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12:08 AM
@Rapida Tropico doesn't have any DRM, except an old-fashioned CD-Key. It doesn't need any online verification or limit installs. What problems could you have?
 
@Ullallulloo apparently, trying to install it on a desktop and laptop is shenanigans, as opposed to civ 5 or tropico 3
 
@Rapida I installed it three computers without problem, but I'm using the retail version.
 
@Ullallulloo Maybe it thinks my laptop is still going or something? But that is good to hear
 
12:38 AM
@FallenAngelEyes This might explain why we haven't received Dead Island yet: Steam accidentally pushed a dev version of the game to the servers instead of the actual game
 
@Mana I heard about that, but it's still available for purchase and all that
 
Damn, CyberSkull already has 1000 rep? That guy is mad busy, yo.
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A: Getting Ghost while waiting for the funicular in Picus

ManaTo my recollection, I did get Ghost in this room. To do so, as soon as I hit the switch I activated stealth and crouch-walked into the nearest hole in the floor, where a floorboard had been removed. I hid inside this vent area until the funicular finally arrived, and then activated stealth, went ...

WHY DOES THIS HAVE SO MANY UPVOTES
WHY.
 
1:12 AM
@Mana Because I definitely didn't even notice that there was a hole in the floor.
I actually stood there the whole time my captured turret was obliterating enemies wondering how I'd get through that part if I did a replay for the various non-mowing-down-everyone-in-the-room achievements.
 
1:42 AM
@Mana I've been wondering the same thing about this
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A: What does the term "rail shooter" mean?

WipqoznA rail shooter is a shooter game in which you don't have control over your movement, at least for the most part. The movement of the character is pre-determined, although some rail shooters will give you some movement control. Although this normally amounts to nothing more then choosing which pat...

Oh, I hit 4k.
 
2:43 AM
Posted by Joel Spolsky on September 6th, 2011

DevDays has been canceled, due to poor attendance.

It’s my fault, actually. I took a perfectly good thing (DevDays ’09) and gold plated it until it was a different thing.

DevDays ’09 was one day. So even people who couldn’t get their boss to let them go to a conference could take a vacation day or something. Everyone told us “Great conference! Too short!” So version 2.0 had to be longer, we thought. Two days!

Oh, also, DevDays ’09 was $99.  We pulled that off by being cheap. Really cheap. So even people who couldn’t get their boss to pay could afford to spring for the conference themselves. But t …

 
2:53 AM
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3:22 AM
0
Q: How do I place a bed in minecraft so no mobs spawn?

DemonicMushyIs what way do I put the bed and how must the surroundings are in order for mobs to not spawn when I am sleeping?

 
3:42 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, Cookiemonster. You make everything better!
 
So... has any one here played SimCity 2000 before?
 
@Wipqozn congrats! Now get another 16k, we need more 20k+ users!
I have, but probably like 15 years ago, so I doubt I can help you.
That was back when I was in a "I click random things in games until I either don't fail, or lose horribly."
I was young, what else can I say?
 
"How do I X?" vs. "How can I X?"
is one asking for instructions while the latter also asks if it's possible?
or one method among many?
"you can juice an apple by smashing it with your face"
 
4:11 AM
@TheStackExchangeBlog Odd. Pekka was saying the other day that London was fully booked. Ah well
 
@YiJiang I think that they artificially caused it to be listed as sold out so that they stopped receiving registrations without prematurely indicating that it was cancelled.
 
@TimStone If that were the case shouldn't they have just announced the cancellation earlier? Anyway, I've managed to get SimCity 2000 running on DOSBox on Android.
 
I have no idea what discussion went on in internally, so I dunno. :P Hooray!
 
Well, it's rather unstable, but it does play rather well
 
4:41 AM
0
Q: What can I do if none of my weapons seem to work?

AubergineI've played a few levels of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light with a friend yesterday, and ran into the most vexing behavior. I was playing as Totec, and whenever I was using a weapon other than his basic spear I simply could not kill anything, even the most basic enemy. I could empty an enti...

 
5:11 AM
Hot damn. When did the default femshep become a redhead?
 
5:42 AM
0
Q: Is there a point for Energy Level augmentation upgrade?

