & Don King. & George Foreman! Muhammad Ali!!!!! Tania Zaetta exactly as I remember her that day at Bondi Beach!!! & Beer!!!!
The lion and the canary are everything I hoped for and somehow, I don’t know how, it just gets better and better from there on in. (But the lion and the canary are still my favourites!)
There’s . . . there’s . . . just so much here to see & i keep finding things!!!
Don King looks as sinister as ever and Ali pictured at the final moments, coming out of the rope-a-dope and sending Foreman spiraling into the canvas in one of histories finest moments.
And I love most of all how the lion and canary look like they are just the best of friends – and in a perfect world they would be.
This is my perfect world . . . and all held together inside the . . the . . . Happiness Triangle!!!!
There’s probably more here I haven’t even seen yet. This is going on the office wall, Sughly, make no mistake about that.
I’m going to have so much fun explaining this to everyone everyday.
I’m not going to get any work done today: I’m going to be too busy deciding where to hang this up.
I’m not going to have any trouble describing the lion, the canary, Ali and the Happiness Triangle ever again!!!
This is exquisite & impossibly perfect . . . and I’m as close to speechless (which everyone can thank you for later) as I get.
I can’t even put the words together to properly thank you.
Thanks Sughly, you really hit it out of the park with this one.
People are going to see this everyday . . . because I’m going to make them look at it. LOOK AT IT!!!!
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A perfect world where the lion and the canary are best friends forever,
Plainview.
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Haha, yes! Glad you liked it 😀
BTW, it’s originally a lot larger res so if you did want to print it you might be better of using it. Here’s a full res one: http://kramsdesign.com/misc/kotaku/plainview-phoneFR.jpg
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There’s an even better one? Let me take a look and see.
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If by better you mean bigger, then yes!
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Plainview, I must admit, you leave me in a state of doubt. For looking upon a piece of art like Sughly’s I come across a slight problem. I honestly cannot say which I favor, the remarkable words that created an engrossing world, sinking me into it, or the lines on a page that breathe said world to life.
I feel like I am comparing the world of Tolkien to the films by Jackson.
The haunting words of Lecter, vs. the amazing portrayal by Hopkins.
The silver screen Untouchables or the classic television show?
I am left generally speechless by the situation at hand. Neither one can be considered superior, both great through their own merits, so I must congratulate you both on a job very well done.
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Why thank you, kind sir!
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Sorry, Blaghman, had an errand that need taking care of before the day was out.
I think, in this case, all credit must go to Sughly.
He turned my late night ramblings, broken philosophies and faltering sanity into a masterpiece; no two ways about it.
The illustration is such a perfect interpretation and I love how you just keep finding new meaning and ideas within the drawing; I can still look at it now and find something I missed.
And everything is put together in a way that also tells a story.
I don’t know how he does it; I think that’s why i like it so much.
I mean: even the composition/layout/design elements are put together in a way that references the source material at every turn. I can’t emphasise enough how much this drawing is a pitch perfect interpretation; it’s uncanny.
I’ll always stand in the corner of the person who needs to create something out of someone elses work, but it’s such a subjective point of view. I mean: the actor who needs to learn a character, the director who needs total comprehension of that 1345 page novel.
I can imagine Tolkien having a wonderful old time imagining and creating his vast world, strolling through the garden, tobacco pipe in hand, drawing maps and adding characters and story lines and inhabiting his place of fantasy and fiction; just pure escapism.
What Jackson did: looks too much like hard work to me because I can’t do it. I admire every bit of what he did and he created a one of the best trilogies of all time. And like Sughly’s drawings, I can’t even begin to imagine the process involved because I just can’t do that kind of thing.
But I guess I can also understand that Sughly and Peter Jackson clearly love what they do and would have a very different perspective from the one printed here – because what they do comes naturally to them.
So . . . i think (and I’ve never really thought about it before) I admire the chap who must interpret and then create more than the chap who can just create without real world consideration or parameters – if that makes even just a lick of sense.
More simply: My words look like something you’d find scrawled in a crack house, and what Sughly did: that’s the kind of thing you find in a gallery.
That’s kind of the best thing I could come up with and probably full of contradictions and fuzzy logic.
But it’s an interesting point.
I think in the case of Tolkien and Jackson: the two pieces work really well together, and I guess that’s the ideal outcome for everyone.
The books inspire people to see the movies and the movies inspire people to read the books: so there exists a symbiotic/mutually beneficial relationship between the two.
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Hello, new wallpaper!
okay, i know this is a link to *gasp* another video games news website, but i don’t think kotaku picked this up
oh my god, our country is retarded…
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I saw that on the ABC website.
I laughed.
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‘Twas doing the rounds on the Twitters yesterday. The esteemed Goose and some others picked it up, I think.
And yeah. LOL.
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Our country is mostly retarded, this I already knew. I still don’t know why I was sent here, and frankly I will probably never find out, but I find most humans’ existence completely illogical.
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I wonder if they’ll notice and retract the image, or just blunder on like nothing ever happened…
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yeah i’ve checked the page, they changed it 😛
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That just made my day. I hope Team ninja picks up on it and adds a simmilar skin to the game just for laughs.
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mmm pancakes.
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Awesome.
I imagine Denny’s would consider this good publicity.
I once pushed the all-you-can-eat boundaries, at a pizza place, while backpacking in Denmark. Nothing near as epic as that effort though. -
This has done nothing for my recent craving of pancakes.
JEEVES! COME HITHER!
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Thick pancakes injected with maple syrup, liquefied bacon, and purified lard, coming right up sir.
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OMG! What could I give you to tempt you to become my butler instead?!!
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Mistress Strange, working for you would be payment enough, if only to get away from the antics and uncomfortable various states of undress of the young master.
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Remember our leave-early clause, Jeeves?
I am heartbroken you would give up our boxcar races and my stunningly accurate impersonations of cap’n crunch.
Does our past mean nothing to you?
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I never said I would leave, sir. I was merely expressing that serving Mistress Strange would certainly be a different experience, sir.
I could never leave you, sir. I held you as a small child, and have pried crayons out of your nose, sir, which last happened less than a week ago. No sir, I believe you certainly need me more.
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“have pried crayons out of your nose, sir, which last happened less than a week ago”
YOU’RE HIRED!
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You’re right Jeeves, I could never finish my colouring in books without your forceps-like fingers. I could not have colored the sky blue, though now it’s more of an olive hue.
Oh Jeeves! That rhymed. Note it down.
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okay so there was a lot of talk about mass effect 3 having kinect controls, and this whole “dance dance krogan” thing started, well, i’m proud to announce after a particularly half-assed job with photoshop, i present
DANCE KROGAN!
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/8773/dancekrogan.png
(i couldn’t be stuffed editing the DDR logo, so dance central was easier, plus it has the kinect logo :P)
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Female Krogan = win
Personally though I’d prefer a Dance Dance Asari: Stripper Edition
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this!
*ahem*
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You should do the T-Shirt….
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Lawl – nice 😀
I know some people think CAD is a bit hit and miss.. but it’s for moments like this that i love it
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LOL go Ethan! xD
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Haha! Nice. Yeah I prefer one off CAD’s like this than the ongoing stories I can never find the beginning of.
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My son’s name is Ethan… now i know why!
Tooday Popola sent me a new book about a great big tree. I hope it has a happy ending. There is nothing worse then a sad tree.
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As long as the great big tree didn’t end up as the book they’re reading, should be fine.
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Argh!!! I never thought of that!
These pages are stained with blood!
Sticky, sappy tree blood!On a side note that explains why the pages on that magazine keep sticking together.
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You know which diary entry is the most awesomest? The one where she wishes she could meet Kaine because she thinks she’d be all lovely and say nice things. Heheheee.
