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Wipqozn

00:01

Toki Tori is also a good game.

If not, play those.

Toki Tori is also a good game.

EBongo

@Wipqozn I've played Braid. I'll check out Limbo and Toki Tori. Are those both XBLA?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Hello Again Chat. How are you this evening?

Shinrai

@EBongo I dunno about the latter but Limbo is on everything relevant by now. (And is awesome)

EBongo

@Shinrai dually noted, thanks.

Wipqozn

00:16

@EBongo I think Toki Tori is Wii and Steam only.

all the cool kids player it on PC.

LessPop_MoreFizz

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz How is that an official jersey?

Lazers

00:33

0

Q: How do you get the 'Another Way" acheivement on Jetpack Joyride?

The title says it all; how do you enter the Jetpack Joyride laboratory without creating this giant hole in the wall? This seems impossible to me, and I am totes confused. Please help!

jetpack-joyride

0

Q: How many ghosts are there, and what do they say?

In the graveyard levels I encountered multiple ghosts. How many are there, and what is the transcript of what they say? Is there any known relationship between what they say and a puzzle or easter egg?

fez

0

Q: How can you tell whether a craft has ammunition?

In UFO: Enemy Unknown, it was easy to see how much ammunition a craft had loaded, as well as the maximum craft payload. Crafts also had to spend time reloading their ammunition when they finished refueling. In the open-source fan sequel UFO: Alien Invasion, I haven't noticed the craft loading am...

ufoai

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert Derrick Rose was injured in game 1 of the first round of the playoffs and is done for the season.

@fbueckert It is a joke.

fbueckert

See, I don't follow sports at all.

Ben Brocka

@agent86 what genre? Though Flow/Flower and Pixeljunk games and great suggestions (though pixeljunk racers is meh)

Shinrai

@LessPop_MoreFizz What sport? Because I really want to make a handegg joke.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Shinrai Basketball.

Shinrai

00:43

@LessPop_MoreFizz I am disappoint.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Derrick Rose would've probably ended up being the MVP of the US Olympic Basketball team in London in August too, so grats European countries, you have a somewhat better chance of winning than you did a few days ago.

He's a very good basketball player.

(He just also happens to be very prone to bad knee injuries.)

Shinrai

Aren't most abnormally tall people?

(I am making an assumption that he is abnormally tall based on the fact that he's a very good basketball player.)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Shinrai He is in fact only 6'3". Tall, but not abnormally so.

Shinrai

@LessPop_MoreFizz YOU RUIN EVERYTHING. YOU'RE THE WORST DAD EVER I HATE YOU.

wait i mean uh

user2334

ಠ_ಠ

LessPop_MoreFizz

00:47

He did cheat on his SAT's and have his entire college basketball career stricken from the record books though.

Shinrai

I'm guessing that's not such a big deal if he's playing for a real team anyway

can you tell I know nothing about sports is it obvious

user2334

01:00

@agent86 Do you already have an Xbox 360, or is this your first 7th gen non-Wii console?

Lazers

0

Q: How is experience going to work in Multiplayer?

I was looking around and I didn't find any good source that provides a good explanation (baby steps) on how is experience going to work in Diablo 3 multiplayer. The experience is individual like loot/gold? The members of the party receive extra experience per member in the party? (party bonus) ...

diablo-3

Ullallulloo

@MarkTrapp He has one.

user2334

I see

Resorath

Speedy delete speedy delete!!

-4

Q: SAVE FILES ON SKYRIM/WATS TOOMANY?

MY 1st EXPERIANCE W/ AN RPG SINCE THE EARLY 80s WAZ FALLOUT3.I DNT HAV ANY1 ELSE THAT LUVS BATHESDA LIKE ME I HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH INTO SHOOTRS SINCE THE BEGINING,& I DNT HAV A COMP ANY MORE.AS U KNOW ALL SHOOTRS SAVE @ A SPECIFIED PLACE,SO WATS TOO MANY FILES??(on ps3)DOES IT MATTR??IVE HEA...

skyrim

fbueckert

@Resorath I can only flag! I have done so!

skovacs1

01:10

There is actually a question there, despite atrocious formatting and English. Someone should at least tell them why it's getting deleted.

Resorath

the actual question ironically is a duplicate

Ullallulloo

@Resorath My eyes! >.<

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Resorath link?

Resorath

@LessPop_MoreFizz I didn't bother looking it up. I just know I've seen it before.