JinDuring my first play-through I upgraded my Energy Level to max.(5 energy cells). The idea was to do as many takedowns as possible. However I found out that only the first cell gets recharged automatically over time. BTW I also have Base Recharge Rate maxed out too. To refill the whole energy bar...

0
Q: Tropico 4: How do you level up character traits?

RapidaHow are traits leveled up for the Competent, Specialist, and Expert achievements?

 
@Lazers Dupe.
 
@RavenDreamer O rly?
 
6:21 AM
2
Q: What happens when I connect Tropico 4 with my Facebook and Twitter accounts?

ShaunThere's a setting in the options panel that allows me to connect my Facebook and Twitter accounts with the game. I assume this will allow you to post about your achievements in-game. Is this correct? Does this unlock any other functionality that might be useful to gameplay?

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Q: Is there a site for which one can search for different full gamerscores for XBOX 360 games?

Chris_45Is there a site for which one can search for different full gamerscores for XBOX 360 games? For example if I want a game with a full gamerscore (so far) of 50 or 1700 and seach for which games that has that?

0
Q: How can I get rid of the mission voice-overs?

ShaunSince I read faster than the mission voice-overs can speak, I find my my eyes competing with my ears and end up getting annoyed as the game tries to read me my mission objectives. I see that I can decrease the "voice volume" via the General options pane, but I am worried that will also eliminate ...

 
7:05 AM
Can't seem to get sound to work though. Still, very fun, and much better than most free games in Android market :P
 
finger input can't be very fun
 
Now, I have a question I want to ask... is anyone here familiar with SC2K, or do I have to ask on the main site?
@badp It works okay, if a little inaccurate
 
O. I now see why there were strings about adding and removing quantities of items in Steam Trading
You can trade arbitrary amounts of 'currency' too (crowns or energy)
Also the announcement image is lovely.
 
 
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8:51 AM
@RavenDreamer She's always been :o
@YiJiang Ask on the main site, man, this is why we have it! :D
 
9:04 AM
1
Q: Do you know a good free (open-source) Monster truck game?

RiduidelAlthough the title says quite all, I'm looking for a free (preferably open-source, but not mandatory) third person monster truck game. It should not aim at realsim, but rather try to achieve "instant fun" gaming. Game modes like race, figures, and so on would be great, as well as great playabili...

 
9:22 AM
0
Q: Bonus damage protection +x% on gear items in Age of Empires Online

James JiaoI understand most of the stats and what they do such as infantry armor +x%. Self explanatory. However, I am not sure what Bonus damage protection +x% means. Protection on top of armor or?? There is no ingame explanation for these things. Any help is appreciated.

 
@badp Yeah, it's so cute!
 
9:36 AM
Hm, not sure if this question should remain open. It'd end up just a "list of x" I think:
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Q: Is there a site for which one can search for different full gamerscores for XBOX 360 games?

Chris_45Is there a site for which one can search for different full gamerscores for XBOX 360 games? For example if I want a game with a full gamerscore (so far) of 50 or 1700 and seach for which games that has that?

 
 
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10:49 AM
Gah
When Excel "runs out of resources" then you're fucked
 
11:16 AM
agh, it's cold in the morning here
 
0
Q: Can you give resources to Starcraft 2 ai players?

user12278Starcraft 2 ai players get resource blocked if their base structure is destroyed. Is it possible to give them enough resources so they can rebuild it?

 
@Mana Good thing it's afternoon already.
 
11:44 AM
0
Q: What difference does the difficult setting make in Saints Row 2?

SilverfishI have completed Saints Row 2 on normal difficulty, with quite a few activities and diversions still to complete. I am considering switching to Hardcore difficulty, but I would like to have an idea of what the difficulty setting affects. In particular, I would like to know what sort of effect it...

0
Q: List of ways to ignite TNT

ProSayAfter the 1.7 update where you cannot ignite TNT with your bare hands anymore, what are the new methods of igniting it?

 
12:05 PM
0
Q: What to do with a badly-placed city?

OakI made a mistake of building a city in a pretty bad spot - it's on an island, and other than coastal ocean tiles, it only has access to one jungle tile, one gem tile, and one fish tile. With very low access to production and food, its future is pretty bleak. Is there anything useful I can still d...