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That one made me laugh too.I wish I could meet Kaine the lady dad told me about. I bet she’s always nice and says nice things
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Is dusty here, I be sneezin’…
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That’s… um… whack.
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Jigga please!
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For my favorite lady soul consumer, and all you Jeeves enthusiasts… i couldn’t help myself after Ms. Eats plenty put this in my head…
A lunch break well wasted!
Mens:
http://chuloopaoverload.toctopus.com/shop/view_product/Jeeves?n=1980593
Ladies:
http://chuloopaoverload.toctopus.com/shop/view_product/Jeeves?n=1980588
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If I order one will it arrive in time for the Sydney Meat up?
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*shrugs* when is the sydney meat?
hehe meat.
It usually takes around ten days, give or take a few.
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Also… freaking epic dude.
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Haha thank you.
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Indeed sir, impeccable design choice.
Whilst I do normally don a clean and simple stereotypical ‘butler suit’, the young master currently has me wearing a Teletubby costume, for his amusement. I am afraid that the metaphysical explorations of me wearing an image of my back on my chest, and one’s self being the very subject of unknown identity may be lost whilst I wear this outfit.-
All day and you still haven’t memorized the steps.
C’mon Jeeves, you’re holding out on me.
AGAIN! and a 1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4…
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Truly chuckle worthy.
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Seeing your name just invokes the need for a shirt with a barbarian on it in white y-fronts….
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I want this shirt!
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I think the only way that could be pulled off is if one of our artists did the art for it
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You, me and Sughly should go into business. I’ll make T-shirts and you can guys can come up with things to be printed on them. 😛
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Hello! I like this! I’ve told loops before I’d be up for doing some designs. I just haven’t really dealt with the printing involved before, so would need some pointers on how best prep a pic for doing so.
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Heavy lines, considering your style. That or black shirts with white printing on it.
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I wonder if Sughly takes commissions?
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That would be AWESOME!
Beyond awesome EPICLY AWESOME!!!
You can put me down for several, no wait, many more, this could be something I could get for the whole family.
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it says on his website he does.
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Haha, thanks Rocketman! Indeed I do, if people request it.
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Or he steals ideas from you that you suggested as jokes… 😛
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This I definately do, and regularly too.
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Mmm, intriguing. Mayhaps a commission for a TAY clothing range, with a different person design for each day of the week, or due to the number of TAYers, a different design for each day of the month.
AHHAHAHHAHAHAH!! THIS IS WIN!! I’m ordering one as soon as I get home 🙂
Thanks Chuloopa!!!
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Love it man. Amazing.
Oh no!
The clippy stand thingy at the back of my keyboard broke. Now my keyboard sits on an angle and everything I type comes out in italics.
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Ba-Dum-Tish!
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Break off the one on the other side.
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I’ll try folding the other one away.
_ __ _— ___ __ _____ _.
No, then it all just lies down. Though I could consider typing everythign in morse code. Now to learn morse code!
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Power surge. Everything is MOAR INTENSE.
This is bloody awesome and hilarious.
I only wish this happened while I go shopping…
http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/arentfightslikethisnormallyp1.gif
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THAT IS THE BEST .GIF EVER!!!!!!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That is brilliant!
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I was expecting large boobs…but that was just as good.
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LOVE it! 😀
Why does hold music universally suck?
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Because in order to be universally unoffensive the only option is to be universally bland.
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Now I want to start something where the hold music is the filthiest dubstep I can find, which is hopefully offensive at the same time.
Something like this.
NSFW. (As much as audio can be, though it has a NSFW title)
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as much as audio can be assuming you wear headphones*
Phew, that could have been awkward…
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Nuts to that. If I had hold music, it would be Opeth.
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Pshh, of you’re going metal you might as well go the whole way. So something like “Circle of Dead Children.” Or you might want to ensure you offend the religious people and go for something like “Behemoth” or “Belphegor.”
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… or Aqua.
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if*
And I can’t believe I forgot Cannibal Corpse, they manage to be brutal, offensive AND terrible.
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Naahhhhhhhhhhhhh, Neurosis!
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One of the shops i call now and then has 8bit music as their hold music..
It’s flippin’ awesome!
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Now that’s hold music I wouldn’t get bored listening to
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The hold music on the Parliament House live stream played banjos once. Jaunty bush music.
True story.
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Question is… why were you calling Parliament house? :/
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*sekrits*
Nah, it was the live internets stream of Question Time…
I was watching it for something about a year ago. Forget why now…
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I say! Has any body seen my valet? He’s a smashing chap. Looks like Stephen Fry and the old bean answers to the name of Jeeves. I’ve been looking for him jolly well everwhere.
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No sir, I have not seen him anywhere… *shifty eyes*
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Apologies, sir. I was practising “Ho De Ho De Ho”, sir.
I dont want to steal Batguy’s competition thunder, but I too have a free gold membership for XBL. But unlike the selfless act he has shown, I want to give my code to Loops so we can play backbreaker together…
Send me an e-mail if you want it mate… Otherwise i’ll have to give it to someone else here. Problem this is they will know they were second choice and hate me for it…
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We’ll start doing some John Nash style analysis on the gifting of XBLA codes…
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Actually just sent you (loops) the code over XBL.. let me know when you enter it and we can have a game or 20!
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If i were a Brady, i would be telling you just how gosh darn swell you are!
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Shucks!
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Inspiration from today’s Kinect debacle..
tee-hee
http://chuloopaoverload.toctopus.com/shop/view_product/Can_t_Connect?n=1980943
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I think a more kid-friendly one is “I’m sorry, I don’t speak Australian”
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Awwww mannnn… i didn’t even think of that…
I was more thinking of what microsoft would be yelling at us… lol
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Greatest.
Ever.
Ilove that! 😀
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ok ok, i’m fixing it! lol
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Hahaha, nice edit, Techy!
Loops, why are you now Bruce?
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It’s more Austrlian.
Bruce Mac inspired me..
But it is bugging the shiz outta me, so i think this will be the last time i am ever Bruceloopa
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Yay, PS Store is back and the infamous 2 demo is downloading 😀
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What’s so infamous about it?
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Imposter! 2 minutes before you posted Chuloopa said it was the last time he’d be Bruceloopa!
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Pfft.. you know i’m the ONLY one that is simultaneously lame enough to post that joke AND forgetful enough to change my name!
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You’re not able to get inFamous are you? Because you made your PSN after the outage? I have a fake US account to browse their store. If I can download one of the welcome back games using my US account, would you like to use it to download inFamous? It’s a great, great game and I’m as excited for inFamous 2 as I was for Portal 2. Hence, everyone should play it.
Also, I saw your comment about the Uncharted bundle being in platinum/dodgy casing: I totally understand. I refuse to buy platinum games. I don’t care if they’re cheaper, they look terrible.
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I just wanna know how we’re supposed to get our free games.. i looked earlier and there’s no free option to download em or anything. Get to checkout and tells me my wallet is empty and asks me if i wanna add funds :\
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http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/06/02/playstation-store-is-available-now/
Welcome back isn’t live yet. Follow them on FB if you want to know when they do it.
P.S. Did that disc work?
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Yes it did! Thankyou!!! 🙂
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You know something?
I would KILL for somoen to walk up to me on the street and say “You’re wallet seems to be empty. You would like to add funds?”man that would be sweet…
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That happened to me… well, sort of.
An older lady came up to me and said I looked sad. She gave me $20 despite my protestations… It was strange, lol.
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Haha, what?! Thats the most bizarre… what the hell? I wish someone would do this for me. Maybe I dont look sad enough?
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She probably just came back from blowing up an ATM and needed to offload the cash fast.
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
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This too is my central concern >:(
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You look sad Sughly. Have some monies.
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Yes please!
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Really?
I think he looks mad.