The question can be closed for... other reasons

im also playing starcraft while chatting!

Ullallulloo

@Resorath How many saves can I have on the PS3 before it starts to cause lag?

That sounds really varying.

Nick T

01:14

/heroicedit

fails

I still don't know wtf is goin on

DavRob60

Could someone explain why my question is strongly dowvoted?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@NickT It doesn't save the question as well, might as well just roll it back for posterity before the delete, IMO.

@DavRob60 Link it.

DavRob60

-3

Q: Why was I savagely killed because I was supposedly cheating?

This story actually happened to me more than 10 years ago. I was playing Diablo multiplier and I found a sword laying on the floor. I think the name of the sword was "king's sword of whatever" or something like that. Anyway, this sword was incredible. I quickly progressed through levels into a d...

multiplayer diablo

Nick T

the only things remaining are "RPG", "80s", "on", "?" and "I"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavRob60 There's a comment on your question that explains the down votes pretty well I think.

DavRob60

01:17

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm sure if someone actually played that game back then he could explain me what hapenned.

LessPop_MoreFizz

You're asking us to explain the motivations of another players reaction to an event, the details of which your memory is fairly sketchy to begin with.

It's fairly vague, and not really comprehensively answerable as far as I can tell.

@DavRob60 I played the game back then. I have no clue.

Shinrai

@DavRob60 Put another way, basically your question is asking people to read the mind of that player who was a jerk, and we can't do that

Probably he was a jerk and that's all there is to it

DavRob60

@Shinrai but I though it was quite common at the time

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavRob60 What, being called a cheater because you had an awesome item, and then PK'd? Super common.

But an answer of "You had an awesome item, in a game in which item duplication and trainers were rampant" isn't a particularly useful answer.

And it's the best answer you're going to get, which tells me it isn't a particularly good question.

fbueckert

@DavRob60 And speculation isn't what we do here, I'm afraid.

That's why I downvoted.

DavRob60

01:23

@LessPop_MoreFizz I think it's that, someone with a trainer duplicated the sword and let it on the ground. the someone was playing the police and killed me for that.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DavRob60 Could be. We have no way of knowing.

DavRob60

@fbueckert Anyway, I deleted the question.

LessPop_MoreFizz

It's all just speculation, and goes well beyond the purview of what makes for a good question.

DavRob60

ok, good night!

Ktash

It's funny how different Scifi's content is from ours, considering the overwhelming (potential) overlap with the two

agent86

01:27

@EBongo I've got Limbo and Toki Tori both on steam. I don't know if they're on XBLA or not though.

@BenBrocka genre doesn't matter, but bonus points if it's rated E-ish

@MarkTrapp I have played most of the good content on the Xbox 360. Mostly looking for exclusive PS3 games.

fbueckert

@DavRob60 Sorry, man. I don't like downvoting genuine questions.

agent86

I can get some sort of ghost recon beta code... woo?

Ktash

@agent86 I'm... sorry?

Ben Brocka

@agent86 Flow/er and the pixeljunk games are all E rated and enjoyable by kids (Flow and some pixeljunk games are even coop)

Scott Pilgrim vs The World is a GREAT beat 'em up game, one of my favs with great coop

Ktash

Did "downvoted -> delete -> regain rep" rules change?

Ben Brocka

01:36

there's plants vs zombies if yoiu haven't got it elsewhere

@agent86 Burnout Paradise is fairly cheap and a great, high quality racing game (not PSN only but very cheap on PSN)

EBongo

This talk of Diablo brings me back to the good old days when I was a young punk on the Battlenetz. I recall being at a friend's house in which he'd installed some kind of hackz. We stood in the middle of town, drew wall after wall of flame, summoned some kind of hydra things. It was - wrong. My penance is to have to play against similar punks in every online multiplayer game until the end of time.

Ktash

@EBongo ... That was you?!?!

EBongo

@Ktash It was... I am sorry. Lol.

Ben Brocka

Costume Quest is a good quick RPG, E rated. Worms 2 Armagedon is Worms, so I recommend it. Super Stardust is awesome and another E rated one. If you can stand crazy hard games, Hard Corps Uprising is a very good Contra inspired game, and the Gundeomium games are superb examples of Bullet Hell

Fluttershy

@agent86 Limbo is on XBLA.

user2334

01:39

@Ktash Hard to say. What do you currently expect them to be?

