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3:01 PM
3 TICKETS BOUGHT
 
THAT WAS SO STRESSFUL
 
@FEichinger I JUST LINKED THAT
 
@OrigamiRobot I thought you only needed 2.
 
@ShotgunNinja Yeh, yeh, fuck my C&P.
 
3:02 PM
Maybe the stress is from a high pressured ticket salesman?
 
@StrixVaria I bought an extra in case @IanPugsley decides he likes Night Vale by Oct 17th
 
Primelax.
Gyaratoise.
You don't wanna know the name of this one.
 
Didn't we go through this phase a couple months ago?
 
Yep. I'm the eternal slowpoke.
 
@ShotgunNinja @GnomeSlice does.
 
3:16 PM
@fbueckert It will repeat as long as it remains a thing.
 
Poorly programmed web sites make me stabby!
 
Also the full list of Pokemon weren't available when we first ran this.
 
When an edit fails, DON'T CLEAR THE ENTIRE FRIGGIN PAGE!
 
@GraceNote So I have several years worth of Friday RB linking to look forward to, don't I?
 
@fbueckert You thought otherwise?
 
3:17 PM
@GraceNote I suppose my hope for humanity is optimistic to the extreme.
 
@fbueckert You thought otherwise?
 
@GraceNote Quit destroying my optimistic attitude that humanity might actually be worth saving!
 
@StrixVaria ?
 
NO PAYPAL DEFAULTED TO MY OLD ADDRESS FOR SOME REASON AUGH
MY TICKETS ARE GOING TO BE SENT TO THE WRONG PLACE
 
3:27 PM
@BenBrocka Oh, wicked.
I see a bunch of good stuff in here.
Bridge It
Croixleur
 
Bunny Must Die got greenlight!
 
Constant C
 
Armikrog too
 
Darkout
Black Annex
 
@GnomeSlice Just quietly think to yourself what a portmanteau of Squirtle and Nidoqueen would look like (or look at @BenBroka's message).
 
3:28 PM
I note lots of Kickstarter stuff and lots of stuff already available elsewhere
 
@StrixVaria ...er... nasty.
 
Ooh, Flightless actually got greenlit.
 
@BenBrocka FLIGHTLESS
@GraceNote CURSES
 
also freedom planet
 
inFlux, Knytt Underground
MEGABYTE PUNCH
 
3:29 PM
Unlocks in 2 hours.
Still no known price.
 
HOLY SHIT
Megabyte Punch got greenlit!
And NEOScavenger!
 
#WiiU Deluxe suggested retail price lowering to $299.99 on 9/20!
 
@GnomeSlice What about that game yesterday that I was asking about?
 
OMEGALODON
 
If you didn't know, the Deluxe version is the one you want if you want a Wii U, the basic is bleh
 
3:30 PM
Hol yshit this list is amazing, Toribash, Risk of Rain
@StrixVaria It was called... um...
 
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Q: Origin, 1 account, 2 games, played on the same time on 2 different computers

GabbenI have Battlefield 3 and Sims3 on my origin account. My gf wants to play Sims on her pc, and I want to play BF3 online on my pc at the same time. Is it possible?

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Q: What happens if you die in A Dark Room?

scienceguyzI had some good stuff on me and ran out of water. Is there a loot bag I can go pick up or is it lost forever?

 
@GnomeSlice I really hope this is a sign of things to come, not a one-time backlog kind of thing
 
A lot of these games are fucking great.
ooooo Running with Rifles!
I wonder if I get a steam key
 
Ask the dev; the humble-bundle purchases usually include a steam key when availible though
 
@BenBrocka I bought it on Desura
@StrixVaria Oh, Great Permutator?
 
3:34 PM
@GnomeSlice Sounds right.
 
... doesn't look like it. =[
 
Nintendo no what are you doing nintendo you are drunk
 
@GnomeSlice The beginning reminds me of Habbo hotel
 
3:36 PM
@BenBrocka wat
 
@BenBrocka I thought this was a troll at first.
 
I... why?
 
That's...not good. It's too big to be transportable.
 
@fbueckert I thought it was a shitty photoshop
It's only $30 cheaper than a normal DS too
 
And will be too big to properly hold, too.
 
3:36 PM
@BenBrocka What the actual fuck?
Why doesn't it fold?
 
You better spend that $30 on some carpal tunnel therapy
 
@StrixVaria Because 2D.
 
DID I TIME TRAVEL TO APRIL?
 
@StrixVaria Apparently because it saves them a whole $30 in manufacturing costs
They're launching it the same day as Pokemon X/Y so expect a lot of bewildered parents to buy them so their kids can play the new pokerman
 
It DOES play 3DS games.
So if anything, it's a super cheap 3DS.
 
