The Bridge

12:01 AM

But for a free-to-play game there is a great amount of content to play through, without hitting too many barriers.

The university and labyrinth of tigers plotlines are particularly arduous, but at least you get cool pets (companions) from the LoT.

RedRiderX

Except for the obvious candle thing.

But I get the reasoning for that one.

@MarkBooth Ah yes, from what I can tell, those stories are pretty far out for me right now.

Mark Booth

Yup, that's what I loved about Alex's game, it truly is F2P, you are missing out on very little content, and ironically that makes me more predisposed to pay for the bits which do require it.

RedRiderX

@MarkBooth And I think they even provide a method of completing offers and such in exchange for premium currency.

Ullallulloo

You have received Popular Question for "How do I remove people's intestines?".

RedRiderX

12:05 AM

@Ullallulloo How could it not become popular with a title like that. :P

Oh, I guess echo-bazaar is a thing.

That should probably be made a synonym.

It was just a name change right? No ground breaking shifts from Echo Bazaar to Fallen London?

@RedRiderX Eergh, I lack the repz to complete such a task.

To meta we goooooo.

spugsley

guys.

the job market sucks

LessPop_MoreFizz

@spugsley Thank you for this valuable economic insight. When can we see you share it on CNBC?

Mark Booth

Sadly I don't have the rep to suggest that echo-bazaar and fallen-london should be synonyms

Lazers

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Q: Backup save game

My question about Jetpack Joyride is: is there a way to backup save files? Ps.: I play on Android. Thank you guys!

jetpack-joyride

RedRiderX

12:26 AM

@MarkBooth I've sent it up-river to meta, so we'll see what comes of it.

Mark Booth

thanks, just noticed.

LessPop_MoreFizz

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Q: Is the NSA really spying on us?

A lot of people claim that the NSA can access any internet file at any given time. They could view all your Facebook posts if they wanted, view all your web history, and use all that against you. Is this really happening? If so, is it on a level where they control everything and anything or do th...

united-states security

HE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

/cc @madscientist

spugsley

@LessPop_MoreFizz let's do it. I will tell them all about it.

because then I'd have a job :D

LessPop_MoreFizz

@spugsley hahahahahahahahahahahahaha you think CNBC pays talking heads. ahahahahahahahahaha.

spugsley

I CAN HAVE DREAMS

DREAMS ARE GOOD

FEichinger

12:31 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz wat.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger It's everybodies best frend Jeffrey!

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes, yes ... But that question. Like ... wat.

Fluttershy

12:58 AM

I am home!

Metool

@Fluttershy Wonderful!

Fluttershy

And @LessPop_MoreFizz is here. Good. I can call him a jerk! Passive-aggressively, of course, by not actually directing it at him. Also, it is in no way related to his removing me from my position as the only pony room owner. :D

Metool

@Fluttershy Wat.

Fluttershy

Man... I should really proofread things when I try to make a big entrance. =(

Metool

Hrm.

So I'm wondering if this is the place to find people who play games.

Sepia Lazers

1:02 AM

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Q: A request to make [echo-bazaar] a synonym of [fallen-london]

The game Echo Bazaar officaly changed it's name to Fallen London back in March 2012. Since we have a few existing questions on both the echo-bazaar and fallen-london tags, and it's purportedly the same game, I suggest we make echo-bazaar a synonym of fallen-london.

feature-request tag-synonyms

Fluttershy

@Metool Depends on the types of games, I suppose.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy And? Of course I'm a jerk. I've been here for three years, this is old news. This is like you passive aggressively calling the Pope Catholic.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm okay with this! =P

Lazers

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Q: Steam Will Not Open Amnesia

It says that it's going to open and then it just doesn't. It's the only game I have installed on there. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but still no luck. Is there something else I need to do? My allowed programs in my filewall are both Amnesia and Steam on public and private.

steam technical-issues

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz What? The Pope's Catholic? Since when?

Metool

1:06 AM

Right now, I'm wondering if anyone here's got that Borderlands 2 thing.

Fluttershy

@Metool Quite a few people here, actually.

FEichinger

@Metool Now that depends on what "that Borderlands 2 thing" is.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I has pumpkin beer.

Metool

@FEichinger That thing that is Borderlands 2.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz I has a jealous.

Metool

1:08 AM

Like "that red thing" describes a thing that is red.

Fluttershy

I've never actually had pumpkin beer. My friend was supposed to brew some last year, but it turned out poorly.

FEichinger

@Metool Well, yes, then there's quite a bunch of people here that have that Borderlands 2 thing.

