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6:15 PM
Okay, the Dilbert "Cartoon" episodes Pregnancy and Delivery are... certainly... a thing.
 
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Q: Can you get away with only completing a third of this puzzle?

ToomaiI don't have an easy way to test this myself, so I figured I'd ask in case someone else was. Looking at it from a "trying-to-break-the-game" point of view, the rotating bridge puzzle of the Isle of Songs seems like you can only move the outermost part of the bridge into position (if not, maybe j...

 
well, toss rock of ages on the pile, done with that game, ugh
 
@agent86 You don't seem pleased with that fact.
 
@Tristan it was not a very good game, imho. my son liked watching it though, so it kept him entertained. I guess I could recommend it if you have kids who like watching balls roll downhill.
 
@agent86 I do not... My son likes trains. <.<
 
6:23 PM
@Tristan so does mine, but he is uninterested in most "train games" that I'm interested in - ie, Sid Meier's Railroads did little to nothing for him
 
@agent86 I'd say try Railworks 2012 (I think that's the name), but... You have to buy the game, and then buy the trains. I think the final total after purchasing all of them is ~$1500...
 
bah
 
@Tristan yeah, this is a huuuge "no" for me. Although I'd probably feel the same way about that as I do about Forza DLC. Appealing to someone, but that someone is not me. I have no clue what the differences are between cars or trains.
 
I can't finish watching the TAS of eversion.
I don't want to get myself spoiled :/
although if you're looking for something to let's play - this game is it
the less you know about it the best
 
in general my opinion of cars is a) does it get me from point a to point b reliably and comfortably? and b) does it smell bad? if the answers are "yes" and "no" then we're done, I'll take it.
 
6:27 PM
It's relatively short too.
 
@agent86 I can agree with that.
 
I do have one hour and twenty minutes of footage but without voice over.
 
@badp I've never even heard of it... =\
 
@Tristan That's good.
It's a platformer btw.
 
@badp And it's called Eversion?
 
@badp Thanks.
 
Well, the GSE Smash Crew is all still alive.
@Tristan almost died there a few times, but I saved him.
 
@GnomeSlice Thanks for that. lol
 
@GnomeSlice What did you end up naming red?
 
Smash crew?
 
6:40 PM
@John @Tristan.
 
@GnomeSlice Oooh.
 
So it's Tristan, Mana, GnomeSlice, and Wipqozn?
 
I've got a team of myself, @Tristan, @Mana, and @OrigamiRobot.
 
A CHAOS team if I ever heard one.
 
6:41 PM
Did I make it?
 
@OrigamiRobot Everyone is still alive.
I think of all of us, you've fared the best, actually.
You've never gone below about half-health.
 
Yes! I am a hero! (am I a hero?)
 
You're a ...spaceguy.
I have no idea. They call them 'mercs'.
So I guess we're mercenaries?
 
@GnomeSlice Hired guns...
 
All I know is that this game is awesome.
 
6:43 PM
Fun fact: Minecraft maps can be as wide/long as Saturn's diameter.
 
@RonanForman Wow.... you know this from experience?
 
Sorry, I got that wrong, it's actually Neptune.
 
That's what we look like. We're red because we're up to level 6 or something each, now.
 
Hm, Taksi is not as smart as I hoped it'd be
I'll have to clean it up before I consider uploading it
 
6:44 PM
@John No, its says so in this cool 'game'
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as awesome as a random pedobear in the middle of the footage might be
 
They really need to update the gamepad controls for PSC.
The directional grenades simply don't go where you aim them if you're using a gamepad.
 
@RonanForman That is cool.
 
I disliked that star.
 
So many stupid jokes in this game :D
There's a 'SOPA' related joke.
"Stop Organ Atrocities and Pirating of Intestines" - SOAPI
 
6:47 PM
@RonanForman You mean the star on your message? Why on earth would you dislike a star?
 
I meant the message that had been starred.
 
@RonanForman Why?
 
It was a single word.
 
'totally unregulated science stuff'
 
user30
6:50 PM
Reading Rails Test Prescriptions, and wondering why anyone would bother with TDD.
 
Who is "TitanicKlaxon"?
 
user30
I mean, it explains it and everything but it's easier to implement a feature then write tests.
 
Nah, I can patch it with the youtube video editor just fine
 
@John Ask him.
 
The only thing is the lack of voiceover.
It's likely a deal breaker.
 
6:51 PM
He keeps on turning up, but I still have no idea.
 
@RonanForman You mean Saturn's radius.
 
@badp Why not make one.
7 mins ago, by Ronan Forman
Sorry, I got that wrong, it's actually Neptune.
 
@RonanForman Can you hear me through Mumble?
 
No, I'm deafened at the moment.
 
@RonanForman because... eh. I can only see that working if I do it over mumble with somebody who 1) has never played the game and 2) doesn't mind getting it spoiled through the video and 3) needs to wait for me to cut it up anyway
 
6:52 PM
@RonanForman Still, Saturn's radius is closer to Minecraft dimensions than Neptune's diameter is.
 