3:38 PM
Yeah, that's the point
 
@BenBrocka Looks like it's more designed for children. No moving parts, and it's... rounded?
 
But for $30 more you get something much more portable and easier to hold
 
@fbueckert slightly cheaper*
 
Also is that just the picture or is it actually narrower at the bottom than top?
 
> Let’s have the consumer have access to all of these great games – Mario Kart 7, Animal Crossing – but do it in a 2D capability with a device that has a dramatically lower price point. That’s just an example of how we’re always thinking about, ‘how do we get more people playing games? How do we get more people playing Nintendo games?’”
 
3:40 PM
@StrixVaria How much is a regular 3DS going for now?
 
Oh holy shit it actually removes 3D screens but not the 3D camera, which probably would have been more cost-savings (but probably would limit game compatability)
 
@fbueckert Last I saw was $179.99 for normal, $199.99 for XL. In USD.
 
@fbueckert 159€
 
@GraceNote So you're still saving at least $50.
I suppose super cheap depends on your definition of how much you're saving.
 
"Let's release a 2D version!" "Great idea! And then we'll make it giant and bulky so you can't comfortably fit it in your hands or pocket!"
 
3:41 PM
No it's $30 compared to the normal size one
 
@fbueckert Yeah. Actually kinda makes me regret that I just bought an XL not too long ago.
Somewhat. I'd kinda need to hold one to be really sure.
 
@GraceNote I'm happy with my XL. It gets a little heavy for long gaming sessions, but otherwise, it's fine.
 
@fbueckert The size ain't much an issue to me because I don't nearly travel as much as I used to, and these days I carry enough luggage that a larger carry item isn't an issue to me.
 
Also the ideal viewing angle for both DS screens has them at different angles in my experience
 
Plus, it's a bigger screen on the XL was the main reason we got it.
 
3:42 PM
@fbueckert also Chroma Squad got the Greenlight.
 
unless this has different viewing handles, one screen will always look weird
 
Am I the only one around here who only owns a PC for gaming?
 
@3ventic Maybe at the moment but definitely not amongst the whole of the community.
 
also the touch page seems like you'll no longer be able to use it for your thumb
 
@3ventic Gamers need to game.
 
3:43 PM
I only use a PC to game and I type chat messages using my tablet and my pinkie toe because I hate myself
 
At some point in Arqade's history I was almost convinced I was the only console gamer, haha.
 
I just get whatever lets me play the games I want to play.
 
Vlambeer on the 2DS:
 
My PC at home is currently scanning the whole of Mun to determine the optimal location to build my mining base.
 
Who the hell designed this shit?
 
3:44 PM
So, technically, I am gaming right now.
 
Wacky Nintendo sitcom starring the 2DS, GBA Micro, and Wii Mini
I stay out of gamer shit like this as a rule, but as a father of a six year old: little kids do not keep electronics in their pockets dudes
 
@fbueckert in the meanwhile I crashed my first launched rocket into the ocean..
 
Um is it just me or does anyone remember taking their game boy, GBA/SP and their DS in their pockets a LOT?
 
@3ventic As a first rocket, that's pretty darn good.
My first rocket unceremoniously exploded on the launch pad. It was awesome.
 
@fbueckert First in a few months that is. The game has changed a lot since I got to the Mun last time (which is when I kind of quit)
 
3:47 PM
@BenBrocka I carried my GBC in my pockets.
DS Lite too.
 
100 titles greenlit...and Tower of Guns didn't move up in the ranks at all...? That's a shame.
baaaaaaahhhhhhhh
 
@3ventic Fun fact: for all I play, I have yet to land anywhere but the Mun.
I spend all my time focusing on neat things like space stations and mining bases.
And building crazy contraptions like my revolver satellite launcher.
 
@BenBrocka Jacket/coat pocket, yes.
 
@fbueckert Technically I landed on the Mun, but there wasn't much left of my rocket :D I forgot that parachutes need an atmosphere :|
 
@BenBrocka When you were six? An iPod doesn't even fit in my kids pockets.
 
3:49 PM
@3ventic Any landing you can walk away counts.
 
@BenBrocka The 2DS is for kids 7 and under
 
That reminds me, I have some Kerbals stranded on another area of Mun that need rescuing.
 
@GnomeSlice Even more reason for it to be a clamshell.
 
@fbueckert I'm not sure if Jebediah was walking at that point. He pretty much flew straight down next to the rocket debris..
 
@OrigamiRobot What?
 
3:50 PM
@JasonBerkan I guess...and then in a couple years you have to buy a new one? Still seems dumb. Also small hands seem like a disaster for that design come to think of it
 
So kids can break it?
 
I have big hands and it seems like it would be hard to hold
 
@GnomeSlice To protect the screens and buttons.
 