@Metool Yes "that red thing" is a thing that is red. The thing isn't the colour red itself, though. Therefore, "that Borderlands 2 thing" isn't necessarily Borderlands 2 itself either. It could, for instance, be a specific DLC.

Metool

@FEichinger Ah, right, right.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy If I remember where you live correctly, there are stores about an hour to the north of youc urrently selling the best pumpkin beer of all pumpkin beers,

the aptly named Pumking

Metool

I'd like to note that it's not fun doing True mode solo.

Fluttershy

1:12 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Do you know the names of these stores?

FEichinger

Rule 1 of the Bridge: You do not talk about the Bridge.
Rule 2 of the Bridge: You do not talk about the Bridge.
Rule 3 of the Bridge: Expect pedantry, grumpiness and complaints from every person around you.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Numbers one and six on that list also appear to currently have Creme Brulee stout in stock, which @AshleyNunn will vouch for as being amazing.

Yuki

@FEichinger I thought Rule 1 of Bridge was "A LOT OF SHOUTING AND PENIS JOKES".

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FEichinger

@Yuki No, that is just Rule 1 of @spugsley.

LessPop_MoreFizz

THIS IS NEW. WANT.

Metool

1:16 AM

So apparently overpower levels are wrecking the game for certain gameplay and equipment styles.

RedRiderX

> You've earned the "Quorum" badge.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh hey... Schnuck's is on that list. There's a Schnuck's about half an hour from here... I may check there.

RedRiderX

Look at me, actually participating in meta.

Yuki

@Metool Huh?

@LessPop_MoreFizz wut.

Pumpkin + Stout??

Tim Stone

@LessPop_MoreFizz I have to go to Maryland to get it? Argh.

Yuki

1:17 AM

I already like pumpkin ale, but there's STOUT??

Metool

@Yuki The latest Borderlands 2 DLC introduced a mechanic wherein you can pretend to go a few levels higher than the level cap, but you don't get the skill points or hit points of the actual level. Woo, number inflation!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy that list is specific actual stores that have received a direct shipment.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh.

Hmm... I don't know when I'll have time to go to Carbondale. =(

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy So... doubtful. stbcbeer.com/beer-finder

Yuki

@Metool When would you ever use that? Other than teaming up with higher-leveled friends, I guess.

Metool

1:21 AM

@Yuki As a challenge, I suppose.

Aha, here's a chart.

Yuki

So... I caught a Shiny Pokemon the other day.

Ben Brocka

@Metool I was afraid the level scaling that high would make the enemies even more incredibly annoying bulletsponges

IMO fun in BL2 peaks around the end of playthrough 1, where everything plays normally but challenging. Playthrough 2 and especially 3 are too bullet-spongy, make damage over time useless and make slag/co-op excessively emphasized

@Yuki Over 1000 hours of pokemon over 4 generations and 10 pokemon games I have never seen a shiny except for the red gyrados. I hate shiny pokemon

Yuki

@BenBrocka They are pretty useless except to show off.

user20683

Jackie Chan sings for 4 minutes:

user20683

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Yuki

1:32 AM

As a result of getting one, I expect to see no good drops in Monster Hunter.

@WorldEngineer I saw him in concert in China.

user20683

He's got a good voice

Yuki

@WorldEngineer Yeah, he's surprisingly good.

Then, you remember that he originally trained for the Beijing Opera.

Ben Brocka

@Yuki I know but it's still stupid and annoys me

Yuki

Hell, a lot of old martial arts actors trained for the Beijing Opera.

user20683

yeah

Yuki

1:34 AM

It's really rigorous as it involves singing and martial arts and acrobatics.

user20683

and beatings

user20683

when you failed

user20683

but that's largely traditional education the world over

user20683

"You will learn this!" WHACK!

Yuki

He does a lot of charity concerts in China.

He does a lot of charity work in general.

Metool

1:36 AM

@BenBrocka Agreed.

With that in mind, I could use a partner.

Ben Brocka

@Metool what level are you?

Metool

@BenBrocka 47 on my main character, a psycho I played solo with for my first playthrough.

Ben Brocka

@Metool close enough, sorta. My siren is 55 or so, my mechro is 50 still I think

Yuki

I think I'm still around 28-ish. Despite pre-ordering the game.

Metool

@BenBrocka But then I remembered, the game is available on multiple platforms!

Sepia Lazers

1:44 AM

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Q: Tag name for Amnesia: A machine for pigs?

Its a little too long to be amnesia-a-machine-for-pigs. For now I have it at amnesia-machine-for-pigs (dropping the 'a'), but other options could be a-machine-for-pigs or something else.

discussion tags

Ben Brocka

@Metool I'm on PC

Metool

@BenBrocka Yay Steam! Feel like playing at this time?