0
Q: I'm searching a NES game with Mario kung-fu fighting in it with a stick (not the Jackie Chan mutant)

Barta TamásWhen I was child, I had a strange device which ran NES games (actually it claimed to be a SEGA „Something”). Once I had a game in which Mario actually was not named, but the main character's head looked like his. This „Mario” always had a stick with himself, but I can't remember its role, whether...

 
@FallenAngelEyes Apparently you missed the blonde bimbo with gratuitous amounts of eyeshadow then.
 
@RavenDreamer She's the latest one chosen by fans :(
 
Not as of 2 weeks ago
 
I like how huge of a deal some people make about the femshep appearance
 
I could do without the freckles, but otherwise, hoo-ray.
 
12:11 PM
Woah, what's wrong with freckles?!
 
I don't care for them.
I'm a freckle-hater.
 
Lame, bro.
 
Do you have freckles? Is this going to be an issue in our working relationship?
Also, inc. huge numbers of minecraft questions!
 
@RavenDreamer Yes and YES.
 
Actually, my beef with freckles is female only. So you're fine.
Unless you get a sex change. But then I think I'd have bigger issues with you.
 
12:15 PM
Oh okay.
Geez, that's harsh!
 
@RavenDreamer Then they changed it, huh
Cuz the blonde definitely won the FB poll
 
Oh man, there are so many films to choose from the TIFF
 
@FallenAngelEyes Yep. They had a 2nd round of voting that was exclusively haircolor.
 
@RavenDreamer Haha wow
 
^^ the facebook round 2 vote thing.
But yeah. I always made my femshep a redhead with a darker, caucasian skin tone. (I blame my Mediterranean heritage for the latter preference!)
 
12:18 PM
I've never been into redheads, m'self
 
Red headed guys <<<<<<<<<< Red headed girls.
By like, soooo much.
 
well I like girls too, so I mostly meant girls with that statement
seeing as there's like no general stereotype of "Mmmm redheaded guys!"
 
...*twitch*
So yeah. On that note, going to have some breakfast. Adieu.
 
Apparently @Raven has something in his eye
eat well!
@Manaaaaaaaaaaa
I wanna play Dead Island :<
 
@FallenAngelEyes :< Me tooooooooooooooooo
I'm also going to go have breakfast though, now. I'm hungry, yo.
 
12:21 PM
Eat well
 
@FallenAngelEyes More like I just constantly forget who I'm talking to.
 
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Q: Is it effective to have my opponent arrested?

bwarnerSome pesky citizens have started talking about elections, and many of them have already declared their intent to vote for a specific citizen rather than me. Luckily, my prison still has some space available... Since the elections haven't started yet, would it be beneficial to have the citizen t...

 
@RavenDreamer What do you mean?
 
@FallenAngelEyes I guess I'm just doing my part to enforce the "guys like girls who like girls" stereotype.
Cause let's face it. Men have the clearly inferior figure.
 
Ah, yes. We'll I'm a girl who likes guys who like guys too, so maybe it balances out!
@RavenDreamer Well, some men can look pretty good
Though I'm also fond of androgyny and blurring of gender lines when it comes to appearance too
 
12:32 PM
1
Q: Formatting a question

HarpalI have written several questions and answers on the gaming site. I often need to provide a link or spoiler mark down a passage of text, but I don’t know how to do it. Is there a page going through all of the formatting options I have when I answer or ask a question? I've tried the faq but I can'...

 
@FallenAngelEyes Isn't that that L4D clone?
 
@FallenAngelEyes There's a gender-based disposition for that.
More girls find the aesthetics of other girls pleasing than guys do of other guys.
 
@ArdaXi From what I hear, it's not really clone-ish. It's more open world and RPG elements are more in play. Friend of mine says it's kind of like what you'd get if you mashed L4D and Borderlands together.
 
(Is there anything we scientists won't research?)
 
@RavenDreamer I wonder how much of that was influenced by society's generally higher acceptance of women liking women than men liking men
 
12:37 PM
@FallenAngelEyes There are more bisexual females than bisexual males. I don't know if that's an effect of societal pressures, but that's how it is.
At any rate, I've got stuff to do and places to be.
 
@RavenDreamer Yeah, scientists apparently just "proved" that bisexual men exist. facepalm
Later!
 
Farewell, again.
Haha, yeah, I saw that article.
 
And back.
 
