The Bridge

My first memory of politics is going to vote with my parents in '88, which was like 2 weeks before my 5th birthday, and helping my mom vote by pulling the George Bush lever and being very proud of it for some reason. This is also my deepest political shame.

fbueckert

@Coronus Probably should've been you. :P But there was someone there with less time than you.

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was very proud that Jean Chretien was prime minister... until I realized that my parents didn't vote for the Liberal party.

fbueckert

12:24 AM

@Wipqozn Bad turtle! Missing simple edits.

gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/107226/revisions

To be fair, though, that was pretty horrible to begin with.

MBraedley

@fbueckert It seems to me that the top voted answer on the other question is the solution

fbueckert

@MBraedley Probably. Could be something different. Someone should ask him if he's done that.

If yes, we dupe it and done.

Although, it's two different games. Shift and Shift 2.

MBraedley

@fbueckert Really? Then ask a new question to begin with! There needs to be a new user filter that basically pops up a dialog saying I see you have a question mark in your answer. Maybe you should post a question of your own instead.

fbueckert

@MBraedley Someone proposed the reverse on Meta.SO in the last day; require a question mark by new users asking questions.

It got downvoted into oblivion.

Wait...

3

Q: Is it possible to have a manual gearbox in Need for speed shift 2

It would be the first car game I ever see that we can't switch between auto and manual transmission. It doesn't appear in the settings and options, is there a way to shift between the two?

need-for-speed-shift

THE QUESTION IS MISTAGGED!

Ok, it's been corrected.

The world can move on.

MBraedley

yep, done.

I've VTCing as dupe. If he responds, it can be reopened later.

fbueckert

12:35 AM

Mm. As much as I like closing stuff, I'd like to give the user a chance to respond first.

Lazers

0

Q: Logitech G27 Steering Wheel not working

I have the Logitech G27 Steering Wheel, as well as the game Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed, and I can't get my Gearbox to work. The clutch and the gears won't respond, and it's like the car drives automatically for some reason. Anyone know how to fix this?

controllers need-for-speed-shift-2

0

Q: What can Not Enough Items Do?

What are the capabilities of NEI? Can it create potions like TMI? I know it can enchant, but I don't know about potions. Can it also create custom fireworks like TMI? I would like to know the capabilities because I am creating a map and I custom potions.

minecraft mods nei

fbueckert

It's easier to just dupe than it is it dupe and re-open later, if it turns out we're wrong.

Ben Brocka

Find Mii is such bullshit. Dark room = lol killed all your Miis gg

MBraedley

@fbueckert I'm thinking he didn't actually read the answers. He made no mention of changing the options

fbueckert

@MBraedley I'm pretty sure he didn't.

But he's trying to follow the rules.

MBraedley

12:40 AM

@fbueckert Good on him for (kinda) doing that, but he didn't say "I've tried the top answer and it didn't work..." which to me says he's not trying hard enough

fbueckert

@MBraedley And that's fair.

Far be it from me to go, "No! You can only VTC when I say it's alright!"

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Why do university homepages have to universally suck?

fbueckert

Heh. I have almost 200 more downvotes than upvotes.

Does that count removed posts?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert The one on your profile overview does

MBraedley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I don't know, my Alma Matter - actually I'm not going down that road.

@fbueckert Obviously you're not upvoting often enough

fbueckert

12:43 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Heh. 283 downvotes recorded against my total 890.

That's like 600 removed posts.

Wipqozn

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I once attended a University which had not only an excellent homepage, but an excellent site in general. Then they changed it to look like all the other University sites.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Wipqozn The school which I just graduated from had a perfectly serviceable (and dare I say attractive) site designed in 2008 (which I'm proud to say had a minor part in designing).

MBraedley

@Wipqozn I presume you're talking about Dal? It's better than UNB's.

Wipqozn

@MBraedley Nope, MSVU. They used to have a really good site. Then it turned to crap.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Then in 2010 the school merged with it's sister school, and the two school's sites were merged as well. The result was a unusable Flash site. In 2010.

Wipqozn

12:46 AM

In fact I think it's gotten worse.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I'll say that again. In 2010 my school redesigned its website to use Flash.

Coronus

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It hurt the first time you said it.

Wipqozn

@YiJiang'sEvilClone wtf?