Ben Brocka

Running down the list those are the ones that stand out to me. The Castlevania game is fun but a totally unbalanced grind fest in some ways...it's also on XBLA tho

Ktash

@MarkTrapp Rep is returned? It's been a while since I deleted one (and this one was closed, so I thought it would self delete) but I lost 4 rep and gained 1 on delete

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka Who/what are we suggesting games for?

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy PSN games for @agent86

user2334

@Ktash Link?

Fluttershy

01:40

@agent86 Do you like old school RPGs?

Ben Brocka

Shank 2 is fun but the no saving/continuing mid levelthing really kills it for me...

Ktash

@MarkTrapp gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/47173/…

user2334

@Ktash Anything over 60 days old before deletion should be rep-locked

user2334

Blog - Stack Exchange: Reputation and Historical Archives

Shog9 on March 05, 2012

If you’ve been around Meta Stack Overflow the past few days, you’ve seen a fair bit of conversation sparked by the recent changes to how reputation is calculated:

To be clear: reputation values are not changing, every action in the system is still worth the same amount. Here’s what will be different:

Your reputation will be correct at all times

Deletions will have a much more immediate effect on reputation, not waiting on a recalc (but reputation sync takes up to 5 minutes on a delete/undelete action; as to not block the user’s response thread, it’s offloaded to a background queue) …

agent86

@BenBrocka yeah, I have smashed paradise into a thousand tiny pieces on the xbox

user2334

01:43

@Ktash Although it's not clear if it's 3 score or greater and 60 days old, or 3 score or greater or 60 days old. If your rep changed, then my money's on the former.

Ktash

@MarkTrapp See, I understood that as and, not or

Ben Brocka

@agent86 heh, same here

agent86

@Fluttershy I can get down with an old school RPG now and again

user2334

@Ktash Hm, if that question wasn't rep-locked, you should've lost 5 rep and gained 6.

Ktash

@MarkTrapp Wait, it had upvotes (it was a long time ago)

Fluttershy

01:45

@agent86 Try Suikoden on the PSN. One of my favorite RPGs ever.

user2334

@Ktash Right, one up vote and 3 downvotes

Ktash

@MarkTrapp Oh, well that will be it then. I thought it was straight down haha... It was a bad question I figured would be deleted after being closed for so long

Ben Brocka

@agent86 if you spot any games on PS+ for free* that you want you might want to get a subscription, I got it and kept it because the free games and easily worth it, lots of free PS1 games, game trials and free PSN releases too. Only get to keep them as long as you have PS+, but well worth $50 a year if you download and play maybe a game a month.

If you're considering PS1 games and you haven't played Parasite Eve, get Parasite Eve

user2334

Isn't it $50 every year?

Ben Brocka

They also have most of square's popular games

EBongo

01:47

@agent86 Have you player the God of War series? Older titles may or may not run on your PS3, but I believe are available digitally.

Ben Brocka

@MarkTrapp yeah, $50 a year, definately not worth $50 a month :P

But $4 a month...

LessPop_MoreFizz

Did Dragon Quarter ever get reissued as a download from Sony?

Fluttershy

Tera might be one of the creepiest MMOs I've ever seen...

LessPop_MoreFizz

My favorite underrated old Sony exclusive game.

user2334

@BenBrocka It was even better last year, when it was $50 for 15 months. Definitely don't regret the purchase

Ben Brocka

01:48

@LessPop_MoreFizz wasn't that PS2? They have very few PS2 games on PSN, usually huge games like God of War

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy There are many adjectives I would use to describe TERA, but creepy isn't one of them. (Unless you mean in terms of the sort of players drawn to the character models the game is full of, in which case, I agree 1000%)

Ben Brocka

@MarkTrapp yeah, I got that deal too, way worth it and got me hooked

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka Yeah, it was PS2

agent86

@EBongo oh indeed. I plan on playing the 3rd here pretty soon, gamefly willing. I have cleared the first two in my PS2 days.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Dragon Quarter was the best game.

Ben Brocka

01:49

@LessPop_MoreFizz they're douchebags about releasing the more obscure titles. Usually Japan is the only one to get them

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm referring in particular to the Elin race.

LessPop_MoreFizz

so very neglected.

Ben Brocka

In fact I was suprised to see Parasite Eve get released

LessPop_MoreFizz

It broke all the rules for both the series it's part of, and the genre as a whole, and it was better for it.

Ben Brocka

Amazing underrated game

LessPop_MoreFizz

01:50

@BenBrocka PEve is not underrated. It was a huge seller.