@badp I don't mind helping.
 
@badp Chances are, whatever game you're talking about, I haven't played and don't mind being spoiled about.
 
@ArdaXi You don't generally walk along the axis of a planet's radius. Which I think is why it's being compared to diameter.
 
then I guess the best thing I can do is start uploading the stuff. Well, what I've got so far anyway.
It's not going to be quick anyway
 
@GnomeSlice 60,000 is closer to 64,000 than 40,000 is.
 
6:54 PM
@ThomasMcDonald Because they hate themselves
 
@ArdaXi I was judging by eye.
 
user30
@TimStone I mean, I understand the benefits, but all this back and forthing between test and code - why not just do it in one lump?
 
Yeah, I dunno. I've never fully got it. I'm all for having proper tests to verify functionality where there's either a high cost to, or reasonable likelihood of, something going wrong, but the way TDD does things just seems silly to me.
 
for anyone using ChatterBox to get an inbox button in the chat interface, v3.1 is out this weekend, which shows the inbox item body + has an option to mark the items in your inbox as "read" when you open it.
upgrading should be a snap from the older version, just click the install link again. It should replace the old version.
 
I am returned from my weekend of copious amounts of beer.
Did I miss anything?
 
7:11 PM
Nothing that was more important than copious amounts of beer
 
@TimStone Particularly experimental beer.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz "experimental" and "things I put inside me" are two things I don't like to intersect with each other. Here's hoping you don't swell up like a giant blueberry!
 
user30
I'm interested in the bacon beer.
 
user30
As I was last time you posted that, but I didn't see it until 5 hours later
 
user30
7:23 PM
awww Dogfish.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Dogfish's offerings were mostly meh.
Also, the bacon beers weren't phenomenal.
Now the apple pie beer.
That was special.
 
user30
@LessPopMoreFizz It's still mostly impossible to get in the UK
 
@ThomasMcDonald Apple Pie beer was from Funky Buddha. It's impossible to get outside of Boca Raton, Florida other than at events like this.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's disappointing. I can drive down to Lewes and kick them in the shins for not giving Delaware something to be proud about, if you want.
 
(Ronan if you don't want it just say no and I'll just drop it)
 
7:25 PM
@TimStone I have a bit of a bias against dogfish to be fair.
 
user30
@LessPopMoreFizz >:
 
Oh?
 
user30
We have a crate of assorted Brewdog to dive into one weekend.
 
@TimStone I just think their stuff is overpriced for what it is.
And somewhat oversaturated/overrated. They're the next Sam Adams, for good and ill.
 
Ah, yeah.
 
7:43 PM
This upload should take roughly 30 hours in the best case scenario. Woot.
Yay 50 kB/s upload!
Also yay for having the progress bar rounded to zero decimals
 
@badp you should take a stick and push it through the intertubes that lead to your house. maybe they're clogged.
 
which means it'll progress at roughly one number update every 15-20 minutes
I was planning to get a better understanding of the upload progress by comparing the original time estimate with the current time estimate
It worked okay until it changed from 1,314 minutes out of 1,316 to 2,328 minutes
2,445 minutes left. Go me!
Ah well.
I guess not being given hundreths of percentage point is a way to get me to get stuff done instead.
Reluctantly goes back to exam
 
user30
hrmph.
 
hm. Gah. Youtube can't do audio overlay.
It does have an audio track but only for audioswap shit.
Upload cancel get.
 
8:05 PM
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Q: What is the "Good Karma" Choice - Saving Trish or the Doctors?

YuckDuring the final chapter of the game you have to choose between saving Trish or saving doctors from one of two buildings. The game claims you have enough time only for one or the other. It also presents a karma choice moment. It seems that both choices are technically good. I'd think the evil ch...

 
8:33 PM
@agent86 Hey, how's it going?
 
8:49 PM
@Mana it's going alright today. Just played some SPAZ. I think the kids are napping soon, so it might be MW3 time soonish. How're things with you?
there is apparently a game called Sunggle Truck. Who knew?
 
@agent86 I saw it last night. It's like Trials but with a truck filled with stuffed animals. =P
 
@Tristan yeah, seems like the sort of "gateway drug" that @ashley would want to try :)
 
@agent86 Because it involves cute things?
 
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Q: JediFest map for Starwars Galactic Battlegrounds?

MishaJedi Fest and the fest style maps were extremely popular back on Zone and Gamespy for a game called star wars galactic battlegrounds about 10 years ago. Does anybody have these map files? I can't seem to find the Jedi Fest map anywhere! Thanks... Also please retag this for SWGB...

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Q: Can't get the harp out of inventory (HELP!) - Skyward Sword

El LocoI am having a problem getting the harp to play at ALL. I'm at the point where you need to get the two windmills to point at the light tower. I've done this (via retrieving the propeller with the robot). A new platform has appeared at the light tower. So, I go to the light tower and....can't get t...

 
@Tristan indeed. it's just a hop, skip, and a jump from there to TF2.
 