The first thing I learned in my year 1 bird course on web design was DON'T USE FLASH!

Maybe your university should take that course.

MBraedley

@Wipqozn wait, what program did you take at the mount?

Wipqozn

@MBraedley Math. I switched to Comptuer Science at Dal after finishing my second year.

MBraedley

12:54 AM

Gmail weather theme, you lie! It is not snowing outside.

HI GUYS

@spugsley Hello

@spugsley Hello.

@Wipqozn denied

@spugsley Good.

12:59 AM

@spugsley Hiya

spugsley

what is everyone up to?

Coronus

@spugsley Watching the clock tick. It's almost time.

Well, maybe not everyone. It may just be me.

fbueckert

@spugsley Gonna head out to dance class shortly.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Seems legit.

fbueckert

Taking a nice bottle of champagne with me.

spugsley

1:03 AM

@fbueckert fun :)

@Coronus time for what?!?!

fbueckert

@spugsley Very much so.

Coronus

@spugsley The weekend!! Woooo!!!

spugsley

@Coronus oh...YAY!

MBraedley

@Coronus What are you talking about? It's already the weekend

Fluttershy

@spugsley Drinking coffee and debating on whether or not to play Kingdom Hearts.

fbueckert

1:06 AM

@Fluttershy That should be an easy decision.

Coronus

@MBraedley Somewhere... But not anywhere within 5 feet of me.

user15026

@Fluttershy I am about to have a shower, and then I plan to play KH and kick Captain Hook's butt.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert It's not. I have so many games to play, three books to read, and I'm skyping. =P

Coronus

@Fluttershy I was just wondering what games I'm going to be playing tonight...

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Oh, the debate includes other games. Well, alright, then.

Fluttershy

1:07 AM

@fbueckert Yeah. Kingdom Hearts, Runner2, Brutal Legend, Assassin's Creed 3... The list goes on.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Solution: Play Monster Hunter.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn This is the answer.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn No. I watched that video you linked. That game looks dumb as hell.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy You...don't like Monster Hunter?

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy YOU DON'T LIKE CAKE AND MONSTER HUNTER?!?!

FLUTTERSHY! WHY?!?!? WHY!?!!??!

fbueckert

1:09 AM

That concept doesn't compute.

MBraedley

@Fluttershy My list is always never ending

Fluttershy

@fbueckert I've never played it. But that video looked dumb. So I don't really feel I'm missing much.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy You are.

If you like RPGs, you really should play Monster Hunter.

It's completely unforgiving and doesn't pull punches at all.

Fluttershy

Eeeh... Games have to have some kind of appeal to me. From what I saw of Monster Hunter, it did not.

fbueckert

But damn, do you feel like you accomplished something when you drop a huge monster.

And the you promptly cut bits off to use in your next set of gear.

Ben Brocka

1:11 AM

Does Monster Hunter have no boss health bar? I didn't see one when playing the demo

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Nope.

All you have are visual indicators.

Ben Brocka

bleh

Just a slouch when they're at critical or what?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka They'll limp.

And get tired more often.

Fluttershy

I can only afford to get one game in March. I'm not gonna spend that money on Monster Hunter.

fbueckert

And look pretty raggedy as you break bits.

@Fluttershy I'm curious; why does @spugsley hate you?

3

Fluttershy

1:13 AM

@fbueckert The gameplay from the demo just looked incredibly boring.

spugsley

@fbueckert hilarious statement to come back to when taken out of context

Fluttershy

@spugsley You are a pervert. <3

3

fbueckert

@spugsley Done and done.

spugsley

@Fluttershy guilty :3

WAIT

WHY YOU DO THAT?!

Fluttershy

It's not too late to revoke your star, @spugsley

fbueckert

1:15 AM

@spugsley Because it's funny? :P

spugsley

@Fluttershy I don't revoke stars. That's just plain wrong

he earned it

fbueckert

I just subverted it's use. That's all.

@Fluttershy It is much slower than most action games; it's meant to be.

It rewards being prepared more than being reckless.

Fluttershy

Not my style. Reckless all the way.

MBraedley

@spugsley You wouldn't say that if you were on a tablet

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Fair enough.

It's a thinking action game, which means I love it.