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz never played the breath of fire games...

@LessPop_MoreFizz really? No one talked about it that I knew of, except for a couple people who loved it

EBongo

@agent86 In my opinion the 3rd does not disapoint. You know what you came to do. I especially appreciated the additional Titan involvement. Replaying out the Titans vs. Gods thing seemed a cool concept to me.

Ben Brocka

I guess I was 8 when it came out, so I wasn't too up on the sales figures

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka It moved over two million units.

agent86

@EBongo I believe you previously mentioned it being relatively over the top.

Ktash

01:52

on ME3, is there anyway to check my war assets mid-mission?

Ben Brocka

Well, good. sort of surprised a non-final fantasy RPG sold that much

@Ktash don't think so

Ktash

Crap!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka The first 4 are basically a series of the most cliched JRPGs ever. They're pinnacles of the form in a lot of ways, but super cliche, plus, the series has it's own cliches. Dragon Quarter on the other hand... is... radically different.

Ben Brocka

pretty sure the only way to check is that computer on the normandy

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka PEve was basically marketed as heavily as any Final Fantasy title.

Ktash

01:53

Just found out I can't have both legion and tali, and I loose so much when I finish that mission and kill one of them.... :/

Ben Brocka

Huh. I was still huge into nintendo so I only followed those releases back then. Only heard of PE from a friend

@Ktash ytou CAN keep them both, but it's very tricky and depends on ME2's events

EBongo

@agent86 It is, if you are a fan of the series I don't know how anything else would be really satisfying. The one thing that was particularly over the top was the once per game notorious mini-game. But then there is no part of the game that is remotely PG, so why change suit there.

Ben Brocka

well, both Geth and Quarians, not Legion

Ktash

@BenBrocka That's what I mean by I can't keep both geth and quarians

and yes, legion keeps saying he's not legion

I don't believe him ;)

Ben Brocka

@Ktash is it the VI or actually legion?

agent86

01:55

@EBongo indeed. I expect it won't disappoint!

Ktash

VI

Ben Brocka

The VI is basically a poor ripoff of Legion...so bad that it subtitles it as Legion once or twice

Ktash

Well, either way, I think I'm going to kill his entire species so...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka Also, while 2 million is a lot, it isn't that much better than other non-FF JRPG's of the era: Legend of Dragoon did 1.2 mil, Xenogears did 1.1, Chrono Cross shipped 1.5m before it's Greatest Hits reissue...

Ktash

this also pretty much kills my ability to get 4k+ war assets :/

Ben Brocka

01:57

@LessPop_MoreFizz I guess I just got the impression because 1 out of 100 of my friends ever referred to ANY non-FF RPG

or SMRPG

LessPop_MoreFizz

That said, Final Fantasy numbers are substantially higher than that, being more in the 5-10million units range.

Ben Brocka

@Ktash If you're playing multiplayer too you should have no problem getting the "best" ending unless you royally screwed something else up

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka I think this is a case of age. P:Eve was marketed at an older audience. You said you were 8 when it was released?

Ben Brocka

I only got the Geth and got tthe "best" ending on accident

Ktash

@BenBrocka Alright, well I will keep it in mind

LessPop_MoreFizz

01:59

Because I was 15, and it was definitely everywhere.

Ktash

I don't play much mp, so I'm only at like 80%

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz and I think I got it when I was more like 11, so that might explain it. I think I got PE2 first or at the same time

@Ktash 80% is plenty

I DID do almost all side quests though

Ktash

Also, my striker achievement is locked, and yet I have 25/25 melee kills lol

I've done most all

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also, stop making me feel old you jerks.

Ben Brocka

lol

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:00

@BenBrocka Yeah, the sequels didn't do as well. Partly because they weren't as good.

Ktash

@LessPop_MoreFizz link

Wow, that's really big...

LessPop_MoreFizz

That said, P:Eve is actually an interesting comparison to Dragon Quarter, as it's a definite Antecedent of the latter games combat mechanics IMO.

@Ktash TBQH, anything between The Matrix and The Little Mermaid works on me.

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz was there more than PE2? I liked PE2 as well, but it was more of a standard survival horror game

Though the spells were fun

Ktash

@LessPop_MoreFizz All except the top (who cares about snakes on a plane) work for me...

LessPop_MoreFizz

Everything between those two, I saw in theaters.

StrixVaria

02:03

I have never played Shadow of the Colossus but have been interested in learning about it. I found this speed-run and was wondering if this will at least give me an idea of what it's about or if a speed run doesn't do the game justice (like SM64).