Ben Brocka

@Metool Nah, playing hitman absolution. Go ahead and add me though; Steam's just Sirtaptap

Metool

Alrighty, headhonchocarpaccio has sent an invite.

Yuki

On a related note, I haven't had carpaccio in a long time.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:52 AM

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Well this is quite a change of pace from FarCry 3.

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz Did I hear "Lemuria"?

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz Is that the thing using the Rayman engine?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Yuki You did

Ben Brocka

Looks good

> A Ubisoft JRPG for PC/360/PS3/Wii U/Xbox One/PS4

Yuki

@BenBrocka Yeah, looks really interesting.

Ben Brocka

1:57 AM

I pitty the poor bastards designing for 5+ platforms right now

even if Xbox1 and PS4 are closer to PC than ever

Yuki

I really like the narration in the trailer.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also, yay young girl protagonist who is not in any way whatsoever sexualized.

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz Bonus points for being released by a Triple-A publisher.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Yuki Developed in-house at that!

Yuki

Just wait until the fan-art comes out though...

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:02 AM

@Yuki It is a good thing I am completely oblivious to 99.9% of fan art

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz A good, good thing indeed.

user20683

I am not, I have seen things that sear the mind

user15026

2:47 AM

flops into the Bridge

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn hi.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Hi :)

spyder

Morning

Ben Brocka

Augh people harassing devs for 3DS versions because a game is on more than one platform

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Can it be Korra tiem nao?

Ben Brocka

2:53 AM

Why do people not understand that it is a significantly different challenge to develop for a device that is:
Massively less powerful than anything else, even the Vita
Massively lower resolution than anything, Vita included
HAS TWO SCREENS
Has 3D
Has no analog stick and only one circle pad

user15026

@BenBrocka Because people dont care to think about that they just like to whine

spyder

@BenBrocka lower resolution is easier. Less optimization

Ben Brocka

@spyder Yeah, but to go from a 1080p HD title to a 240 pixel tall display is massively different. It's only slightly crazier than porting a PS2 game to a GBA

spyder

@BenBrocka agree

Ben Brocka

Unless your port is an entirely different game you've got extremely neutered graphics, you're going to forgo 3D entirely and you're going to ignore the second screen

...and if you do that you can bet the people whining for a 3DS port are going to whine they got an inferior port

3DS is basically only good for games made explicitly for it; much like the PSP and DS really had very few ports between them

user15026

3:01 AM

Pretty much

Ben Brocka

Unrelated but why the heck to HDMI switches stop being cheap after 4 inputs? a 3 input is $10. An 8 input is $200+?!

user20683

3:13 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Could you inform the Bridge of the idiocy of Anthony Weiner?

user20683

I could myself but I feel your version is better

Ben Brocka

Dr. Mario, how do you treat a cold? "Unlimited pills." And the flu? "Many many pills." What about an overdose? (Dr. Mario begins to sweat)

Tweeted by GavinJamieson on September 11, 2013 at 3:11 AM

user15026

Helllo his name is Weiner I think that alone is terrible

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Why is that terrible? It's a perfectly normal jewish surname.

You anti-semite.

@WorldEngineer the short version is that he was dumb and sent photos of his junk to young women who followed him on twitter back when he was a congressman and after a few years in hiding he claimed he had sought therapy and was all better and then it came out that he had been having an illicit and covert affair with some other young women which involved yet more junk photos this time under the moronic alias of CARLOS DANGER.

user15026

I dunno I just start thinking hot dogs and realy I am a horrible person

user15026

3:16 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Carlos....Danger? Dear god

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn What's next? you gonna round us all up and send us off to the camps?

Lazers

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Q: How can I alleviate intermittent freezes?

While playing the game mostly everything goes smoothly except for one thing, intermittent freezing. Every so often (pretty much at random) the game will stutter, and by that I mean it will freeze then quickly go to where it should be. If you've ever played a game like Amnesia: The Dark Descent or...

technical-issues amnesia-machine-for-pigs

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz too far

user15026

uh......I think I am just going to be over here

LessPop_MoreFizz

I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING

user15026

3:17 AM

sorry

user15026

fuck

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I'm kidding.

user15026

um

LessPop_MoreFizz

relax.

user15026

okay then

user15026

3:17 AM

still

user15026

brain scrambled

LessPop_MoreFizz

But yeah, Weiner is a perfectly normal jewish name, and the fact that he is involved in a scandal revolving around photos of his... well, weiner, is doing him no good.

user20683

headshot (the top one) of Weiner

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