Ben Brocka

1:17 AM

Any hint of slowness in an RPG turns me off. It did feel a bit slow when I was playing the demo

MBraedley

I was going to play drunken KSP, but now I'm not sure if that'll happen

fbueckert

@Fluttershy It occurs to me: you're the Leroy Jenkins in team games, aren't you? :P

Fluttershy

@fbueckert Not usually. But I can be!

FAE

@fbueckert I have to revive him a lot in BL2!

Fluttershy

@FAE I'M A GUNZERKER USING DUAL SHOTGUNS YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH

fbueckert

1:22 AM

Heh. I gotta head out to dance class.

You may continue your spat without me. :P

FAE

@Fluttershy Fine, then I'll stop phaselocking the stuff that's shooting you in the face. >_>

@fbueckert Enjoy!

@fbueckert Do you mean without you?

Fluttershy

@FAE Thank you. Because when you do phaselock them, it a) makes it very hard for me to shoot them, and 2) usually ends up with you or Jochem killing the thing before I can second wind off of them. =P

fbueckert

@FAE Derp.

Ben Brocka

Phaselocking makes it easy to shoot things if you know how to aim at them :P

MBraedley

@Fluttershy Come play with me and my brother instead. I'll actually phaselock revive you instead of letting you die.

Ben Brocka

1:24 AM

Crit location's always in a predictable spot too

FAE

@MBraedley I'm not high enough level to have that yet. :(

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka There's a difference between knowing how to aim at them and being physically able to. Phaselock screws my computer up!

MBraedley

@FAE In that case, you're excused

FAE

@BenBrocka Yus, I love this. Phaselock+sniping. <3

Ben Brocka

Phaselock revive is lovely, though I hate having to use all those skill points for things other than murder

@Fluttershy Oh, right

Man I'm terrible with anyone but Valentine in Skullgirls

FAE

1:26 AM

@BenBrocka Yeah, we haven't figured out how to fix this yet. :(

@BenBrocka Oh oh oh oh oh I got a level 12 purple shock SMG from the slot machine today.

MBraedley

@Fluttershy newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187193

Ben Brocka

@FAE nice. Slot machine never gives me anything good

FAE

Then a magenta/pink/whatever flame one from a chest

I'm quite happy about this

MBraedley

@Fluttershy I'm sure you could afford something better too.

Fluttershy

@MBraedley I use a laptop with Intel HD Integrated 3000 graphics.

FAE

1:28 AM

@BenBrocka It still hasn't given me a jackpot. :( I just want it for the stupid challenge.

Ben Brocka

@FAE oh, plasma caster?

Those do tiny AOE damage too

MBraedley

@Fluttershy Oh, this is the first time you've said it was a laptop

FAE

@BenBrocka I don't remember its name. It uses 2 bullets per round, but it has a size 52 clip, so that's not too bad.

Fluttershy

@MBraedley Ah. Yeah. It runs the game perfectly fine until Phaselock is used.

Ben Brocka

E tech SMGs are all plasmacasters

FAE

1:29 AM

Ah okay

Ben Brocka

plasma casters are some of the best e tech guns too

MBraedley

@Fluttershy You have turned the PhysX off (if it isn't already), right?

Ben Brocka

The pistols are junk and the rocket launchers are more for show than practicality

Fluttershy

@MBraedley Yes it is.

FAE

@BenBrocka My main problem is going to be knowing when to give these weapons up.

Ben Brocka

1:31 AM

You'll eventually just get a "feel" for it. Might just compare the two guns on live targets

MBraedley

@BenBrocka I don't know, I do a lot of damage with launchers

Ben Brocka

Meh, they're not very fun to use, and you can't carry much ammo. Only one I've found use for is the Nukem, since it does actually crazy damage

FAE

I figure they're pretty good for their level right now, I'm still only 13.

Ben Brocka

Yeah, in playthrough 1 they should be okay

MBraedley

They definitely aren't my primary weapon. It's more for "I want to feel like a badass and kill these guys in one shot"

FAE

1:34 AM

I just like, have the tendency to hang onto shinies for too long. >_> I can see myself still wanting to use them at 20 if I don't find anything a lot better.

Fluttershy

She's walking around with like 8 class mods right now. <_<

FAE

@Fluttershy Hush, I like to keep my options open. :(

MBraedley

@FAE Don't worry, you aren't the only one. Although I try my best to put unused ones in the bank.

