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Q: Can you go back to the Blue Ribbon Restaurant?

5:19 PM

@Powerlord You don't go back through the chat log searching for bacon and starring those messages?

Lazers

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I just bought the season pass and apparently I need to go to the Blue Ribbon Restaurant to pick up the rewards. I'm in Finkton, so I'm a fair ways into the game. Is there any way to go back quickly?

bioshock-infinite

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Q: Is there any way to backtrack to previous areas?

Since I'm out hunting for all the achievements, including Sightseer, and all the Voxophone records, I'd like to go back to past areas to finish up the rest of the achievements. Can you backtrack to previous areas? Or is it once you leave you can't go back?

bioshock-infinite

@Lazers Why does this seem to be a piggyback on the other question?

Hmm. Would be nice if hiding ignored tags also worked with @Lazers.

@fbueckert A coincidence, maybe?

They are sort of similar, but not really

@JasonBerkan That would be nearly impossible to implement.

5:22 PM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Perhaps.

@YiJiang'sEvilClone The former is completely within the scope of the latter. The difference is in what each asker is intending to do with the answer, but the questions themselves are the same.

@Ullallulloo Luckily, my memory is so bad that by the time I actually get around to playing Infinite, I will have forgotten everything I've accidentally read in the past few days.

@JasonBerkan :P Yeah, hopefully same for me.

I've found that knowing the end of a book/game/video doesn't detract from the enjoyment of said medium.

Else why would I re-read the Wheel of Time series over a half-dozen times?

How, in the name of all that is holy to gaming, is a question about correctly using gaming hardware and game video settings being voted as off topic? — SevenSidedDie 19 mins ago

Can we change "gaming hardware" to "consoles" in the FAQ?

I'm tired of rehashing this argument all the time.

5:27 PM

@OrigamiRobot :O We dont cover PC gaming any more!?

@James Context, dude.

Read the question.

@James PCs are not gaming hardware.

@OrigamiRobot Mine is.

I agree with @SevenSidedDie

Hardware that can be used for gaming != gaming specific hardware.

@badp I agree about the game settings part.

5:28 PM

@OrigamiRobot Is Vsync used for anything other than gaming?

Whoa, when did we get vote counts on linked and related questions?

On the other hand, my "gaming console" is mainly used for video.

34 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot

@badp I agree about the game settings part.

@MBraedley a few days ago

@OrigamiRobot Then what are you complaining about?

5:29 PM

@badp Days ago? Why am I only seeing this now?

Yesterday it was up I'm fairly certain

@fbueckert Yeah I see nothing wrong with that question

@JasonBerkan Exactly what I said. "Gaming hardware"

tiddy

Shouldn't have been closed

@MBraedley It was beta tested on MSO

5:29 PM

4 hours ago, by fbueckert

If he was asking about an in-game option, I'd agree. Asking about various programs that enable vsync is outside our expertise, in my opinion.

Do we or do we not have questions about mice and joysticks and whatnot

@OrigamiRobot Oh. You're just being pedantic about the way the comment is worded?

And that's the limit of my argument on this one.

Those are clearly on-topic, IMHO, and are not consoles.

@badp mice questions are typically pushed to SU, aren't they?

5:30 PM

@JasonBerkan No, I'm not being pedantic. I'm tired of people claiming that everything having to do with video cards is on-topic.

@MBraedley Would we move questions about DPI and smoothing and raw inputs to SU?

@fbueckert Having more control over your hardware's settings should not discount it as something we cover.

@OrigamiRobot I don't like the graphics card questions, but I think this vsync question is on topic

@OrigamiRobot What question about videocards isn't related to games?

@badp some maybe. Okay, not all mice questions, but a healthy chunk of them

5:31 PM

@James I run a high end gaming machine, and I don't use any of the settings being mentioned.

@badp It was not a serious suggestion. I was merely lamenting.

@fbueckert This site isnt just for you :)

Either way, I'm not that invested in this question.

I feel it's borderline.

Completely a judgement call.

so the question was closed for the lamenting. Okay

@SaintWacko I agree, I cast my vote before someone brought up the fact that Vsync is pretty much gaming specific. I can't take it back.

5:32 PM

(Clearly this site exists just for @RavenDreamer :))

@badp Data hashing.

@Ullallulloo When's the last time we've gotten a question about CUDA, then?

@badp Rendering 3D drawings

@badp Related to games != On-topic IMO

@badp I'm just being a smart aleck. :P

5:33 PM

@badp Anything dealing with video rendering and such? Cause while I often have questions I do not ask them here :D

Reminder: asking about Netflix on PS3 is on topic

He's asking a question to improve his gaming experience, about a setting that directly affects the display of the game.

@badp Eh...

@badp Not to me.

@badp if it's actually about Netflix on PS3

5:33 PM

@badp ... Why is that on topic?

@badp Though that gets argued to death as well.

@badp This is on the far edge of the gray area for me.

@James Because the PS3 is gaming hardware.

Pretty much exclusively.

Sooo "How do I hack my PS3" is on topic cause PS3 is gaming hardware?

See, I disagree with that interpretation on the rules

@James Nope, piracy

5:34 PM

no - piracy

Oooor "My Linux kernel on my PS3 keeps crashing, how can I stop it?"

@badp o/

@James That's a TOS/EULA vialation -> off-topic

Ugh, I didn't mean to start this again. I'm leaving. :(

@James Too localized

5:35 PM

Or "How can I tune my PS3 to display image slideshow better?"

"Or why cant my PS3 stream from a windows media box properly?"