@YiJiang I have, but like Raven it's been awhile.
I must say, I wish this answer would get more upvotes
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A: Is there any reason to update my battery size in Deus Ex: Human Revolution?

StupidOne sometimes extended cloak will buy you enough time to hack some computers (e.g. funicular) eliminating wasted energy - if you have only 2 cells and you eat nutrition which restores 3 cells, you'll waste up to 50% of energy

 
12:58 PM
I haven't played the game so I can't upvote it :(
 
It's short and concise, which I like. It also contains two valid points. The first is excellent. Not only did no one else think of it, but it is an action which is only capable if you upgrade your battery size. Being able to do this action also lets you perform several missions different ways, and also lets you get into a few additional easier considerable easier.
 
@FallenAngelEyes That hasn't stopped me...:(
On other questions/answers I mean.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I up vote questions for games I haven't played all the time.
 
Deus Ex angers me. Spent all that time beating it.. and I somehow did not get pacifist
 
Did you destroy any robots?
 
1:01 PM
yes :?
omg does that count?
 
...you can't destroy robots?
 
used emp's on them
 
ROBOTS HAVE FEELINGS TOO
 
ugh if that counts that really sucks
but would explain it
 
Don't you have to destroy robots at one point?
 
1:01 PM
like "ex-ter-mi-na-te" or "out of memory"
 
@Wipqozn Hmm, I don't understand what he's referring to with respect to the funicular.
 
yeah actually
you have to destroy 2, I just emp them and they self destructed
I didnt tell them to self destruct!!! :P
Anyone here try Dead Island yet?
 
@TimStone There is a computer you need to hack. If you don't deal with the guards, they will see you hacking it.
So the cloak allows you to do it without dealing with the guards.
 
The security computer?
 
@Loktar What happened to me was I accidentally triggered a trip mine on the last mission, calling over a bunch of guards...who ran into another trip mine.
 
1:03 PM
@Loktar Are you referring to when you needed to escape a hanger bay?
In the medical building
 
yeah
 
You don't need to kill them
 
ah @Mana that sucks.. but shouldnt count aganst you
 
You can disable them with the a secruity computer
 
damn.. I never put points into turrets or robots though
bleh I may have to try again but I doubt I will
 
1:05 PM
Nor I, until then.
 
game takes too long when trying not to kill anyone
 
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Q: Is it recommended to upgrade runes below ort?

StephenUnless I've missed a horadric cube recipe, low end runes can only be upgraded to Ort, and Ort cannot be upgraded. Clearly storing runes and gems is a major challenge, is it wise to upgrade all the lower runes into Ort runes? Are they used often enough to be useful?

 
As for why I believe robots count, I thought I read it on here.
 
@Loktar Your second runthrough is much faster than your first
Thanks in part to knowing better what you can get away with
 
this disagrees with me
 
1:06 PM
Yeah I may give it a try when game season slows down. So many games coming out now
 
@Wipqozn I do as well if I can tell that there's a clear answer better than the others. In this question, I'm not familiar enough with the game to be able to determine whether or not it's better quality than the other options.
 
@FallenAngelEyes understandable.
 
@Loktar fall is a bitch that way
 
lol yeah
 
Also, I am hungry. Breakfast get.
 
1:11 PM
posted on September 07, 2011 by yx_

I am a huge fan of games involving zombies (I’m also a sucker for games involving jet packs). I am COMPELLED to play any zombie game, be it Resident Evil, Left 4 Dead or Atom Zombie Smasher (great indie game, by the way). Naturally when the first Dead Island teaser video came out showing the [...]

 
@StackExchange clicked link. was disappointed.
 
I had to stop reading when he only heard of it from the trailer :?
When I found out about it
Ive been waiting for freaking ever :? since 2007
 
@StackExchange The number one game in that list has the dubious distinction of being the lowest rated game on Gamespot. They also made a very entertaining video review of it: asia.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/video/6086530/…
 
1:32 PM
I didn't realise how much music Hat-Films made...
(The guys who make the Minecraft Trailers)
 
Can you fix the topic, my birthday is on the 14th... ^^
 
heh the big 18 eh?
ill be turning 29 the 28th :P.. as it was pointed out yesterday.. my life will most likely be a third over..
 
(I know it's about another Tom, but still)
22 here, time flies by...
 