Fluttershy

@FAE I'm not complaining. Anything you guys don't pick up, I get to sell. =P The sooner your inventory fills, the better off I am.

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy I usually kept oneo f each class mod too

FAE

1:38 AM

@MBraedley I've got stuff for different elements and different bonuses, so I like to be able to change out if I wanna.

LessPop_MoreFizz

re: EA's upcoming summit on LGBT issues in games:

I'm against this 100%. Why? Because I don't want games to be used for a political war!

My favorite sci-fi strategy game, X-COM, was given to a developer who only care for same-sex rights; they didn't care for X-COM or even games. So anyways, they took X-COM, lied about being huge X-COM fans, and changed *everything* to serve their needs, but not that of the fans. They moved it to the USA only and set the timeline to 60 years ago so they can use the civil-rights as a allegory for same-sex rights and marriage...

... I just... I don't even. WHAT.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz what is this I don't even

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE There is a new gamers.txt thread at SA and with only 10 posts it is already amazing.

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I'm as flabbergasted as you. Anyone who doesn't realize that the LGBT community is over-represented in gaming is blind.

And that video games have been an avenue for political and social commentary for a while now

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Link?

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:43 AM

@MBraedley Umm... Definitely not overrepresented. Definitely very very marginalized and heavily stigmatized.

@FAE forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3535887

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Thanks

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz There are many individuals who are openly gay outside of gaming, yet are still in the closet when it comes to their gaming community precisely because of the stigmatism.

FAE

@MBraedley I think we're confused here because you typed "over-represented", did you mean "under"?

user15026

I suspect there may have been sarcasm involved. At least, that was how I read it.

FAE

@AshleyNunn I was having difficulty discerning between facetiousness or possible mistype, so I figured I'd ask.

MBraedley

1:47 AM

@FAE I don't have any sources, but I remember reading somewhere that the proportion of LGBT gamers is higher than what the general population would suggest

Fluttershy

@MBraedley So what you meant to say was that there was a large number of members of the LGBT community who game, not that their community has been over-represented in games?

Wipqozn

I'm so confused.

2

MBraedley

@Fluttershy yes. You have articulated that much better than I ever could at my current intoxication level.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn This should come as no surprise to you. ZING

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy You don't like cake.

Fluttershy

1:50 AM

24 secs ago, by Fluttershy

@Wipqozn This should come as no surprise to you. ZING

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Whoa, they've updated the forum software since I last logged in it seems.

Fluttershy

@MBraedley Woo! Also, this amuses me... Because I am pretty much the worst when it comes to articulation.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Yeah, that hit... I wanna say about 4-6 months ago?

Nice update.

Ben Brocka

Wow that is the worst ad in the history of human existance

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I haven't logged in since before I went on vacation.

MBraedley

1:53 AM

@Fluttershy Although that also extends to those who make games, too. Alas, people don't realize how large the LGBT community is. And that it's about the same proportion in ducks as humans.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Gamefaqs. Yup.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz shrugs everyone has their stuff.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I dunno about you, but I find posting foot fetish threads about cartoon characters who look like 12 year olds (though occasionally 12 year olds who shove cantaloupes down their shirts to feel more adult) to be a bit past what I can comfortably not point at and say "this is weird".

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It doesn't quite work, hmmmm

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone squeeeee

FAE

1:56 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Feels a little cramped.

OrigamiRobot

STOP MAKING YOUR GRAVATAR PONY HAIR

MBraedley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone STOP IT! You're going to make me even more confused!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It's just an exercise. I'm not going to use this one

MBraedley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone No, but @Fluttershy might...

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz shrugs Honestly, I just get tired of the "we accept everyone except when we don't" attitude that i seem to keep running into. People keep going on about how we need to accept everyone, but everyone picks their "everyone". And I just get tired of it, especially online.

MBraedley

1:58 AM

or someone else

Fluttershy

@MBraedley It'd need to be bigger.

3

FAE

Anywho, g'night Bridge.

Fluttershy

Yyyyyeah. You damn right, whoever starred that!

2

Coronus

Bye all.

user15026

snorts I have no words.

Fluttershy

1:59 AM

I just got five stars in like 30 seconds. o_O Damn.

user15026

@Fluttershy You have mad talent, it seems

OrigamiRobot

Still not as many stars as @AshleyNunn's pantyhose...