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Here you go Sughly, have $233.95
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If you actually go to the playstation network website and try to sign in it still says it’s under mainetenance :\
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oops.. that was supposed to be another reply to notoriousr on previous page..
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On the plus side, you started the 6th page!! By Accident! 😀
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Yeah, and just trying to browse the store is randomly giving me errors 🙁
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Really? Weird. But I’ve managed to sign in okay on my PS3, but there are some connectivity issues. I browse around, and every second time I open something up, a connection error pops up. I think (I hope) it’s because everyone is rushing back to the Playstation store and get stuff. I reckon we’d probably have to wait a few days before everything is back to normal.
OK Minecraft people, I have an idea.
How about, a Leather Cap Tour, through the Far Lands.
It would require a little bit of server cheating to get there, and I’m not sure how long “wow, this place is weird” could keep us entertained, but I think it might be a fun and interesting diversion.
I’m assuming that Shady has the power to teleport us to actual locations, of course…
Anyway, thoughts?
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Hell. Yes.
That looks awesome. Let’s go to the stack!
I wonder if this will crash the server?
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It shouldn’t, at least not initially, though we may get some major lag when we first load in. But I’m guessing.
And Gorzy, I was thinking maybe next week sometime, or whenever is best for most people.
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YES! FINALLY! It won’t be just me and Blagh’s sitting around on the server idly destroying, er, I mean, contributing to Pessimist’s creations!
p.s. You guys have to try the diving board they built this week. It’s awesome fun.
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Sorry, old boy. On the town all of the day. Just got back. Have replied on pg:5 regarding your conundrum. Did my best, but don’t trust a word I say; trust no one.
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Why thank you for informing me of your reply, although I consider it unnecessary, you should know that I am always searching for your words, living in anticipation of the glory that is your next post.
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Also, I think a book written by you, and with chapter illustrations by Sughly would be, quite possibly, the greatest novel of all time.
Of. All. Time.
Until I get distracted by something shiny, the curse that weighs down upon the questioning generation.
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Well consider this half of the deal signed off on. I’d do it in a heartbeat!
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The Lion & The Canary: Journey to the Happiness Triangle.
These two characters write themselves now more than ever after you brought them to life.
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The chronicles of Plainview? That sounds like a winner to me.
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I’d be up for that definitely!
I have not seen how to teleport so niot sure guys. I’ll look into it. If anyone knows how to using multicraft. ????? Letme know.
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I’d be totally in it! Sounds fun.
In other MC news.. I’m stuck in the nether.. I got lost… I figured I didn’t want to lose my swag, so I cant /kill myself. So I thought I’d have to wait for someone else to sign in… Then, I thought, derrrr, I just need some server gods help with a few obsidians, no worries. But alas, the Molten page is not working properly!!??? Is this a molten problem?
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I say we have a night where we make the nether livable. Houses bridges etc.
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OMG, did I read the patch notes right? boats now float upwards on water faster?
my space elevators will be even more fun!!!
I’ve always been curious about the Far Lands, however i’m stuck at work tonight. Probably can’t be on until after 0200hrs.
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Why are you whispering?
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cause he is at work. I would whisper aswell if i new anything about HTML
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His keyboard is leaning to one side.
My problem is that I’m using my laptop on an unstable surface, but I just fixed that little problem.
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YOU NEED NO HTML KNOWLEDGE, ONLY THE WILL TO FAIL SUCCEED!
(here’s hoping I didn’t balls that up, as it would look really awkward)
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Dammit, looks like I can’t
strikethoughthings. -
I’ve tried that and failed before. What tag actually makes it work?
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The delete tag, instead of the strikethrough one. Seems to be a bizarre mishmash that is allowed through…
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These tags are stupid awesome. Thanks.
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Oh I give up. Looks like strikethroughs/deletes/whatevers are not for the likes of me.
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My prediction for Mass Effect 3’s use of Kinect:
Capturing images of your face to use them to make a Shephard look-alike (similar to 3DS Miis).
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Well, my character is already pretty hideous, so it won’t make that much of a difference.
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LOL! I have to say Blagh, youre on fire with comments this week.
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Well thank you Sughly.
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That’s not the only thing of his on fire this week!
/hi5 !…
What? Nobody…?
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Yes, because all the boys want to make their FemSheps in their own image….
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So I could get a large poster of Scarlett Johansson and make a Scarlett Shephard? That would be pretty darn cool and sexy.
Though I don’t have a Kinect nor a 360 to test this theory xD. A robot can simulate though…
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I’ve always wondered what I would look like as a man
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A morbidly obese dude in cosplay?
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hahaha, ZING!
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Funny thing,
If someone is giving you the irrits for a whole week, revenge says nothing like Nando’s Extra- Hot Peri-Peri sauce. 😀
COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE
[vigorous nod]
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COFFEE!
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BADGER
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A mushroom, mushroom
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AHH SNAKE! AHH SNAKE!!! SNAAAAKE OOOOO SNAKE AH-OOOO IT’S A SNAAAKKKEEE!!!
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Sorry. *Puts pants back on*
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chuckle.
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Hey guys and gals! small heads up!!
RIght now you can go to JB HiFi and get any two of these games for $40 all up on bopth ps3 and 360!… unless they are console exclusive 😛
Mass Effect
Halo 3
007 Blood Stone
Farcry 2
Ghost Recon 2
Hawx
Blur
Wolfenstein
Ultimate Alliance 2
Call of Juarez – Bound in blood
Assassins Creed
Saints Row 2
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Darksiders
Singularity
Prototype
There may be more in store, just look for the stickers.
As you can see, some are pretty average with yo being able to buy them for $20 or less elsewhere anyway, but noticeable standouts are the likes of Singularity and Blur.
Some people also consider Prototype to be getting harder to find.
I’m very tempted to go an ultimate alliance and singularity combo…
Anyone played singularity yet?
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Oh and the following games have been dropped to $49
Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
Need FOr Speed: Hot Pursuit
Red Dead Redemption
Force Unleashed 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Medal Of Honourand probably less noticeable, nba2k11, only because it’s reasonably cheap in other places too
ALso, JB’s 3 for 1 deal is on for the following new titles:
LA Noire
Red Faction blah blah i want a fart pony
Brink
Duke Nukem FOrever
Hunted: Demon Forge
AFL (only on wii)
Dirt 3
Homefront
Infamous 2Terms:
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/games/disclaimers/Exclusion list for tradable games is here:
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/games/disclaimers/Holy shiz… that inclusion list has gotten massive.. good luck 😛
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Blood Stone is tempting, but can’t think of anything else on there I want. I own Saints Row 2, Darksiders & Prototype.
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SYDNEY MINI MEAT
http://tiny.cc/6f4ih
So who’s coming?
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Your mini meat is so cute! I could just eat it up!
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Oh god… headline act… the pressure…
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Just hope the opening act sucks
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Bahaha! Thanks for this Jamie, it’s awesome, its concise, it will prevent much confusion.
Endu, you better deliver! As to what you are expected to deliver, I have no idea.
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I’ll be there. Heizy is planning some totally weird Gossip Girl marathon party at my house on Saturday night.
I’m not kidding. This is real life.
I do not want to be involved in that party.
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Great, now I’ll never recover from the opening act.
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You LOVE the Gossip Girl! We all know it!
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Hey, Gossip Girl here, bringing you all the latest news from the Kotaku East side. Mark’s claiming he doesn’t have any interest in his wife’s Gossip Girl marathon, but why is his pac man pjs hanging out to dry on his balcony? It appears like little M has been ‘Pac’ing for the event. Will he even make it to the meat? If my sources are correct, Mark is a vegetarian.
You know you love me…
XOXO…
Gossip Girl.
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*shudders*
Gossip Girl is here?! Oh shi- time for me to GTFO!!
