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GnomeSlice

12:00 AM

@Basil Woodle Tree Adventures

I'm having trouble coming up with an open-world game though.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Super fun, not really exploring.

But super fun.

GnomeSlice

Those aren't usually made for kids because they need a lot of time and effort put into development and kids' games are kind of niche.

FAE

@Basil Does she have any complexity limitations like ability/inability to use a mouse+keyboard at the same time and such?

@Basil Are you familiar with AbleGamers.com? If you go to the advanced search here, you can filter games they've reviewed by age, genre, platform, and ability-based needs such as "one hand", "mouse usage", "colorblind", etc.

GnomeSlice

If you had Xbox I would really recommend Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

@Basil also skylanders.com

Basil

I'm back, sorry about that

thanks for the suggestions- so far, I have:
proteus
divegame.net offline
minecraft creative
costume quest
woodle tree adventures
ablegamers.com
skylanders.com

I'm embarrassed to call myself a gamer in the same breath as saying that I've still never tried minecraft

@FAE She's actually really good with complexity- she was using the mouse and KB to move a character around a city in wow and would label all the things she saw (castle, horse, etc)

@FAE And thanks for that link- I'm checking it out

FAE

12:10 AM

@Basil No problem. :) It's a pretty good resource. It tends to be more focused on physical limitations, but it always helps to have more sites to check out.

Basil

@GnomeSlice I have a steam account- I'll take a look at that, thanks!

FAE

@Basil haha, you'll have a little addict in no time!

Basil

@FAE that's actually something I need to keep a handle on- she plays these creepy flash games about baby care that she found all on her own

for hours, if I'll let her

FAE

@Basil oh wow

Ronan Forman

Oooh, Quantum Conundrum. Maybe not. Don't want to distort her view of physics too much.

GnomeSlice

12:14 AM

@RonanForman That's not really exploration either.

FAE

@GnomeSlice is MirrorMoon EP scary at all?

Basil

@FAE I saw her start to play this: baby-games.me/barbie-brain-surgery

there's so much wrong with it that I can't even.

GnomeSlice

@FAE I have not played it actually, but if it's anything like their previous game it's more just surreal.

fractgame.com except I doubt she would really be able to appreciate the genius of the thing

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Oh yeah, for some reason it give me a explorey vibe.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I could see that, yeah, it's all about discovering things, but not really in the same way

@FAE you should play fractgame.com

Ronan Forman

12:16 AM

Goat Sim!

GnomeSlice

OH

FAE

@GnomeSlice I had no idea they were the same devs. And it's on my wishlist! I keep meaning to get it sometime.

GnomeSlice

@Basil Catmouth Island!

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice I forgot about that, it's out now!

GnomeSlice

@FAE Oh, it's not, I was referring to Mirrormoon dev's previous game FOTONICA

Those are by Santa Ragione

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:17 AM

Thrilling Adventure /Night Vale Crossover to be released on October 1.

/cc @OrigamiRobot @Fluttershy @Ashleynunn

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz OMG

@LessPop_MoreFizz you forgot me T_T

GnomeSlice

@Basil alternative link for Catmouth Island, also will net you a steam code if/when it gets on the platform

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE I didn't forget you, I just saw that you had said something about 3 minutes ago and figured you probably didn't need a ping.

FAE

@Basil oh god this is horrifying

GnomeSlice

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Ronan Forman

12:20 AM

I need to keep catching up with Nightvale, I'm only a year behind now!

Basil

@FAE It's the worst I've seen so far, but there are some in that "genre" (if you want to call it that) that aren't so bad. One of them is on the same creepy scale, but instead of brain surgery, it's a dentist. I think that one might actually be good for her

GnomeSlice

@Basil Also roblox.com although I don't know anything about what the online interaction is like.

Basil

I've been dreading needing to start taking her to a dentist when she's old enough to need cavities filled

GnomeSlice

@Basil wizard101.com

again, not sure what the online interactions are like.

FAE

@Basil I have never seen anything like this and it's surprisingly disturbing for how not-bloody it is, but still graphic. Cognitive dissonance gooooo.

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's the principle of the thing!

@LessPop_MoreFizz Also this gives me a date I need to be caught up by.

Ronan Forman

12:23 AM

@Basil Hopefully she won't need to. I'm 19 and I had my first filling earlier this year.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Indeed! Have you gotten to Jib Janeen yet?

GnomeSlice

Autopret but it is also not out yet. =[

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Not yet. I'm on #69 at the moment, War of Two Worlds going on.

Basil

@RonanForman She probably has my teeth- I'm 30 and have so many fillings they're starting to try to convince me to pull teeth and get implants

Powerlord

TF2 is going to have Aliens: Isolation items

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:24 AM

@FAE the War of Two Worlds stuff is super different, but really funny if you like improv.