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Ktash Shrek/Finding Nemo/Revenge of the Sith don't work on me because I don't consider any of them part of 'my childhood'. (Except insofar as RotS ruins my childhood.)

@StrixVaria A speed run does not do the game justice.

Ktash

@LessPop_MoreFizz I saw everything after and including Jurassic Park in theaters

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ok :(

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria A big part of SoTC is the way the game teaches you to play it.

StrixVaria

Ah ok.

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:04

Without that experience, it's severely cheapened.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Shadow of the Colossus is a game that must be played by everyone. It's one of the best experiences I've had as a gamer.

Ktash

@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't consider them part of my "childhood" (all of them at least), but I consider them to be newer than listed

StrixVaria

It's PS2?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka Yeah, there was a third. PSP only iirc.

@StrixVaria Yep.

StrixVaria

Hm. $20 and D3 comes out in 2 weeks. I don't think I can justify that.

Fluttershy

02:05

@StrixVaria SotC was re-released on the PS3.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria You can play SoTC in less than two weeks easily.

John

So, yesterday Marco told me he was "almost ready" with setting me up an account on the Game On server, but now he's talking about a web-based control panel that sounds like it would remove the need for me to have an account. I'm not sure if I should bug him and see what's going on. :\

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz wonder if it's on the PSN, hadn't heard of it

StrixVaria

Maybe I'll find a blind Let's Play or something instead.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I almost want to buy it for you just so you'll actually play it...

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:06

@StrixVaria There was a good LP on the SA forums, lemme see if it's archived.

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy If you do feel so compelled, know that I don't own a PS3.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Actually, Hell, if you can meet me in Secaucus on an evening sometime in the next few weeks when I make one of my treks out there I'll loan you my copy.

StrixVaria

It would have to be the PS2 version.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Hahaha I don't usually go that far north. I appreciate the thought though!

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Do you own a ps2?

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Yep.

Ben Brocka

02:08

Bah, it's not on PSN, must be disc only. I gave up discs even when I used my PSP

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria [email protected] E-mail me your mailing address.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria lparchive.org/Shadow-of-the-Colossus is a good LP, it's not blind, but it's offset by having awesome detailed and informative commentary.

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz Thanks. I'll check it out

EBongo

@agent86 Here's a list of PSN exclusives psnstores.com/2011/06/psnstores-top-25-psn-exclusives/7

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy I think I don't want you to spend $20 on a game I probably won't be able to finish.

Even if LPMF is confident it can be done in 2 weeks, I doubt I could do it in 2 weeks.

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:09

@StrixVaria Why wouldn't you be able to finish it?

It's a super short game.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I'll just mail you my copy.

agent86

@EBongo sweeeet

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Haha if you insist.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I loaned @DerpyHooves my Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 just so she could play them. =P

EBongo

02:10

I've often wondered about Shadow of the Colossus. A lot of love out on the webz for that game.

Fluttershy

6 mins ago, by Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Shadow of the Colossus is a game that must be played by everyone. It's one of the best experiences I've had as a gamer.

user15026

@Fluttershy @StrixVaria He did. Once my life stops being upside down and throwing craziness and change and such at me, I will get back to playing them.

user15026

(In short, @Fluttershy, you are awesome)

EBongo

@Fluttershy Yes, I'll include you on the list of people that love it. ;)

LessPop_MoreFizz

I should do that with my copy of Dragon Quarter.

More people need to have played that game.

fbueckert

02:12

@DerpyHooves I don't even know @Fluttershy, and I agree with this statement.

Anypony who lends out Kingdom Hearts, is, by definition, awesome.

3

user15026

@fbueckert This. I am having fantastic fun with the games, I really am. :D

fbueckert

@DerpyHooves When I first of the concept, Final Fantasy + Disney, I was sort of meh.

Then I started, and was hooked in the intro cinematic.

Utada Hikaru has beautiful music.

murgatroid99

@Fluttershy If I had a PS2 or PS3, I would play it

user15026

@fbueckert haha that is actually what hooked me - I am a sucker for cute things like that. (I play katamari and snoopy's street fair and cooking mama etc for that reason)

Ben Brocka

ASH IS LIKE THE COMMON COLD. HE’S WEAK AND THERE'S SNOT COMING OUT HIS NOSE AND EVERYONE AVOIDS HIM AND TAKES DRUGS TO MAKE HIM GO AWAY.