Just run Mark, run. As fast as you can.
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Well that was confusing, since my name’s Jamie too.
It’s alright though, I got it. Eventually. Need moar sleep (or moar Fallout, that’s good too)
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Do you get called Jimmy too? Or it just my accent that people have touble with?
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I could find the link but I can’t be arsed, but we talked about this last week. I do get Jimmy, and Jimbo. I used to get Jamo, but I didn’t like it. Same with James.
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I do recall. I go by James mostly now. It’s easier. And I can now say things like “The name’s James, but my friends call me Jamie.”
By the way, all you guys can call me Jamie.
Fun fact: When I anser the phone and say my name is Jamie, people always think I said Jimmy. When I say James, people always think I say Tim. I DON’T GET IT!
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LOL love the flyer!
That’s great!
We need to have a Melbourne one at some point, i think. But how many of us are actually from melbourne?
I know Q-bo is (pakingham-stan, yes?) and i THINK NotoriousR is a melbourne boy too..
Oh, and i’m meant to be heading to Adelaide for a week in July, as well.. so maybe we could have a Adelaide meet up too, with me being your internatio…. erm… interstate guest!?
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I am stationed in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne (You should know, you posted me those Warhammer 40k books remember?), like Q-bo is. Funny thing is that when I move into my new apartment after it gets built, I will live pretty close to the guy as well.
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God i’m such a tit sometimes – how could i forget?! lol
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The James Macs and I are in Adelaide and were going to do a meet sometime if we were not so disorganised.
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Yeah… let’s get that sorted.
Maybe we could see a movie… or flashmob the other Macs’ store.
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Yep, except I’m up north. I live, quite literally, next to Bundoora RMIT. But nonetheless, I’m all for a Melbourne meat!
MEAT
I LIKE IT
Gonna be hanging outside Galaxy World rating the ugliness of sweater vests!
The weather forcast for this Saturday Night:
Cloudy with a 90% chance of Tad appearing. The Other 10% is only there to cover my ass in case of an emergency!
BUMPERRRRRR CARRRRRRRRRSSSSS
Btw, just a heads up. Don’t annoy me in bumper cars. I will get vengence… 😛
Actually, I just want to break down for a minute.
/begin a capella
Uh-huh, yeah.
I know we say it a lot, but I just want to reiterate it, that this is an awesome community. When I originally said there should be a meet in Sydney when I was there for my birthday it was basically a joke in response to the Brisbane meet. Now, we’re getting together with me, a lurker who would be lucky to post 20 times in a week, as the catalyst. Way to make me feel loved you guys.
/end a capella
So now we’re riding the beat train
Gotta get to the ‘port, get on a plane
Eating up the miles, soarin’ high above
Rocketin’ into Sydney on the powa of LURVE
I’ll be there looking resembling somewhat a zombie due to irregular sleepy cycles from uni assignments.
Its a NO from me. I will be thinking of you and your meat though.
Gotta look after my boy.
On a side note about my kid, I have now convinced him that Simpsons is better than Dora or mickey mouse.. so he gets home from school and says to my wife “Daddy Simpsons?”
It is tough!
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I’d love to meet your kid, he sounds all kinds of awesome.
My daughter likes The Simpsons because I told her she can’t watch it.
That’s the secret to getting kids to like stuff, tell them they can’t, or it’s just for grown-ups. It’s why my 2 year old son keeps asking to “have some alcohol please?”. 😛-
My mum tried that with Brussel Sprouts.
How stupid does she think I am?
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OMG (and I NEVER actuaklly type that so this must be good)
I should bring my son to the mini meat?
Then everyone can meet him, and I get to do my fatherly duty, and he gets out and my wife gets a night off?????
Awesome idea? or is that like bringing your girlfriend to a ‘boys night’?
I don;t think i could stick around long, but would get me out of the house?
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Bart’s teacher’s name is Krabappel? I’ve been calling her crab-apple! Why didn’t anyone tell me?
I love Homer Simpson. Arguably the best cartoon character ever.
I like that Mini Meat caught on.
I should be able to make it. If not I’ll save my sweater vest for 2.0
I should be able to make it, baring being called into work.
I’ve never been to paddies markets (or above paddies markets). Should it be easy to find everyone considering I have no idea where I’m going, no idea what anyone looks like, and I don’t have a smart phone so I can’t cry for help here once I’m on the road.
Also I’ll probably be wearing a dark green eve online shirt as it’s the only clothing I have that’ll identify me as a gamer. Though it’s probably not that distinctive unless you play EVE. Just keep an eye out for a big guy in a green shirt looking lost.
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Are you on twitter?
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No 🙁
Though i just realised it actually says galaxy world above paddies markets, that helps. I thought “above paddies markets” was a little vague. I should be right now. though when I looked up paddies markets I discovered there are two of them. I’m guessing the Haymarket ones?
Also, With some superglue my keyboard is back in working order!
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I’m planning on being there.. but I have to work tonight from 7:00pm till 1:00am.. and if things go badly and the client doesn’t let us know till the last minute from probably till 8am.. So I might be a little tired looking.. but I shall try!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
SOUL CONSUMER!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY BOUGHT A JEEVES SHIRT!!!
Better yet, having you name next to “has placed an order” conjures imaginary images of mass purchases of weapons stockpiles to take on the vast evils running amok on Ambrose IV.
Dual Katakas soaked in kerosene and set alight, swung in burning arches of death and destruction.
Epic.
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You should make a ‘who bought the jeeves t-shirt’ t-shirt!
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If i start on that road, there’s no looking back.
Eventually i’ll wake up in a gutter with 5 day growth, a bottle of jack and wearing naught but a “who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bought the who bough the who is jeeves tee shirt?”
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Now that’s a sweet shirt!
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And then Jeeves should buy this shirt!
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LOL!!! Well when I say I’ma do something, I’MA DO IT.
It’s also very nice of you to offer free shipping! It was just icing on the cake 😉
I’ll post up a photo when it arrives :D!
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p.s. I actually do own a katana (well, a wakizashi) and a lighter in the shape of a bone. No kerosene, sadly.
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I have a katana you can borrow. Just be careful. It’s a cheap one and too much bone cleaving will dull it’s edge.
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Wait, evil has taken over Ambrose The Fourth?! No wonder he’s not around much these days. 🙁
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Nope, not at all. I have entirely different plans my Mr. the fouth.
That’s a joke from where everyone was saying i should make him a planet after the first part 😛
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For all the TotalBiscuit fans (or non-fans), I just read his story explaining why he hasn’t been able to see his wife and step-son since 2008. It made me tear up a little inside :'(
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=7563368
TotalBiscuit United Kingdom. January 12 2011 03:47. @TeamLiquid.net
I don’t think it really suits a blog honestly. I’m not even sure if I should post about it at all but what the hell, I’ll give you the tl;dr version (it should concern you that this is the tl;dr version, ton more bullshit occurred)
I met my wife at Blizzcon in 2005, as nerds do. We kept in touch, it got serious after a couple more visits and I decided to take a chance to move to the States in 2007, so I packed up all my shit, put the rest in storage and went to go live with her. I was at the time of my life where I felt like taking risks and I was in a position to take them.
It worked out, we got married in the UK. We didn’t have much money at the time, but we had enough to survive. I wasn’t able to work over there since I was still on the visa-waiver program, but I could take care of the kid (not mine, but might as well be, guy has never had an actual father, another long, fairly horrendous story), work on my amateur broadcasting, keep my website going to bring in ad revenue. However, we were living pretty much paycheque to paycheque and affording the legal fees to have a lawyer get my spousal visa sorted out was outside of our reach. We consulted a paralegal, got the advice we thought we needed and submitted the applications. Heard nothing back for a while. Bear in mind at this point I was on visa-waivers so I was flying back and forth from the US every 3 months. Never broke the terms of the visa-waiver program, not once. It would turn out later that we had been given bad advice and the application (and more disturbingly, the fee) had just disappeared and been rejected out of hand because it did not fulfil the specific double-speak requirements of US law. You might rightly ask “how could you afford flights and not be able to hire a lawyer?”. Answer is necessity. We had to because otherwise nobody would be there to look after Orion (the kid) while my wife worked. There was no option there.