I turn 33 on the 32nd! ;)
 
@Loktar you're welcome!
 
1:43 PM
lol
 
@YiJiang I remember watching that back in the day. It was fairly amusing.
Alex Navarro was always an amusing fellow.
 
@YiJiang Well, you can reverse at unbound speeds, you can climb any heights, you can clip through anything, your opponents don't move, one of the levels makes the game crash, etc.
You approach a bridge and see your truck clip through it, go down the ravine, cross the pretend river and then climb up the ravine and continue past
 
They obviously went with the Valve approach: Playtesting is for chumps - fix any bugs in a patch. Then release another patch to fix that patch's bugs. Repeat ad nauseum
 
did you mean... debugging?
They talk of pretty much nothing but playtesting in dev commentaries
 
@badp Debugging is impossible if you don't find bugs through playtesting
Valve has had some pretty notable failures with some tf2 patches
 
1:55 PM
@DaveMcClelland Hm, I'd assume debugging comes before playtesting
 
like the time that they released the windows server binaries with a linux update. All the Windows TF2 servers were fine, but all of us linux server owners were left in the dark for almost an entire day
 
@DaveMcClelland That only seems to apply to Valve's multiplayer games that receive patches after release.
 
that's debugging not playtesting
 
Also, you should see the way CS:S players piss and moan every time the Orange Box engine updates.
 
afaik, playtesting = here's a rough version of the game, is it fun?
debugging = here's the latest version of the game, does it work?
 
1:57 PM
@badp Possibly, but it could have looked fine when going through the code. When they went to install it on a server, though, they would have quickly noticed that it didn't start
 
@Powerlord So pretty much every other day?
 
You're probably right - I don't do game dev, so I consider debugging actually looking through my code to fix a problem that I found in testing
 
@badp No, playtesters aren't there to see if it's fun or not (well, some likely are), but to check whether the game works properly.
 
@Powerlord Ain't that debugging?
I've never actively done either mind you
 
@badp No. Debugging is what the developers do to try to catch bugs. As soon as they hand it over to someone else, it's testing.
It would suck to be a playtester. Sure, you get to play games, but you have to play the same game repeatedly. Likely the same sections of the same game.
 
2:06 PM
0
Q: PSP screen doesn't turn on but the rest of the system is working

DeaDEnDWhen I turn on my PSP, the green light turns on, it makes sounds, and when I press buttons on it, it makes moving around the menu sounds. But it doesn't display anything on the screen. I've ordered a replacement screen and replaced it, but the screen still doesn't turn on. What could be wrong w...

0
Q: Most fun character to play Dead Island

nihi_l_istIve started to play Dead Island yesterday evening, tho didnt play much, the game seemed impressive. So want to ask if the characters are that various in the game and if so-what can you tell about them? UPD: do different characters have different ability trees or smth..

 
2:20 PM
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Q: Most fun character to play Dead Island

nihi_l_istI started playing Dead Island yesterday evening, though I didn't play very much. The game seemed impressive. So want to ask if the different characters have any unique traits that the others do not (for example different ability trees)?

I don't think that's too subjective anymore.
 
Yay darwinia complete
 
2:41 PM
@RonanForman Now for Multiwinia?
Anyone know the name of the hat you get from having 1000 replay views?
Is it just "Camera Helm" ?
No wait, that's right, it's "Frontline Field Recorder" or something like that, isn't it?
 
@Powerlord Maybe, I'll look at some of the map packs first
 
looks like my kind of game :)
 
Looks cool!
 
Also, what classes is the Team Captain for again? Soldier, Medic, and Heavy?
 
2:56 PM
Do want.
 
Wait Multiwinia is a different game? I thought it was more of an expansion...
 
There don't appear to be squads or engies
 
GnomeSlice did something good.
@RonanForman Multiwinia is a multiplayer analog to Darwinia.
 
3:12 PM
It's a separate game, technically.
 
Yea. I picked them both up as a bundle on steam, however.
@Powerlord yes
 
Wait, @GnomeSlice did something good?!?
 
Wait, how did I edit that comment?
But yeah. +1 for Gnomeslice.
Hi, @AnnaLear.
 