8:57 PM
@agent86 That might be pushing it a bit... >.>
 
@Tristan you think she'd be more at home in modern warfare? if you insist...
 
@agent86 Clearly the place to start would be BF3.
 
okay, this maxed the "awesome" slider with Christopher Walken as Prof. X and kept on going.
 
9:15 PM
@badp Were you talking to me in steam? I was away from my computer and then I closed the window.
Also more dreadskull keep in 6 hours.
 
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Q: Help! My SWTOR Launcher won't open!

AdanionI tried to open my SWTOR Launcher this morning after turning my computer back on (played last night just fine) and the launcher won't open. The process is running (launcher.exe on the task manager) but the window never shows up. The log file in Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\BioWare\Star Wa...

 
Let it be stated, for the record, that I now own a drinking horn.
 
Did you get my message, @GnomeSlice?
 
@GnomeSlice I lol'd
 
9:30 PM
@RavenDreamer About Musagi? If that's what you're referring to, it's a chiptune tracker that you asked me about once, so I thought maybe you'd been using it.
 
My message about me not using Musagi.
 
@RavenDreamer I saw the one where you said you had no idea what that was.
 
program called Klystrack.
Not a lot of ideas as to what I was doing, but I think it turned out alright.
 
You should check out Musagi too, it's not done like an actual 'tracker', it's more like a standard sequencer with chip synths.
I haven't looked at any serious trackers yet. I know Milkytracker' is one of the most popular ones.
 
Yeah. I almost downloaded Milkytracker.
I don't know why I picked Klystrack over it.
 
9:34 PM
I'm sure they're very similar.
And here's a demonstration of Musagi by the software creator.
As I said, it's more like a sequencer, so you might find it easier to use.
 
For my purposes though
I just need something to make patterns
and then I'm going to export them and overlay the .wav s myself, programatically
I'm aiming to make something like Bit.Trip Beat
 
@RavenDreamer Then you probably want a sequencer.
@RavenDreamer Have you ever played a game called 'De Blob' by chance?
@RavenDreamer Cool!
 
@GnomeSlice Know of it.
 
@RavenDreamer That game has an incredible, dynamic soundtrack.
Depending on what colour you are, and which 'mood' you picked, painting things adds shots of different instruments into the music.
 
DOn't have consistent access to a Wii, so that's part of the problem
Wait.
I'm listening to a youtube playlist you made?
Huh.
 
9:39 PM
@RavenDreamer Chiptunes? Yes.
Sorry, I linked it from the playlist.
 
@GnomeSlice Chiptune'd!
 
@RavenDreamer Yeah, that's me.
 
It's got your face next to it.
gn0meslice
 
This question strike me as kinda a game-rec:
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Q: Is MotherLoad available for iPhone?

Caleb PendergastI really enjoy playing this miniclip game and I was wondering if they had it for iPhone.

Old, I know, but I found it in /review.
If not game-rec, too localized.
 
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Q: What is the easiest control to use with Child of Eden for Xbox 360?

YaztromoChild of Eden for Xbox 360 can be played with the normal controller or with Kinect. I like Kinect and always played with it, but I struggle a lot to finish the game: it seems to me that to cope with the speed and precision required you have to be borderline superhuman! I wonder if my mistake is t...

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Q: Cannot join a squad in SQDM

Steven LuIn a Squad Deathmatch game, (I don't know if this happens on Squad Rush also) when I join I can view the other players on my "squad" team but I am not in the squad, i.e. I cannot spawn on them or view them as green in the HUD, they show up as blue like regular teammates. But I have played games o...

 
9:46 PM
@John I "handled" it.
 
@RavenDreamer Very good. Thanks.
 
Did you hear my chiptune piece, @John?
 
@RavenDreamer Watch this ^
Ah balls. @RavenDreamer Skip to 5:60
Hard to find a good video that gives a good impression of what I'm talking about.
 
@RavenDreamer I did. Quite good for one afternoon. :P
 
IT SUCKS. DAMN YOU PEOPLE, BREAK THIS MAN'S EGO.
 
9:53 PM
@GnomeSlice this music is pretty fly.
 
@RavenDreamer I don't know if you can tell from the video, but painting buildings with different colours adds different instruments in to the music. Red is saxophone.
 
@Mana I tried to think of a comeback, and then I realized you're probably right. :/
I don't expect my tenured, award-winning composition instructor to view it quite so favorably.
 
@RavenDreamer Aww. Hey, don't take it that harshly.
 
@RavenDreamer No, your chiptune thing was really, quite good. It made me feel bad about my own.
 
@GnomeSlice Speaking of my professor, he talked about this one compositional book he read that was so bad it was hilarious.
It was about writing music for screenplays.
He quoted part of it to us.
"If it's a sex scene, use Saxophone. Always."
 
9:56 PM
That's probably true.
 
That was the extent of the help it offered.
 
In any case, red is only the saxophone if you're playing with the 'Unstoppable' modd, which he was. Which is also my favourite music from the game.
 
@RavenDreamer I do want you to keep at the chiptune composing, though!
 

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