Fast-forward to October 2008 (I think). I’m concerned at this point, heard nothing back on my visa application, no status available, even after repeated calls I just end up getting fobbed off. I call the USCIS to check if I’m going to be ok going back again on a visa-waiver. They say yes, as long as you’re not breaking the terms, which I wasn’t. Blizzard wanted me at Blizzcon 2008. They paid my flights out to LA, had hotel sorted out and everything, so I flew direct into LAX. Plan was to meet up with my wife at Blizzcon. Had all my paperwork to prove what I was doing, my hotel booking, itinerary, even my shuttle booking from LAX. I got stopped at the homeland security checkpoint, explained exactly what I was doing etc. They took me over for further questioning. Spent about 2 hours being questioned by Homeland Security. Full patdown and everything, this was before the whole TSA thing got big. They repeatedly questioned me about the same things, I gave them the same answers. Even provided proof of my marriage to a US citizen etc. They asked me why I had entered the US through Mexico at what point and what business I had there. I’d never entered the US through Mexico, I showed them my passport, no stamp from Mexico, nothing of the sort, but they didn’t seem convinced.
Eventually I was taken to their boss who declared I would not be allowed into the country and that my visa-waiver was revoked. The British Consulate fought with the guy on my behalf but he wouldn’t budge and there is no appeal allowed for visa-waiver users, none at all. Even Blizzard called to verify my story, the guy didn’t care. Far as he was concerned, he was judge, jury and executioner, and he’s right, he is, that’s how US immigration law works. They took me to a detention centre in downtown LA, stuck me in a cell with some guys who didn’t speak any English (thankfully entirely reasonable people who kept themselves to themselves, no trouble) and put me on the next flight back home, all the while with armed escort and cuffs.
Since then I’ve been trying to raise the funds to get back to the US. My wife lost her job in the recession and could not sponsor my application, there is a certain level of income your spouse must have and she didn’t qualify, plus they wouldn’t count my income. I supported my wife and kid from the UK up until summer 2010 when I lost my job due to cutbacks at the company, but Husky saved my ass and got me a Youtube partnership (you want to know why I’ll defend that guy to the hilt? Now you know, he is the reason my family isn’t out on the street right now). Now I’m finally able to afford the lawyer, plus my wife managed to get herself another job. The process has started again, this time with a lawyer riding the ass of the byzantine immigration system to make sure they get their stuff sorted out. Assuming all goes well, I should be back in the States by summer this year. I’ve seen my wife twice in the last 2 years, when we’ve been able to afford flights. Haven’t seen my kid (I say my kid, step-Dad, but still, you get the idea) since 2008.
Well, that was a bit more soul-baring than I meant it to be, but I can’t be bothered to retype it now. There’s your answer.
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Oh God. I feel so bad for the guy… 🙁
I wish I could help him 🙁
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That sucks all sorts of balls. My fiancee and I went through something similar, but not nearly so bad.
He might be too proud, but he should start up a Kickstarter page for legal fees, I’d toss him some cash and I don’t even watch his videos.
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OMG TB! :'( That’s a sad story and I’m shedding a tear too.
Really wish I could something to help the guy, he’s only been such a great caster, I watch everything he posts on youtube, and if I ever met the guy I would shake his hand thank him from the bottom of my power supply for bringing a smile to my face every day (Not many humans can nowadays)
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Damn.
Just…damn.
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That’s so sad! Man, poor people. What the hell was the deal with the immigration guy? Probably slept pretty well that night.
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Whoah, the poor bastard, that is heavey duty Sh!t right there.
Oh, and I am not crying, it is just umm… dust, yeah I got some dust in my eyes.
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I too have dust in my eye..
+98454987 respect to him and Husky.
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Wow. I can’t imagine what that would be like. Just the thought of being separated from my family for a week is enough to give me a mild panic attack…
But that, that really, really bites.
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Wow.
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America – The country where paranoia reigns!
What a horrible thing to have happen. i really feel for this guy. But at the sae time, bloody good on him and his wife for sticking at it. It’s things liek this that are a true test of a relationship.. i really hope everything goes better for him this time around..
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Wow. That is ABSURD.
The poor guy!
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I know what dealing with Visa’s is like in USA. Its hell, as is the whole marrying a usa-ian. Cost thousands in lawyers and applications. Feel bad for the guy. 🙁
I just went and changed the passwords for my Gmail accounts. Something apparently went wrong and now I can’t get into either of them. That can’t be a good thing.
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Good news. Got my main account back relatively painlessly. Fortunately, that one had my phone number attached to it, so it was easy enough to get a reset sent via SMS. The other one looks like it was tied to my old Griffith uni email address. Considering I dropped out of there in 2005, you can imagine that was a little trickier.
They asked for when I started using the account, when I first used that account with other services, frequently emailed contacts. I don’t know any of that stuff. It’s a spare email address dangit.
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Obviously someone’s in the process of stealing your identity. I recommend you accept the inevitable and go start a new life in Hawaii.
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Identity thevery? what you say? highly suspicious!
This not case. everything good. Ha ha.
Ha.
you give credit card details now. I are frend so it ok.
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Ignore this person. I read your blog post and are very interest in what you say about subject. It is something I have read many thing about and care much about but have never see someone write so clear about before.
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OBJECTION!
Your name contains the name “Trjn”, therefore, you are Trjn!
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It’s cheating when you can see that I’m not changing my email address :p
I mean, yes, that’s right, anyone with Trjn in their name is definitely the real deal. Always.
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In that case: I shall be writing more Buttercups this weekend….
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I always forget when I change my passwords, I’ve had to reset my gmail account three times due to my own stupidity…
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My passwords are a little tricky. Easy to remember, hard to type. I know exactly what my new password is meant to be but I’m willing to bet that I somehow made the same mistake multiple times and now am typing in what is meant to be the right password but is not.
XMen tonight, XMen toniiiiiight. Woo! Explosions and politics and powers, oh my!
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It looks really great, I love it when they can get some smart themes in there as well as the usual explosions and pew pew.
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Sweet. Looks good.
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I’ll be seeing it in a few hours.
I’m hopeful.
Blaghs, did you actually want the XBL gold code? Your entry was not strictly within the rules I set out, but it was the only non-me entry, so, well, you probably win by default.
If you didn’t really want it I might just give it to somebody like Jimu who doesn’t have gold and might want to play Perfect Dark with me.
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Hmm, I don’t have Gold, but currently I don’t really have a use for it, so uhh, if someone else wants it they can have it, or else I can take it off your hands…
DECISIVE!
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In that case I’ll go straight to the man and ask Jimu if he wanted it for online shenanigans. If he doesn’t want it then it’s yours. Unless you’d do nothing at all with it, in which case I’ll just add it to my account and get an extra month free.
See, I can be decisive too!
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Hi all,
I am looking to buy a laptop to replace my ageing desktop.
I mostly play RPGs and some RTS.
But I want to future proof a bit as well.
So I am trying to decide between the ASUS G53SW-SZ010V and the Alienware M14x.
The Asus has the better all round specs but I question Asus quality. The Alienware seems to have good build quality with a great keyboard.
Was wondering what people thought? And if the difference between Asus’s NVDIA GTX 460M and Alienware’s NVIDIA GeForce GT555M would make a big difference gaming wise.