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I only vaguely remember this.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I've always been pretty clear that I draw my lines at parties that can't consent, and representations thereof. That means children and animals, and no, the fact that they are cartoon children or cartoon animals doesn't make it okay.

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz What about robots?

MBraedley

2:02 AM

I believe @FAE might take the cake

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I dunno, maybe that makes me a horrible person in your eyes, then, that I am content to let this go. I just don't get why we have to bring it in here. You aren't okay with it. Fine. Others might be. I just get tired of feeling like I have to acquiesce to other people's morality when you bring things like that up. It's like we can't have another opinion, or think that anything else is acceptable. To me, a lot of things are shades of grey, this among them, and maybe that makes me awful.

OrigamiRobot

@MBraedley Or when we tried to ban @Wipqozn

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot I must have missed that one.

OrigamiRobot

@MBraedley You probably missed this on too :P

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

This is good

user15026

2:05 AM

But either way, I am allowed to disagree. We don't have to see eye to eye.

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot That was a slow burn, and only received those numbers because it was pinned

OrigamiRobot

Possibly

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Indeed you are.

@OrigamiRobot 24 stars for this one.

Powerlord

What did I walk into?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Powerlord Star madness

Powerlord

2:07 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I meant between Ashley and LessPop

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yeah, the mane in the first image was weirdly stubby feeling, and it is much better now.

user15026

@Powerlord Me venting, perhaps somewhat overly so.

Powerlord

Anyway, I'm not sure why Chunsoft decided to make 999 DS-only.

It uses a touchscreen, but I can't think of anything in it that couldn't be done with a mouse, per se.

user15026

@Powerlord As far as I am in the game, it feels like a point and click interface would work.

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Oh yeah, did you ever find it?

MBraedley

2:10 AM

Also, my chat post was during the PS4 event. Stars were easy to come by with witty remarks.

user15026

@Powerlord No! My house is all upside down and I don't know where it is :(

Powerlord

Also, I would never mention that DeSMuMe can run 999.

Because piracy is bad and all that.

Anyway, the only thing I saw in Virtue's Last Reward that couldn't be done on the DS is the voice acting... since there is a LOT of it.

DS cards don't have the storage space for it.

DS cards max out at 256MB, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that 3/4 of VLR (meaning, if my playtime is right, about 30 hours) of it is voice acted.

Apparently the Vita download version is 1.2GB

MBraedley

Free flags!

user15026

@MBraedley Part of me wonders if the misspelling was intentional.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I should note that I am not exactly without my hypocrisies in this. I am inordinately fond of Lolita, for example.

MBraedley

2:19 AM

@AshleyNunn I have a feeling he is just illiterate. Or doesn't use a browser with spell check. Which implies the first argument.

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I prefered the solid color ones, myself. More minimalist

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Probably was. It's a pretty common mangling of the word by vandals.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Makes sense, would be a good way to attempt to foil autocensoring

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Pretty much.

Ben Brocka

Anyone else play Skullgirls?

Powerlord

2:23 AM

This is probably my favorite Muppet Show opening

►

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Fair enough. I think I am just hypersensitive at the moment, and I apologize for the intensity of my argument

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord This afternoon I was given a link to a Muppets episode featuring Prince. It made my day.

MBraedley

Dear Google: I do not want to use the default flash player to watch YouTube from my HTPC on my TV. Either make YouTube TV work properly, or make Airplay Streaming work properly, or both.

Powerlord

@LessPop_MoreFizz I find it amusing that the latest Muppet movie basically pretends Muppets Tonight didn't exist.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord I don't blame them.

Most of the new Muppets introduced in Muppets Tonight were terrible.

Powerlord

2:30 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Including the host.

user15026

I NEED TO MAKE THESE

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn cupcakes with oreos in them?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord Indeed.

user15026

@Powerlord Brownies, but yes. And peanut butter.

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:31 AM

@Powerlord And Peanut Butter by the looks.

@AshleyNunn You need to send those to me.

Yup.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz It isn't impossible. :) If I baked them in jars, it would be shippable.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn It's also entirely possible that I will be passing in your direction this summer.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz If you do, I will totally make you these (or some sort of baking.)

user15026

Any arqadian that comes my way gets baking.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I am hoping that I get assigned Toronto and/or Montreal. But assignments that far out are super up-in-the-air at this point.

user15026

2:35 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz crosses fingers

Powerlord

The newest Muppets movie was actually pretty funny.

user15026

@Powerlord I quite liked.