Powerlord

In fact, it already does as of the update that just hit... Halloween only items from the sound since they also turned Halloween mode on for a week.

Ronan Forman

@Basil Dental hygiene has got so much better. The toothpaste you used as a child is like sawdust compared to what we have now.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz I like it so far. Also I got to meet Philip Roth.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Jealous.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz :P

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:26 AM

I am assuming you mean Portnoy's Complaint Philip Roth and not some other Philip Roth.

Basil

@RonanForman That doesn't make much of a difference- my whole family has soft teeth. No matter how well we take care of them, they need lots of work

So amazing world seems perfect for her, btw!

GnomeSlice

@Basil I think I'm pretty much out of games, sorry.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Actually my brain filled in "Roth" because of cultural connection when I meant "Fathom", so this is way less exciting than you think it is.

Basil

@GnomeSlice I only really need a couple- she tends to really dig into them

thanks for the recommendations :) I am getting Minecraft next.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE ahahahahahahahahahahahaha

GnomeSlice

12:28 AM

@Basil Maybe The Last Tinker: City of Colours but I think it's more linear

@Basil That will probably be a good one.

FAE

@Basil No problem, I hope you find some fun stuff for her to play!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Philip Fathom is great... but his first appearance is lackluster because it is just a guest star and not Hal Lublins magnificent performance of the character

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz It was Chris Meloni I think they said?

Like... Chris Meloni from SVU?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, can't edit now >_>

LessPop_MoreFizz

(The story goes that Lublin filled in for the guest star during a rehearsal and blew everyone away and what was meant as a one-off guest star character turned into a character that has now had his own spinoff segments.)

@FAE And yes, SVU Chris Meloni.

Thrilling gets the most ridiculous guest stars on a regular basis.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I kind of double... well, you can't aurally double-take, but you know what I mean.

Speaking of which, I love their tagline.

So much.

Powerlord

12:32 AM

The Aliens items are sets for Scout and Pyro. Scout set looks like an Alien and is Scouts only. Does extra melee damage versus people wearing the other set. It's only available during Halloween/Full Moon

The other set is Pyros only and its flamethrower does extra damage to people wearing the Scout set.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Episodes you haven't heard yet feature such people as Weird Al Yankovic, Ira Glass, Dick Cavett, Neil Patrick Harris, Joseph Gordon Levitt...

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh wow. They did have NPH on one I've listened to so far. I really liked his performance.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Levitt plays a Nazi in an Amelia Earheart

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz hahahaha what

LessPop_MoreFizz

He plays one of the many disposable nazi time travelers!

Weird Al does a bunch of different things including most of the theme songs.

Ira Glass plays an Elf.

and Dick Cavett literally plays Cthulhu.

FAE

12:35 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz that is ridiculous and awesome

Ugh, so excited for the crossover now

Also I finally got Jochem to listen to Night Vale so he knows wtf is going on when we go to the live show.

he was like "This is so absurd, why have I not listened to this earlier"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE That one is from a very very recent and absolutely bonkers Double-length Beyond Belief that also starred Wyatt Cenac, John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, Jean Grae, and like six others.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz haha what

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE Most of the guest stars other than Hodgman and Grae play various members of a procession of like 4 different groups of doomsday cultists.

(Hodgman plays a nebbish Vampire, and Grae plays a Succubus.)

THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO, IN ABOUT 40 MORE HOURS OF LISTENING.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz lol

LessPop_MoreFizz

A War Photographer 'embedded' himself in a video game, and did his thing.

Lazers

12:46 AM

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Q: audio drops out on ps4 game trailers

I've noticed twice while trying to watch a game trailer on the ps4 through the play station store that after a while, ~ 15 seconds into the trailer, the audio drops out. The video continues just fine. Does anyone know how to fix this? Game play is just fine (disc and library - haven't tried N...

ps4

RedRiderX

@LessPop_MoreFizz Wait wat

GnomeSlice

@Basil Oh, I totally forgot about a good one: planetexplorers.pathea.net

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's pretty interesting

LessPop_MoreFizz

10 mins ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

A War Photographer 'embedded' himself in a video game, and did his thing.

FAE

@Frank You have to customize your retainers just like a character?!

Powerlord

12:59 AM

FAE

@Powerlord ...it did not click to me that you actually meant the xenomorphs when you mentioned Aliens.

Powerlord

Of course, you only get those for preordering Alien: Isolation

The problem there is that you don't get one of the two preorder campaigns if you preorder from Steam, only from (in the US) GameStop.