Tweeted by Gary_Oak_ on December 14, 2011 at 11:36 AM

fbueckert

02:15

@DerpyHooves I thought the game was going to be very kiddish. That didn't appeal to me at all. And then somebody lent me the first game.

user15026

@fbueckert I like it because there is ways that you can have crazy strategy....or you can be like me and run around and mash all the buttons.

fbueckert

@DerpyHooves Well, there isn't that much strategy. Mashing buttons more or less works. And then you Thundaga groups.

Fluttershy

soundcloud.com/rob-cantor/shia-labeouf

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Is it him saying "no" over and over?

user15026

@Fluttershy ...O.O ?! I don't even...

Fluttershy

02:20

@StrixVaria Not even close.

Shinrai

Belatedly, I agree with all the SotC love. You.Should.Play.This.Game

Fluttershy

@DerpyHooves My friend sent me that. My reply was, "... I don't even have enough wat to give..."

Steve V.

@Fluttershy - i've been listening to that song for the last two days

user15026

@Fluttershy I think that about sums it up, yes.

fbueckert

@Shinrai I'm pretty sure I have it on my gameshelf somewhere. Never played it, though.

Fluttershy

02:22

@SteveV Hipster. =P

Steve V.

No, it's ok, it was cool then too.

Fluttershy

lol

Shinrai

@fbueckert I have like 40 PS2 games on my shelf to get through, so no shame there. (I've moved to PCSX2 because they look so bad on an HDTV though...)

Fluttershy

@fbueckert I reserved my copy about a year before launch, and then rode 5 and a half hours with the store manager to pick up his store's copies... <.< I was first in line.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Now this is dedication.

user15026

02:24

@Fluttershy That is ridiculously awesome. hat tip

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy The closest I ever came to doing anything like that was waiting in line for 6 hours to get a Wii at the Toys 'R' Us in NYC. And I only did that because it was 1 per customer and a friend wanted 2 so he paid me to wait in line for him.

Fluttershy

@DerpyHooves I do what I can.

EBongo

Do images 1 box?

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I did it for the 360 launch, too. Stood in line at Walmart for 9 hours.

agent86

@EBongo normally, yes

Fluttershy

02:25

@EBongo Usually.

EBongo

I have a pic with some colorful language that is definitely NSFW. How would I force that to just a link?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@EBongo [words](insert URL here )

Fluttershy

@EBongo Just type [NSFW]( website )

Lazers

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Q: Is there a cap on how powerful you can make "fortify enchanting"?

I was wondering if you made an enchantment: "fortify enchanting" with 100 enchanting, all enchanting perks, with a grand soul gem. than you could equip the item and repeat first step for unlimited enchanting power. I need to know if there is a cap on this.

skyrim

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Q: Halo 2 for WinVista - only WinVista?

I have Halo 2 for Windows Vista and am considering upgrading to Win7. My question is, will Halo 2 run on Windows 7, or is it WinVista only?

pc backwards-compatibility halo-2

EBongo

In the process of reading Fez answers Sean linked me to this: NSFW . Part of me can't believe the Dev said that, part of me can totally believe the Dev said that.

agent86

02:28

@EBongo yeah, he's had some not nice things to say about other developers from what I hear

Fluttershy

@EBongo Looks like I'll be avoiding that game.

user15026

@EBongo Wow. Not a game I was really considering, but now, even less so.

StrixVaria

Every single detail I learned about Fez has made me want to play it less.

Including questions and answers on the site.

EBongo

@Fluttershy @DerpyHooves The game itself is awesome, and involves no profanity. But the fact this guy made it does tarnish it some.

murgatroid99

@Fluttershy you don't want to get a game because the dev is an asshole?

StrixVaria

02:30

@murgatroid99 Similar: EA.

user15026

@StrixVaria This is true - I look at the content here and I am like...wow. This game...does not look like fun for me. It looks like an exercise in pointless ARGH.

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria yeah, but EA is assholes that do bad things

Fluttershy

@murgatroid99 Because the dev is an asshole when he has absolutely no reason to be? Yes. There's a difference between being an asshole and being an arrogant dick.

EBongo

@murgatroid99 I agree. Possibly many games I've enjoyed were made by jerks. I'm looking at you - Infinity Ward.

user2334

@StrixVaria Not that I have an Xbox 360, but the quality of the Fez content on the site definitely was a shock

EBongo

02:31

@MarkTrapp Poor quality you mean?