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Apparently it got a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

user15026

@Powerlord Is that a good thing?

user15026

(The high percentage plus the word Rotten confuses me)

Powerlord

2:41 AM

@AshleyNunn Lets just say that the "rotten" part applies to movies with low percents

MBraedley

►

user15026

@Powerlord Ah, that clears that up.

user15026

@MBraedley That is the worst noise ever

MBraedley

@AshleyNunn But you have to admit that it's accurate, right?

user15026

@MBraedley Very much so

user15026

2:43 AM

I did bake a funfetti cake on wednesday. And covered it in peach glaze. It was amazing.

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn Not so sure about the peanut butter

user15026

@BenBrocka I would rather a thick caramel, if I had a choice.

user15026

Not sure it wouldn't get weverywhere, though

user15026

I just like excuses for caramel. spreads it on everything

MBraedley

@AshleyNunn Agreed. Now I'm thinking of caramel creme pie

user15026

2:45 AM

@MBraedley mmmmmmm

user15026

I need more local people to bake for

Ben Brocka

The deranged woman's home was covered in a thick later of caramel and saliva

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user15026

@BenBrocka I would be like the witch in Hansel and Gretel. But without the evil.

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn You must find 999! Consider it an adventure game.

user15026

@Powerlord Adventuring for the adventure game :P

Powerlord

2:46 AM

gives AshleyNunn a book, a can opener, and a scalpel

user15026

@Powerlord This could be dangerous.

Ben Brocka

Hint: you use the can opener to open the book

Powerlord

(bonus points if you know which game starts with these particular items)

user15026

What kind of book? :P

Powerlord

The Chicago Manual of Thermodynamic Flux Induction Circuit Design, as I recall

And yes, googling those words will tell you what game it is

And yes, I edited that post with the full title. :D

MBraedley

2:48 AM

@Powerlord Would it be Maniac Mansion?

Powerlord

@MBraedley Sooooo close

user15026

I haven't played many of those style of games, so I am at a loss.

MBraedley

I don't know the actual answer then, I just hit a wiki

Powerlord

@MBraedley Yes, apparently the wiki failed to mention that it's from the second game, Day of the Tentacle.

user15026

I am getting Day of the Tentacle, but I have no idea how correct that is

user15026

2:49 AM

HECK YES MY GOOGLE SKILLS HAVE NOT FAILED ME

Powerlord

And actually, each character starts with one of those items

I've been thinking about trying to do a Lets Play of Day of the Tentacle, but I have no idea what video recording software people use for that sort of thing.

user15026

Games like that break my brain, I lack the logic (or lack of logic) to make things go.

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Day of the Tentacle has some... perverse logic to it, too.

MBraedley

@Powerlord Someone here (@RonanForman maybe?) pointed me at Open Broadcast Software. It worked well for the one video I've recorded so far.

Powerlord

I think the funniest part of the game has got to be the first part after the intro, where you can search the entire mansion for an item... that's on screen from the time you regain control of your character.

user15026

2:52 AM

@Powerlord See, that would totally happen to me

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Well, some of the funnier optional dialogue lines happen during this period that you'll miss if you grab it right away

user15026

Like I tried to play Mario's Time Machine last night, and Mario is Missing, and I got confused within playing 5 minutes of each game, because there is no real clue as to what you are supposed to do.

Ben Brocka

My favorite adventure game was Shadows of Darkness Quest for Glory...and it was bugged and I could never get past the stupid swamp :c

user15026

@Powerlord Okay, so they reward my stupidity :D

Ben Brocka

years later I found a patch, but lost the will to make yet another character

Lazers

2:54 AM

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Q: Diabo 3 - Can I view my merc's items out of a game?

Can I view my mercenary's gear when I'm not in a game? It's pretty annoying to shop for my merc's gear in the AH without being able to see it quickly...

diablo-3

Powerlord

One of the funnier things in DotT you'll only see if you wander around the mansion for a long time

Periodically between room changes, you'll have cutscenes.

MBraedley

@Lazers Why yes, you can

user15026

@MBraedley Question answered, problem solved!

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