@James on-topic

Lame as all can be then

@James Already exists on the site.

Grace Note

@JasonBerkan I wish this were far less ironic.

@badp Although I had a 360 question like that migrated IIRC

Q: How do I share media with my playstation 3 wirelessly?

5:36 PM

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The Playstation 3 has the option to pull data out of your wireless home network and stream it. How do I do this? (This question is deliberatly vague, I want a block of instructions on how to accomplish this from A to Z) Should there be more be multiple options, Bonus Points for including every ...

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@MBraedley oh dear. People don't vote consistently/vote consistently with their own interpretation of the site

@GraceNote You are a persuasive arguer.

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@fbueckert I own 13 Kairosoft games now. (When I think about what that means in money, it startles me, especially because I bought some on iOS, too, that I didn't rebuy here)

@AshleyNunn Woo!

What the hell, Jochem's work gave everyone a gigantic chocolate bunny for Easter.

user15026

5:38 PM

@fbueckert Also, this ninja game is fun

user15026

@FAE Yay chocolate?

@FAE How giant are we talking?

@AshleyNunn Is it sort of like Pocket Academy?

One more reopen vote if you'd please

@badp No, apparently I was remembering wrong. I asked it on SU to begin with

5:38 PM

@OrigamiRobot Like 48cm tall.

user15026

@fbueckert With some Dungeon Village sort of fighting stuff, as well, yeah

@AshleyNunn Hmm.

user15026

@FAE That is a lot of chocolate

I wasn't a fan of Pocket Academy or Edo Towns.

Dungeon Village wasn't bad, but pretty shallow.

user15026

@fbueckert You need to play it so someone can answer my questions

5:40 PM

@FAE I don't speak in metric :(

user15026

@fbueckert It's not as terrible as Pocket Academy.

@OrigamiRobot Foot and a half.

user15026

You build stuff, you fight people, you get more weapons, you take over new places, you fight more stuff.

@fbueckert I'm also bad at judging distance so it doesn't matter what units :P

user15026

Kinda Beastie Bayish, in the fighting and taking over, actually

5:41 PM

@AshleyNunn Story of my life. :P

@AshleyNunn I may like that.

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Up to ~~your~~ my knee.

Something to tide me over between my giant monster battles.

What's the name?

@RonanForman BMO is a tiny robot.

user15026

5:41 PM

@Coronus Hahahhaa

@Coronus Ninja Village.

Awww you beat me

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Slightly taller than you.

That is big.

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@AshleyNunn The taking over bits sounds kinda like Air Gear.

5:42 PM

@badp 2nd close and 2nd reopen. I should get a prize.

user15026

@fbueckert Air Gear?

awards @OrigamiRobot "confuses badp" price - 2nd place

@badp I will wear it with honor

@AshleyNunn Anime series. Gangs fight over territory with motorized rollerblades.

user15026

@fbueckert Ah :)

5:43 PM

or honour if you prefer.

user15026

Who was it that recommended an anime series to me the other night - I remember I wanted to check it out but I don't remember what it was

@AshleyNunn I recommend a lot of stuff to you.

You'll have to be more specific. :P

user15026

@FAE That is so big. Why so much chocolate I don't even know

Oh, you're talking about Read or Die.

user15026

5:44 PM

@fbueckert YES

user15026

thank you

user15026

it has been bugging me all day

@AshleyNunn It could be hollow, you know

user15026

@MBraedley Even so!

@AshleyNunn Brain found link, supplied answer.

user15026

5:45 PM

I wanna know how much it weighs

@MBraedley It is hollow, yeah.

@MBraedley What easter bunny isn't hollow?

I love solid milk chocolate easter bunnies.

SO much good chocolate.

That's still a glorious amount of chocolate.

It will likely go uneaten though, as we both prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate.

5:45 PM

@FAE booo

@badp I've had solid easter bunnies. Generally they're only about 250g though

maybe 500g

user15026

@FAE I usually make those sorts of things into brownies or something :P

Solid is more candy for the money, but hollow is more fun because you can make it into a trumpet.

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user15026

@OrigamiRobot You are weird

@MBraedley Well yeah. You'd need like an hammer to break that bunny into commestible chunks

5:46 PM

@AshleyNunn Oh hey, I guess we could melt it down or something...

...I don't even know what you'd use

@AshleyNunn You make them into bronies? THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING

@badp You just don't know how to chew a bunny ear off

@badp Frozen bunnies are fun to gnaw on.

@AshleyNunn Are you telling me you didn't bite off the tip of the ears and the tail and blow in it?

@badp Ewwwwwww

Powerlord

5:47 PM

@AshleyNunn Why did you want to see Read of Die? I hope not because it's about books and libraries. :P

@Powerlord There's not much of that in there.

Also, how did I know that would get starred?

@FAE Some how the phrase 'melt it down' triggers thoughts of DF for me. Specifically, mass designating goblinite for melting into new armor and weapon pieces

@OrigamiRobot I am also terrible at standard measurements. I'm better at visual comparison. I can't look at something and say "That's 25 feet long" but I can look at it and say "It's about x times that car over there"

@FAE I can't even do that.

@OrigamiRobot We didn't have anything for standard measurement when we came to look at the apartment which we're in now, so we took pictures and used me for a unit of measurement. So we were like "Okay, the room is X FAEs long."

5:51 PM

@FAE Even I own a tape measure.

@fbueckert We forgot it. :(

@FAE Well, now you can use the chocolate bunny for measurement!

@Coronus Hollow chocolate bunnies make the best unit of measurement!

"It took us X shattered bunnies to cover the entire floor."