Thanks in advance!
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Last time I asked about Alienware, everyone said no.
It’s really overpriced. Go for ASUS : )-
Alienware do tend to be overpriced, but if you’ve got money to burn, then you might aswell.. They do tend to run games REALLY nicely compared to most other laptops.
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If you really want a gaming laptop and have money to burn, go with the alienware one. You can actually kit it out to be better than the asus by a long shot, and you will have better longevity with the 555 gpu over the 460.
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I’ve almost bought an Alienware laptop a few times in the past, but I’m told that the build quality is terrible and the dell support that repair it is even worse.
Buy at your own risk.
I’m going to start recording audio this weekend for the two animations I’m doing for the big kotaku Meat 2.0 in July.
The first is titled “Alien Water” and the second “Hot Chocolate”. Depending on how long it takes, I might be able to crack out a third.
There’s a few voice roles if anyone wants to join in.
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Can I try out in voice acting? 😀
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Sure you can!
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Can I assist from my basement?
I’m very good at assisting* from my basement.
*assisting involves sitting in said basement, offering very little advice, and then commenting on how useless/old I am, much to the chagrin of those around me.
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Said assistance sounds good, if not entirely helpful. Assist away!
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If you need someone who sounds like me, then I know a guy.
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Is it Jeeves?
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Because (for some reason) I imagine everyone with this voice that is essentially what I wish I sound like (even you, ladies), I was about to comment that I know a guy who sounds like you too.
My brain is frelling weird.
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Is he you? I think he might be you. You sound really like you. That was the first thing I noticed about you when we met. And that you look like you. That was the second thing. The third thing was your sulky smooth hair.
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And by that, I meant your hair looked depressed and not that I misspelled silky.
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*rolls up sleeves*
Time to show my parents that 3 years of studying at acting school was a feasible thing.
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Did they teach you how to walk away from explosions without looking, making you bad ass?
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Nahhh, but they did have an armory class where we got to shoot real guns and play with different models, ammo etc. I unfortunately had to miss out on that one 🙁
lol Jamie What..
That guy in the dog suit is AWESOME!
cronotriggr 4 years agoWere you really in the dog suit?!
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Let’s exercise them acting chops!
I never had any desire to be an actor as I’m INSANELY shy, but I seem to end up acting a fair bit.
Played a man in a dog suit once.
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<3 RoosterTeeth!
directed by Church's best friend Caboose hahahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKKB3eK2xUg
Elites are so badass.
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At first i though “what the hell is this.. booooring”
then it got to the 57 second mark and i was like “awwww shit, thats right!!”
Let me just say this – rapping elites and spinners on a warthog = greatness
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Did he just dunk in a black hole?!?
GAH!!! SO TEMPTING!!! BUT NOT CE!!!
http://www.ozgameshop.com/ps3-games/demons-souls-game-ps3
ALSO SO TEMPTING BUT I DON’T KNOW IF MY LAPTOP WOULD HAVE A FIT!!!
http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/dawn-of-war-2-ii-complete-collection-game-pc
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Just so you know, apparently the servers for Demon’s Souls are coming down in October. 🙁
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Thats ok.. i can still play the singleplayer, yes?
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Yes you can, good sir. The online part is still single player. It just allows you to see th eghosts of those who have already died and read hints they have left so the lack of online does take a lot away from the single player experience. You can also team up with two other players for co-op.
Dark Souls will have all of the same features.
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My poor daughter had a blonde moment last night. She declared her future to be involved in science, awesome I said, what type of science? She replied, like finding out how bodies work. So, like a doctor I say. No, she says. So, a biologist? I ask. Yeah, but I dont like blood and stuffs. Hmmmmm I said, so like looking at bones, like a archaeologist I say. No, she says, like looking at the twisty thing.
Twisty thing? I ponder. She draws on paper… Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh DNA strands! YES she says excitedly. Can I use the computer for research? She excitedly asked. Sure I say and continue on playing Trials HD.
A few moments later she calls out to me… “Daaaaaaadddd, how do you spell DNA??”
I couldn’t stop laughing for 5 minutes. 😀
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She was probably thinking of deoxyribonucleic acid.
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*blinks blankly*
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Or DNA.
A strand of DNA is made up of a large number of Nucleotides, all stuck together. A nucleotide, is a molecule, consisting of a nitrogenous base, a sugar (in this case, deoxyribose), and a phosphate group. A nucleic acid is a macro-molecule made up of lots of nucleotides. Since it consist of a nucleic acid with Deoxyribose as the sugar, it gained the name Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
Science! (extremely abridged and slightly incorrect science, but still)
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I knew someone would say that! 😛 But she asked for dna, not deoxymoxypoxy whatever, had she asked that, I would have replied, “not well”.
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Bravo! [stands and applauds]
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I now love your daughter and when she is of age i plan to marry her
THAT – WAS – AWESOME!!!
hahahaha love it mate
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But, wait… I cant have sex with my son-in-law! You have failed to think this plan through properly!
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Sure you can!
We’ll just move to the South of America!!! 😀You look mighty fine in them jeans, boy!
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South of Tasmania would work just as well 😉
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Hey! I lived in the south of Tasmania for 6 years when I was growing up! All my family is from there…oh. Crap.
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I was kicking myself for forgetting to change my name back but then I realised according to Tad and Bunny’s logic I was the real Trjn. In the context of my previous post this amused me greatly.
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Win.
I told my friend that he should watch the show QI. He said what’s it about. I say it’s about Stephen Fry and 4 panellists that talk about trivia and have some lulz. He said it sounds cool, how do I spell it?
I told him not to bother watching it.
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ROFL! and QI is pure win btw 😀
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Yeah QI is bloody awesome and hilarious!
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Your daughter sounds sooo cute. /squeal
Haha! Nice. And yes, QI is awesome. Fry ftw! So excited that he’s in the new Sherlock movie ^_^
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Really, when you think Mycroft you can’t help but think of Stephen Fry.
May I have a show of hands as to who owns NFS: Hot Pursuit for PC? I’m thinking of having a HP event one sunday afternoon. 😀
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SO KUCKING FEEN!
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A thousand times yes! If I wasn’t so busy trying to eat food and set my PC on fire last night I would have joined in.
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Bah, I have it on Xbox.
Needs more cross-platform!
Shadowrun did it fine…
Man, I love this guy, so awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O6sM2Shok
FS, watch!
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Woah.. that was epic, mate 😐
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It’s a collaborative effort, and I love how they’re not making them out of profit or anything.
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My favourite episode so far would be RAP NEWS 5: News World Order – the war on journalism (ft. Julian Assange)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXbCwq4ewBUYou know, there’s things we know and things we don’t know and the knowns we know we know are known as Known knowns. Thing we know we don’t know which are known as no no’s among the knowns and the no no’s we know go with the don’t knows.
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Yeah, he does that bit so well too! I also really like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBzR0-j0O0o&playnext=1&list=PL74DF342B06C8102E on climate change. The guy has some great lines. Much respect.
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Groovy.
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Obligatory friday link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0
😛
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Sigh.
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You could at least post the superior version!!!!
Is lunchtime on a Friday too early to start putting vodkas in my Coke Zero?
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No.
It’s only a problem when it’s 8am on a Tuesday, and you don’t plan to be sober at any point until the weekend.
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Is it EVER too early?
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Did someone forget to change their name back?
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I keep trying, but sometimes it reverts back before I notice. I think this is a sign that you as well as I should begin with the alcohols, STAT.
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Don’t you know?
This is our latest meme.