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Q: 3.5yo gives up too easily and dont stand for herself in a play situations

AndrewOur daughter is very sociable child, she goes to kindy and have a lot of friends outside her kindy-friends circle. When we are in the park on the playground she always the first to approach other child and make a contact, and also very independent - that is she is not a kid who only plays in a ...

 
@StackExchange She should totally try a demoman in TF2. You can't go wrong with spam!
and when somebody goes your wAAAAWRRARARAAAARGH*slash*
 
3:23 PM
@StackExchange Wait, isn't games in that context something completely different...?
 
Oh, Homonyms. Why you so silly.
 
Tell that to Michael.
 
@StackExchange You should play Portal. gets hundreds of upvotes
 
@RavenDreamer Hey hey.
 
@RavenDreamer Technically not a homonym. Homonyms are a pair of words that are different, but have similar meanings. This is just a word with multiple definitions depending on context. I don't think there's a nifty word for that
Excuse me, I'll just go be a nerd somewhere else
 
3:28 PM
If there's none it's probably because that's the norm, not the exception
 
@badp True
 
Besides I thought 'homonyms' was used only for people with the same name
(I count at least 5 Michaels with mod powers. Hence the previous line.)
 
@badp I've never heard it used in that manner. Homonyms are a (mostly useless) part of english grammar that US kids learn in elementary school and then mostly forget the real meaning of throughout high school and adulthood
 
So is there a word for people sharing names?
 
See also: antonyms, synonyms, homophones, homographs
@badp Not to my knowledge. It's certainly possible, though
 
3:31 PM
heh, it.wikipedia.org/w/Omonimia talks about people and places, while en.wikipedia.org/w/Homonym doesn't
(and each is linked to the other in the language bar)
 
You're right, @DaveMcClelland.
It's a Homophone.
Homograph is when it looks the same and has two different meanings.
Tear and tear, for instance.
I think.
Also fun are Capitonyms -- those words which change in meaning depending on whether or not they're capitalized.
 
Lead Lead lead into all tiny itty bitty men running from Sandvich? :(
 
What's the name of the Modest Pile of Hat for the person who won third place in the Propaganda contest?
 
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
 
@Powerlord Uncle Sam.
 
3:35 PM
@Powerlord "Uncle Sam"
 
@RavenDreamer Malkovich malkovich malkovich Malkovich.
 
@AnnaLear I must confess that I don't know the meaning of "to malkovich".
 
@RavenDreamer Sorry, a movie reference.
Being John Malkovich is a 1999 American black comedy-fantasy film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. It stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and John Malkovich, who plays a fictionalized version of himself. The film depicts Craig Schwartz (Cusack), a puppeteer who finds a small portal that leads into the mind of actor John Malkovich. Plot Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an unemployed puppeteer in a forlorn marriage with his pet-obsessed wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz). Gaining a file clerk job through Dr. Lester (Orson Bean) at LesterCorp, in the strange Floo...
There's a scene set in a restaurant where every word any character says is "malkovich".
 
Hey Gaming community! Who wants to talk about how the Gaming Grant will be structured in the future?
 
I'd love to, but I have an exam in 14 hours
 
3:44 PM
Hi, @BrettWhite.
 
BRETT. TALK TO ME.
 
@badp No prob. I'm trying to figure out the best way to make the grant last longer, as in targeting the BIGGEST games you guys are actually excited about.
@Mana HELLO. THIS IS ME TYPING. IT IS LIKE I AM TALKING BUT THROUGH TEXT :)
 
@badp Get your priorities straight.
 
@BrettWhiteΨ Show more respect to your Billy Mays key!
 
I think that some weeks it's useless to give away 10 games, if those games aren't ones people care about
 
3:45 PM
@Brett So the problem is that there are actually a lot of big games coming out in the next three months
 
@BrettWhiteΨ I dunno, I think we covered Chantelise (?) much better than Portal 2
at least in terms of traffic
 
@RavenDreamer Ha! Oh man, I want everyone to call caps lock the Billy Mays key
 
@badp There was no Chantelise grant
 
@BrettWhite The problem is that the gaming industry, in general, has lulls.
@Mana That was his point...
 
oh
 
3:46 PM
@Mana Yes, that is true. I'm wondering if we should do a big post now, with the list of the Big Games for the rest of the year, and let people vote on it now.
 
shoots self
 
There's also the issue that if you offer an AAA game and a bunch of smaller games, the AAA game will always win.
 