StrixVaria

@MarkTrapp I was more talking about the content. It seems like a game that is full of frustrating puzzles that I would have no patience for.

EBongo

@MarkTrapp I refused to look at it while I played the game, but as I've gone back I've found it fairly good. Possibly due to the diligent editing of the G.SE community.

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria yeah, there is that. I would probably still be staring at the game confused if not for this site

user15026

@StrixVaria This. I am looking at what the puzzles are and the arcane crap you have to do to solve them, and I am like....I know this game got all kinds of hype, but I do not get it.

user2334

@EBongo Yeah. I started to think about who it was marketed to. Like, with indie games, the initial hype is built by the author bragging about it to communities he or she is a part of.

user2334

02:34

@EBongo There was definitely heavy editing and pruning done by G.SE. The first round was awful

StrixVaria

@MarkTrapp How did it compare to that LoL disaster?

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria That LoL disaster is probably the worst thing that's ever happened to this site. Aside from Jo'nathan, or ronnie.

EBongo

@MarkTrapp Well, thanks then. I believe many/most of the questions are very valid, and it is the perfect type of game for the G.SE model. Unfortunately, it being new and arcade attracts a lot of folks that don't get the G.SE model - at least at first.

Fluttershy

@EBongo Side note: Super jealous of you having two Sakura Dragons...

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy agreed. Those LoL questions were not pro much

user2334

02:36

@StrixVaria I try to avoid the LoL section of the site, but what I did see was pretty bad, but a different bad. LoL stuff was normal MMO-type content you see on like Blizzard forums. The Fez content was the stuff you see on GameFAQs forums.

EBongo

@Fluttershy I believe @BenBrocka got 2 back to back. They definitely involved suffering. I only wish I had enough of a clue to try for the Clover Dragons when the time was ripe. I'm something of a fan of St. Patty's.

Fluttershy

@EBongo As am I. But.. I've tried 100+ times for a Sakura dragon, and have gotten nothing...

StrixVaria

I have unfortunately been reduced to browsing Blizzard's D3 forums recently. The people there, man. Ugh.

user2334

@EBongo It looked to me like a regular indie puzzler a la Braid, which usually only attracts a few questions and from people who are used to asking questions in the Gaming.SE model. Still don't understand why it was so popular with new users

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp the puzzles were really obtuse and obscure

Shinrai

02:40

I am really interested in Fez. No 360, though.

EBongo

@MarkTrapp Well I think timing matters. G.SE has HUGE SEO. If Braid dropped today I think it would create virtually the same response - although Braid was a little more straightforward in my opinion.

StrixVaria

So far, not even to the first colossus in this LP, the gameplay is reminding me very much of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

Shinrai

Although the more I hear about how unfair it is, the LESS interested I am, oddly.

StrixVaria

Which is a good thing, because that game was awesome.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Wasn't it Soul Reaver?

murgatroid99

02:41

@EBongo a lot more straightforward except for a few puzzles

Shinrai

@Fluttershy It was

StrixVaria

I typed that first, but I couldn't remember.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Also, while watching an LP is great, actually playing the game is amazing, I've never had a game instill such a feeling of hopelessness or dread.

Shinrai

@Fluttershy I used to spend literally hours just exploring. There is so much interesting terrain.

EBongo

@murgatroid99 Well of course - the Stars were actually impossibly hard. But they were so obscure I didn't even know about them till like a year after I'd finished the game - but then, that was before G.SE.

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:42

@Fluttershy Or wonder. especially wonder.

StrixVaria

I liked the idea of Ico more than I actually liked the game.

I have a feeling SotC is going to be the same.

EBongo

@murgatroid99 My first question would have been "WTF did the ending to Braid mean?" It made me feel stupid, because I never get deep thoughts like that.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Wonder, yes. But I mean... Here you are, on your horse, riding along, and then you see this beast 100x your size? C'mon... You feel so hopeless.

Shinrai

@StrixVaria I felt the same way about Ico, but not SotC. For what it's worth

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria did you ever play Castlevania: Lords of Shadow?

StrixVaria

02:45

@Fluttershy No, I've never played any of the Castlevania games.

My console gaming repertoire is quite limited compared to my PC games.

Fluttershy

dies

StrixVaria

For the most part, growing up, I only ever played JRPGs on console.

I especially didn't play action games. Still not exactly a huge draw.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria On average, how much would you say you game each night?