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Oh noes… here we go…
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.yadirF no nwod gnitteg ,yadirF ,yadirF s’ti tub ,ti od ot nosaer on s’ereht ,ylleaR ?emem sdrawkcab gnitirw decrof a htiw emem siht enibmoc ew naC
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!rrhwhacaoaorcrowohow wwoo cacarcscachacs nauhwwhaoauharowhr ornauhcroa ar oaha owroarcs ,ownahaka owcaoa oooahwha owhwoo crowcaoaoohwar awawar oa’hwarao owho orcaho owowc oa’hwooaw ha ,nanaowhO
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F*CK SH*T AS* B**BS BUTTERCUP!!!
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.siht emoceb dluow detrats I tahw aedi on dah I .enoyreve yrroS
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Is it too late to start putting coke zero in my vodka?
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Apparently clicking on “lower the volume!” in the top left was the worst idea ever… my eardrums have exploded and my eyes are blinded by the flashing background.
GO AWAY NYAN CAT!
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WHAT IS THIS I DON’T EVEN
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HA! I put this on full blast for everyone in the office to enjoy.
They don’t seem to appreciate it for some reason.
But I am keeping it on anyway HAHAHAHAHA!!! -
Why would you want to be saved? Nyan nyan nyan.
So, are people still up for some Starcraft tonight?
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Wait, what?
When will you guys be on? I’d love to join in if it’s not already a full group!
add me tadmod at hotmail dot com
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Sweet, I’ll be on by about 4:30 Adelaide time so just jump on whenever and see how we go I guess.
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Most definitely.
I’ll bring my game face.*
*Seany Nick’s game face is exactly the same as his normal face.
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Hells to the yes!
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Maybe tonight, definitely over the weekend.
Oh and Jo, I’ve rethought the real id thing and prefer to not use my real id. But please feel free to add my character:
MrExplody
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No worries.
That Real ID shiz really pisses me off tbh.
I did not even give them my real name on my account but my old WoW account did have my details and it dragged it across and replaced it without informing me.Jerks.
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FATSHADY!!!!!
Want to come to concert with me..?
http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/697570/Wu_Tang_Clan/Wu_Tang_Clan_Australian_Tour_2011?event_id=697570#details
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Damn, My first reaction was $90 is a bit steep…
Im not as excited as you about this one. I saw RZA a few years back and up until that point he was my FAV artist. I don’t even listen to him anymore because I just didnt enjoy the show.
I had a mate see Meth and Redman a while back and thought is was awesome.
The idea of seeing Ghostface and Raekwon would be cool along with meth?
Man I just don’t know. It all comes back to the $90 price tag for me…
So if you went would you go to the sydney show??? If so then I’d have to go with you.. you are welcome to crash at my place i guess?? is that wierd?
Man, Now im not sure… That show is a once in a lifetime one… Man, I think I should go>?
DAMN!
Let me thing (read: talk to the wife)…
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It’s a gamble either way, the chances of all of them showing up is slim.
It is tempting though.
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See here is the problem.
I have a mate who saw GZA who loves him, said the show was crap cause he was so drunk he forgot lines.
I saw RZA and while he remembered lines, he was always singing to the wrong beat, so really hard to follow????
Meth was awesome with redman, and I see Ghostface and Raek as being real professionals… so they should be good.
But as you say it is hit n miss that they will all make it…
Im just not sure? I have another mate who is also thinking, but i am on the fence…
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I’m really keen to see Ghost,Rae and Meth….
Hmmmmm… if i go it will be in Syndney, depends on finaces as well.
Got a month or so, will keep an eye on sites and twitters and see if i can work out who’s coming.
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Some awesomesauce in the form of halolz.com:
http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/halolz-dot-com-videogametypos-gamecovers.jpg.jpg
Mark would pwn at the game in the lowest right corner.
Go to the site for more 😀
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The minecraft ones are funny as hell… if only hell was filled with humour.
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Tiny Hawk: Underground!
You could play as a young hawk named Tibbles who is trapped at the center of the earth, trying to get back up to the sky.
You recruit the help of gnomes to do the digging and building due to your lack of opposable thumbs in exchange for helping them create things you saw on the surface world to fight against the evil Gnolls.
It would be 2d and a bit like Terraria except you dig up and can’t control the diggers or fight, only fly through the caves and make suggestions, bribe various factions with promises of blueprints and tales of the world above.-
I’d play that.
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Hi,
I posted this on the prior page but due to page numbers will likely be lost.
I said I can’t make the sydney meat because i have to be a daddy… but I was thinking, would it be strange (it was her idea indirectly) if I brought my son along. Im not plannning on staying long anyway, but this is actually banking at its finest. I take him out for a night, meat Endu, wife gets to relax at home and i now have bank credit, all while i’m playing games???
Not sure if anyone thinks that is a bad idea (wife at a boys night type thing?) but wanted to throw it out there. He loves games and this is all part of my plan to groom him (eewww Paedo reference!) to become the most awesome kid/gamer of all time!
Any thoughts. Ive not been there before so is this going to be an issue. I see they have kids parties so this is prob fine?
Anyone?
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Well, that’s an impossible task… since MY kid is the most awesome kid/gamer of all time! *takes battle mode stance*
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No, my kid is the most awesome kid/gamer.
Wait, I don’t have a kid.
Wait right here for, oh, let me work this out… a month to find and impregnate a girl of suitable gaming capability, nine months for gestation and birth, three years to be in a position to hold a controller, one year to train, and a few months just in case there are any delays.
Wait right here for 5 years!
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They can hold controllers in much less time that that. Mine was playing Trials well under 2 years! So I think if you really tried, you could get through all that in about 3.5 years.
It is gonna be a tough weekend mate! Good luck!
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I started him on some random Pooh Bear platformer that teaches you letters when he was somewhere between one and two. Just sayin…
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i’m a pretty short guy, so i say i pretend to be your kid, then we kick some young kids arses, and split the winnings??!
note: you’d have to fly me in from perth, but i’m sure it’ll be worth it
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A Challenger appears!
As awesome as both your sons seem, I’m pretty sure mine is the most awesomesauce of all. -
haha..
We are just like those Pageant mums! We are all living out our dreams through them… I’m actually OK with that!
Only problem, kids never end up liking what their parents like, so my son will prob listen to heavy metal, read books, drop out of school and get a physically demanding job! Not that its a bad thing at all, just the opposite of me!
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No mine is the most awesome. He’s four months old and already trying to grab the sticks (or my thumbs) on an xbox controller. I figure I’ll get him started on something easy like Super Meat Boy.
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NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just what I need… to check XBL leaderboards and see how far I am behind Batspawn.
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That entire top level of Paddy’s is pretty kid-friendly. From memory (haven’t been for a year though), I think it’s Galaxy World a food court, and a Chinese restaurant.
Only real concern I guess would be the amount of noise? It’s not ear-bleeding loud, but sometimes it can be difficult to hear a regular volume conversation.
Oh! Pretty sure there’s a shop on one of the lower levels that sells games and hentai porn. So maybe avoid that. Although they have some crazy cool figurines on display. So maybe look from the outside, but don’t actually go in. -
Kids are evil.
*get off mah lawn*
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I don’t have a problem with kids. They’re still allowed into bars, right? I mean, if they have a supervising parent… right?
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This means I’ll have to be PG-13?
No ‘that’s what she said’ comments?
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My kid has been listening to hip hop for 2.5 years now… it will be nothing he hasn’t heard already. Granted he has not repeated anything yet, but its all good.
I will try to teach him to say “thats what she said” before the night!
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I think I will like him immediately should this occur.
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No problems for me at all!
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OK, all sorted then.. he will attend this event with me. (all going well)
So i guess I will be there also!
If he still fits into his Trials HD shirt, i will get him to wear it!
Awesome, so should see you there…
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I don’t see a problem with it myself. If it’s looking a bit suss for kids we can always go to Gloria Jeans or something and sit around a table and crack jokes at Mark’s accent. If anything, the presence of a child will give my fiancee something to focus on.