But the problem with that, it means that users that join in a month won't get involved
@ArdaXi Yes, that is truth.
 
@BrettWhite - you could, or you could just note that "Skyrim" will win, and avoid the need for a vote at all. :P
 
And BTW, the Deus Ex traffic is CRAZY. You guys have been dominating that
 
3:47 PM
@BrettWhite The blog post mentioning the grant would be great, since that way I have something I can link on Reddit saying OH MY GOD FREE GAMES
 
@BrettWhiteΨ Speaking of... :)
 
I'm actually talking about the end of may spike
 
@BrettWhiteΨ Well, it has a lot of potential questions, because of the kind of game it is. The same goes for the Fallout series.
 
which was...
 
3:47 PM
@BrettWhiteΨ So what you're saying, is that it's Deus Ex-cellent?
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@AnnaLear Sheesh has it STILL not shipped yet? I am going to go crazy on Amazon over this!
 
cmon...
yeah, Witcher 2
not Chantelise
sorry
 
@badp Way to get my hopes up.
 
-1
Q: Is there a networked and variable Bomberman clone?

KarenThere's a huge amount of Bomberman clones around, but I'm yet to find one which has network play, and variability in maps, powerups, special tiles etc. Is there such a game? Cross-platform would be a nice bonus.

 
So I'm trying to figure out if I should post a list of games for the rest of the year and determine which ones you guys are super interested in, then as those games are released do the selections then.
 
3:48 PM
@Mana When was chantelise again? Mid june?
We do have a smaller spike in page views there
 
That way a new user who gains a lot of rep by December won't have had a say in which AAA games we choose to do, but they will have a chance to be part of the grant
 
@badp Something like that, yeah.
 
Was there a Portal 2 Grant?
 
@RavenDreamer Nope.
 
@RavenDreamer I don't think so. There were two done before I hopped on
 
3:49 PM
So... what was your problem?
 
With Portal 2 we spiked at 36k views
Witcher 2 was 45k (also, our current record)
 
@BrettWhiteΨ Not that I know of. It looks like they may have run out... the page has only 1 is left in stock and being shipped by a 3rd party.
 
@badp I thought you weren't supposed to talk about this stuff?
 
The mid-june spike is 34k
 
I see.
 
3:50 PM
@AnnaLear Okay, I will see about getting it canceled/refunded to us. And getting you Steam then
 
@Mana Well, I think it's fine to share a few details
 
@Mana Analytics are public.
 
Ah, okay.
 
Where are the analytics, anyhow?
 
@BrettWhiteΨ Awesome, thanks!
 
And yeah, some analytics are public, and I'm reading the non-public ones right now
If Jeff needs to bludgeon me he knows where I am.
 
@badp Quantcast is actually more accurate than Google Analytics.
 
@AnnaLear Your steam email is the same as the email we've been using, right?
 
What's the mid-june spike from?
 
@ArdaXi I think he's talking about the analytics we get as mods. Or wait, do those use Google Analytics?
 
3:52 PM
@Mana That's what he told me a while ago
Well, SE uses GA anyway.
 
@BrettWhiteΨ Yeah, that's the one.
 
@RavenDreamer no idea honestly
 
Hm. Now I'm curious.
 
I know why I know I know
Steam summer sale I bet
 
3:54 PM
Oh, by the way, apparently there is no nondisclosure agreement for Diablo 3
so if any of you get a beta invite...POST. Even if it means self-answering a lot.
 
@Loktar That's when I got the 10,000 views gold badge in 3 days. That does sound about right.
@Mana I got no beta invite. But then again, I have no incentive to actually buy the game now, either.
 
I'm looking at the July spike right now anyway
 
@badp Yeah, what's with that?
Nothing came out that week.
Did we get linked on a blog or Reddit or something?
 
What happened on July 28th?
 
I posted a link on reddit
 
3:57 PM
The mystery of the hour.
 
For the summer sale
 
41k views on the 28th
 
was one of @badp answers I believe
 
yeah, lots of traffic from reddit
 
looks when he posted
 
3:59 PM
Damn. 12k referrals from Reddit on the 28th.
 
That exactly
 
bleh says submitted 2 months
not an exact day
 

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