FAE

@Powerlord oh, I thought you meant it was available during Halloween

Powerlord

@FAE It can only be equipped during Halloween or Full Moon events.

Granted, servers can enable Full Moon year round if they so choose.

Also, Valve made the game servers turn on full moon all week this week to promote this.

It's weird, because the Pyro items from the same preorder aren't restricted to Halloween / Full Moon

FAE

@Powerlord oooh okay

StrixVaria

1:11 AM

> 1 kittens starved to death1 kittens starved to death1 kittens starved to death1 kittens starved to death1 kittens starved to death

I am bad at this game.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE That is a cute dawg.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz the eeeeears

@StrixVaria you monster

LessPop_MoreFizz

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz hahaha I saw that the other day, I can't get over that expression

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE She's basically incapable of any other expression: marniethedog.tumblr.com

Ullallulloo

1:15 AM

@GraceNote @GnomeSlice Yes, I have played it. I really like it.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A WHOLE TUMBLR OF THIS

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE YES

She has such a good story too

Not sure if adorable or terrifying:

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz awwwww this is so great

LessPop_MoreFizz

Degenerate puppy:

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz b'awwwww

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:19 AM

Last one and only because it's hilariously relevant:

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz lmao

I'M SORRY, MY BRAIN HICCUPED

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE It's okay!

But seriously, it's cool that we live an awesome future where cute dogs have their own web pages.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I love it. She totally deserves it too.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE It doesn't hurt that the owner is in a position to get photos of her with various celebrities.

(owner works (or at least worked, I have no idea what she does these days) for MTV)

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz oooh okay

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:26 AM

And she's a friend of a friend, I'm not some kind of super weird stalker.

I promise. :P

FAE

haha

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz That was so pretentious it hurt. And that photo at the end of him playing... WTF.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Holy shit, John Darnielle got nominated for a National Book Award.

Welp. Guess I know what I'm going to go sit down and start reading tonight

@FAE Yep. Enjoy!

1:28 AM

@Frank NooooOOOOOOOooooOOOOOooo! Do you know how long it took me to make my own character?! T_T

murgatroid99

@FAE Have you been playing too? Because that's actually the achievement name for doing that

FAE

@murgatroid99 Haha, I haven't actually, that's funny though

Chippies

1:52 AM

@OrigamiRobot printing press does indeed print manuscripts out of thin air (well, reduced coal production to run the steamworks)

Origami Robot

@Chippies I keep accidentally clicking plates instead of steel :(

SaintWacko

I tried listening to Night Vale

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot aww :(

SaintWacko

It didn't do much for me

The deadpan delivery kills it

Chippies

I was at 49.6 gears for a while, that was a bit frustrating

Origami Robot

1:53 AM

@SaintWacko The first episode is by far the worst.

Chippies

had to wait what seemed like forever to get that last bit

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Do they get better as they go? Even the second one didn't do much

Origami Robot

If that's the only one you listened to, I strongly urge you to keep listening.

SaintWacko

It was a little bit better, but still not enough to keep us from switching back to music

Origami Robot

@SaintWacko Much much much much much

SaintWacko

1:54 AM

@OrigamiRobot Okay

I'll keep listening, then

user15026

@SaintWacko His voice made me so sleepy I can't listen as much as I want to

LessPop_MoreFizz

2 hours ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

Thrilling Adventure /Night Vale Crossover to be released on October 1.

2 hours ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

Thrilling Adventure /Night Vale Crossover to be released on October 1.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz This could be interesting but I am worried I don't know enough about NV canon to appreciate it

Origami Robot

I liked the deadpan stuff, but the content in the first couple episodes doesn't really hold up to how much better they get.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz The Piano Has Been Thinking is so, so good.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:58 AM

@OrigamiRobot speaking of which, the last 2 or 3 minutes of the newest night vale with "THIS ISN'T MODESTO" are amazing.

@Fluttershy YES.

@Fluttershy TAH Musical episodes are super solid

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz I had no idea Busy Phillips/Nathan Fillion/J. K. Simmons could sing as well as they do. :o

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy Pour Me Another is particularly great.

As is the Barkeep and Felton's song at the start, but that could just be because I fucking love Felton and the Barkeep.

FAE

@Fluttershy You've seen Dr. Horrible, you should know that about Fillion

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy And yeah, JK Simmons nailed that duet out of the park and totally covered for the fact that Jackson can't really sing so much as he can just... do the same thing he always does.

Fluttershy

@FAE This is true. But it's different, hearing him sing country. :P

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:04 AM

Oh cool, the NY Times has put their entire 16,000 recipe archive up for free.

/cc @AshleyNunn since you are always looking for interesting food things

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz hyperventilates

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz oh nice

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