Incidentally, your gaming children will be crushed under mine. The secret is getting them plenty of game time in the womb. He already loves the sound of gunfire, but we need to get him to an arcade to practice Zen-Pinball.
ALSO: If any Minimeaters have Pokemanz White, Endu would appreciate the Entralink, I haz Black for you!
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No need to change plans for him. Like i said we wont be around too long anyway, if you guys are kicking on to a pub then we’ll head off.. its all good.
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Also: People keep mentioning meeting me. I know I’m awesome, but I’m not a Gundam, ninja, robot, pirate or anything. Just don’t want to set you up for a disappoint.
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FYI: He’s totally a Ninja.
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GUNDAM NINJA ROBOT PIRATES!
*strikes karate pose*
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Should I start putting Coke Zeros in my vodka?
*home in middle of day, and bored*
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Coke zero in vodka? F*ckin smart!
How ’bout you add a little bit of JD?
Just kidding!
How ’bout you add a LOT of JD?
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So JELLY
Just the ability to drink part… I would kill for a drink right now.
#step1hereicome
Tad, you better have a good reason for killing those page numbers.
Poor innocent little buggers just wanted to help us and you murdered them.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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MURDERER!
[sob]
What happened to the page numbers? It’s gone back to the “Previous 25 Comments” “Next 25 Comments” set up.
All this talk of MGS3 has got me wanting to play it again. Instead, have some funny parts of it/parodies:
CRAB BATTLE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-afvT9DhBU8
VG cats:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=133
I’m in a box:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K–YiJma6xI
MGS: Snake Eraser:
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Oh wait. The Snake Eraser video may have spoilers. Don’t watch it if you haven’t played it but plan on doing so when November rolls around.
Alas, poor Page Numbers! I knew them, Tadmod; a design of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; they hath borne me on their back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those numbers that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now?
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Don’t worry. They’re back!
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Simultaneously with previous 25 comments…
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Long day…
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You bloody rippar!
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THANK YOU STRANGE!!!
3D dot heroes came today!
I now officially love you!!! 😀
….well love you more…
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Hehehee.
Sorry I took so long, I only managed to get out of the house yesterday.
Hey so I got one of those free month of xbox live gold thingies. I too dont want to steal Batguy’s comp thunder but if someone wants it just reply your email and I’ll send it.
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Meh. I just gave up on the comp and decided to give it to Jimu once he gets Internet back at home.
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so Blaghs get it?
DE-FAULT
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De-fault!
De-fault!
De-fault!(anyone feel like doing another halo night soon? if I have gold I could actually contribute!)
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Did I break the site? ;x
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Yupp. It was all you…
😛
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You aren’t fooling anyone.
I’ve called the internet police and they’ve backtraced your IP. Consequences will never be the same again.
Murderer.
Don’t think that bringing your victim back to life will give you a lesser sentence.
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Tad gone goofed.
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They’re gonna back trace it.
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I was planning to make orange and poppyseed muffins as requested for Sydney mini meats, but my local IGA has been renovating, they’ve moved everything around (like really awkwardly narrow aisles next to wideeeeeeee ones) and the muffin mix isn’t in stock : ( I shall check other supermarkets further away early tomorrow but no promises can be made.
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Oh, are we baking muffins?
I thought that was happening with Meat 2, since if we were having it at the same place it would be an easy place to sit and eat.
I’m not sure Galaxy World staff would be too receptive to muffin crumbs all over their gaems.
That said though, they are next to a food court, so I’m sure they’ve had worse.-
I may not be able to attend 2.0 because I might go to Brisbane/Gold Coast that week…
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Okay then, I’ll try hunt some down tomorrow morning too then.
Icing or no icing?
… Wait, icing probably won’t transport well, huh.
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You mean the machines don’t take muffins as payment? Need to reconsider my baking strategy. Where did Jeeves go with that chefs hat…
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Please leave it to me, sir.
Last time you attempted to bake, you managed to flood the oven with a burst water pipe.
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I had a james squire with lunch
It was lurverly
that is all
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Golden ale?
The summer one is an acquired taste and I’m still not sure if I enjoy it after a few years of drinking them.
Some of the others are terrible while others are great. They seem to be a bit hit and miss…
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Golden Ale is my choice of beer. Generally an entry into a Dan Murphy’s is soon followed by a swift picking up of the Golden Ale box. Alas, it got a little too cold so beer has been replaced by wine. Mmmm, tasty tasy pinot noir P:
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Backbreaker this weekend mate?
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Yeah, i dont see why not, inbwteen stufy for my exam on monday. Have a little backbreaker break, then back into it
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So, on the subject of this mini-meat, taddy, you can’t go…you’re just a tad too tall 😛
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Not cool, bro… 🙁
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You must be this short to play the arcades!
I’ll slide in with feet to spare!
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Hey guys.. just a reminder there is a Witcher 2 Comp on at the moment.. it’s epic!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/win-the-witcher-2-and-a-new-msi-video-card/#comments
I just got my entry in… but you want my tip??
Zack will take 1st place hands down
HANDS DOWN!!!
hehe so much fun and lameness!
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Bahahaha, the banshee! 😀
Hey guys, whatever happened to the Sony bit of your One Year Later piece?
“One Year Later, Did Microsoft Keep Their E3 2010 Promises?”
“Hey, Sony, you’re next…”
Then instead….
“One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Its E3 2010 Promises?”
So, what gives?
Hey guys just a shout out to the Kotaku crew to see if anyone’s got any trial Xbox Live subscriptions so I can activate my Mortal Kombat online pass with my fake UK profile..
FYI I know i can get them on ebay for cheap, but I’m lazy and broke
P.S. Hopefully make a cameo at the mini-meat tomozz!!
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Protip: Sign up for the free month of Foxtel and get a free month of XBL Gold. May not work with a UK account, though…
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I’ve got one I got with Black Ops.
I’ll check the expiration date when I get home…
What’s gour gamertag… i’ll send you a message.
hey fatshady!
i know i haven’t been on the minecraft server for a while, but would you mind adding me back on the whitelist?
i tried to go on today and was kicked xD
my name is: grandmasterbfunk
cheers!
Argh, I kenw something like this was likley to happen.
Someone called in sick and I had to work a long shift to cover for them, only just got home. Should still be able to make the mini meat this arvo. May be a little sleepy.
Welcome back pack is live on the PSN if anyone is interested.
So to the peeps wanting to know what XMen was like… well, I found it a bit ordinary to be honest. Fassbender as Magneto and McAvoy as Prof X are amazing, but the dialogue too often falls into cheese, and Kevin Bacon and crew are portrayed as such villian cliches its embarrassing. The music that kicks in every time we see them and the innevitable smirks they have to walk around with… gah! So frustrating! Is it that hard just to portray villians as normal characters with at least a bit of depth?! *ahem* But yes, anyway… not too bad. But not too great either.
BAHAHAHAH!!
Indian Pimp My Ride!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE3NjDdfts
The car actually looks WORSE when it’s done!
bahahaha
Have fun at the Mini-Endu-Meat peoples!
Take a picture of Jeeves for me.
Free playstation games downloading!
As a bonus Burnout Paradise is free to PSN plus users.. I just wish it included all the DLC…
Anyone else hit up the welcome back package?
So many errors though!
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I did!
Just so everyone knows, you CAN get more welcome back games from any other accounts you may have.
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And downloaded titles are shared between profiles, brilliant!
Bugger. Looks like I’m going to miss out on the Mini-Meat 🙁
*Folds up sweater-vest and puts it back in his sweater-vest draw*
Just picked up the original Red Faction off Steam for under $2.50
😀
IM GONNA BE INTERNETLESS IN A DAY, NO WAY TO DO CCG!!!
SHOCK HORROR!!!
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