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Nowadays? On average maybe an hour. Most of my gaming is on weekends.

But that's because I do 3 hours twice and don't play at all the other days.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Well, just going from Colossus to Colossus, you can beat the game in ~8 hours or less.

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:49

@Fluttershy And even with some exploration, and getting stuck on a few collossi you're maybe looking at 20 hrs.

EBongo

@BenBrocka Got my first Rainbow brewing.... Woo!

Ian Pugsley

James

@EBongo Methinks I got a dodo :)

waiting for it to hatch

Fluttershy

Week long Steam sale: Morrowind and Oblivion GotY Edition are 50% off.

StrixVaria

03:05

@Fluttershy I will never be able to play Oblivion again since Skyrim was superior in every conceivable way.

Morrowind is pretty neat, though.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Indeed it is.

Also, for anyone interested: Barefoot running is amazing.

StrixVaria

So in this LP, he uses the light from his sword to give him a general idea of where to go. Does that mean the colossi must be completed in order?

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Yes it does.

StrixVaria

I actually like that better.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Honestly, it's the only game I've ever played where I didn't once say, "Ehh... This part kinda sucks." I consider it a perfect game.

Raven Dreamer

03:10

@LessPopMoreFizz So. Skyrim DLC. For reals, this time.

Nick T

is FF a JRPG?

Raven Dreamer

Why did...

StrixVaria

@NickT Yes.

Raven Dreamer

did Guild Wars 2 just install itself on my desktop?

Nick T

or is it more JRPGy in later games?

StrixVaria

03:12

It helped define what JRPG is.

Nick T

or has it always defined JRPG

Raven Dreamer

@NickT The amount of buckles per character increases, yes.

Nick T

ah

StrixVaria

You can see the evolution of JRPG over time by looking at Final Fantasy games.

Nick T

what's a buckle

Fluttershy

03:13

@NickT Belt buckle.

Nick T

don't get it

Shinrai

Now, now, Nomura doesn't work on EVERY game

Fluttershy

@NickT Each character had an increasing number of unnecessary belt buckles in their design.

StrixVaria

Shinrai

@NickT It's a joke about character designs in JRPGs. Especially Tetsua Nomura designs.

...and I was just about to cite Lulu as the best example

lol

Nick T

03:14

or ezreal?

did not know of this trope

Shinrai

Kinda like that, yeah

Nick T

now I will probably not stop seeing it

Shinrai

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooManyBelts

Nick T

and EverythingsBetterWithZippers, apparently

Raven Dreamer

@NickT Ezreal looks like he's wearing a climbing harness, though.

Why he's doing that is debatable, but that's def. what it is.

Fluttershy

03:21

@RavenDreamer He's an explorer. <.< I'd say a climbing harness is useful when exploring.

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy Most folks take those off when they're not climbing, though. It, ah. Tends to pinch.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer Yes. Yes it does...

Lazers

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Q: Do event Pokémon have EV points?

Do event Pokémon (e.g., those listed at Serebii) receive any EV points (e.g., the ones that come at level 100)? Or they are like captured Pokémon?

pokemon

Lazers

04:24

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Q: How can the shortcut doors be used effectively?

Throughout the game you come across "shortcut" doors marked with intersecting squares. Is there any way to predict where these doors will take you without just going through? It seems they are intended as a shortcut, yet they don't seem to show a preview of the destination like normal doors, an...

fez

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Q: Which races have unique VO's for dragon shouts?

I dusted off Skyrim in anticipation of the upcoming DLC, and started anew with an Argonian. After I killed my first dragon, however, I was a little startled to discover that Hermaphroditic Tree-Lizards sound exactly like Nords - when shouting, anyway. I found this odd, considering the Khajit do h...

skyrim audio

James

04:40

@StrixVaria Wow I have not seen that picture in such a long time.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer why would you answer an obvious dupe.

Lazers

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Q: Skyrim, it's going to be the end of me. HELP!

Okay, i know this is going to sound weird but i have major Gaming OCD. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gaming%20OCD) Just for the ones who don't understand what the hell that is. I just ordered Skyrim and it hasn't arrived yet, but i'm really worried that it's going to be a bad g...

skyrim quests character-build oblivion role-playing-game

Fluttershy

@Lazers Tags! Tags everywhere.

Yi Jiang

Math.SE just started their elections this year

murgatroid99

04:59

@Lazers I haven't played Skyrim, but I have a feeling that trying to 100% everything in it is not a good plan

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