@OrigamiRobot Presumably it's built for that.
 
@GnomeSlice It's a resistive touch screen. It's so easy to damage.
 
3:51 PM
It's presumably built for parents who don't know what they're doing but this thing says it's great for young kids I'll take 4
 
Also, how is that an argument? "It's probably not a big deal"
 
This day is super weird. #2DS #EthanCrackedWTF #Greenlight100
 
@BenBrocka I'm mostly concerned about the shoulder buttons.
 
@GraceNote All of the buttons seem in pretty terrible spots
 
3:53 PM
Imagine trying to switch your right hand from the face buttons to the touchpad
 
@BenBrocka I think this is where we evolve to develop long stylus-like noses.
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I FEEL SO SORRY FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO ASK FOR 3DSES FOR CHRISTMAS AND GET THE 2DS FROM THEIR GRANDMAS
@GraceNote So THAT'S how red pikmin evolved
 
I never use 3D on my 3DS
 
@Sterno Do you ever fold it in half?
 
I also feel sorry for all the kids that will be getting the Wii Mini instead of a wii/wii u
 
3:57 PM
Yes.
 
You guys know it's aimed at kids right
 
Though if I couldn't I probably wouldn't care.
 
I will in fact be purchasing the world's first fully interactive doorstop. #2DS
 
I actually have a 3DS XL
 
Twitter is just ripping into this thing
 
3:58 PM
So it's already bulky.
 
The control layout bothers me much more than the lack of 2D or even folding (though folding is partly what allows the controls)
 
@BenBrocka I agree. That control layout looks bad.
 
@BenBrocka The lack of 2D I think is fine, and the lack of folding isn't an issue to me (resulting layout aside).
 
Also the screen viewing angles, I enver use the 3DS completely flat because the viewing seems optimal at the "snap" just before totally flat
 
"Flat" setups of those things always felt more like I'm snapping the thing in half, rather than setting it at a proper angle.
 
4:00 PM
Yeah, and the colors are off a bit on the top screen if you hold it normally otherwise
 
Given the wedge shape of the machine, putting a little recess for the touch pad seems viable.
 
That is true as well. So, no folding = bad. No 3D = who the hell cares?
 
What?
Is that a ds that doesn't fold?
The fuck?
 
Aww. Pokemon X/Y got pushed back a couple days.
 
The 2DS is definitely designed to be a home device for children, not a portable handheld.
 
4:01 PM
@Sterno I don't think anyone's actually complaining about lack of 3D
 
That is the stupidest damn thing I have seen
 
@FEichinger That and maybe for cars as well.
 
You'd need a pouch or a case for it, and it looks like it's gonna feel really awkward to hold.
 
They're releasing it along with Pokemon. Pokemon is not a gome device game, you bring it to your friends' houses or outside
 
4:02 PM
It looks to me like it's designed to rest on a table or the floor.
 
@GraceNote Yeh, flat, relatively stable surface, definitely no moving it around in a bag or something.
 
Like a kid reading a book on the floor.
 
Not sure the viewing angle would be any good for that
 
seems to work for books
 
@GnomeSlice Yeh, that looks about right.
 
4:03 PM
@GnomeSlice Saw another article making something like that
 
@FEichinger I win again.
 
@GnomeSlice Books don't have viewing angles
 
Maybe the screen is different or something
Maybe kids just don't care
 
@GnomeSlice Meh, I don't like that whole flat rectangle fad.
 
@FEichinger I love flat UI
 
4:04 PM
@FEichinger good news; we have a slanted rectangle just for you!
 
@BenBrocka No, I'm not gonna buy a 2DS.
 
In my day, our Gameboys were flat and awkward to hold, and we liked it!
 
@Sterno I still like it, but it just feels wrong for the price (and the life expectancy if it isn't treated "properly").
 
@Sterno Yeah but the button placement wasn't that bad...mostly because there weren't enough buttons for there to be bad placement
 
4:07 PM
@BenBrocka This as well.
 
@Wipqozn Man I'd have bought that bundle if I didn't already have one. But my bundle came with a pro controller anyway so I'm happy
I pro wouldn't have bought a pro controller otherwise and I actually really like it
Also how the hell was wii fit u not a launch title?
 
@BenBrocka Mostly it was awkward due to the small width.
But also, I have enormous hands. So there's that.
 
@Sterno Yeah, the GBA's design was much better
 
@BenBrocka Original or the flippy one?
 
IT's main flaw was no backlight though
@GnomeSlice Both, really. GBA was more comfortable to hold for longer but the backlight on the SP was magic for it's time
At least I think it was, it's been years since I've held a non-SP GBA
 
4:11 PM
@BenBrocka rechargeable battery on the sp was nice too
 
@Krazer right, that too
AA batteries suck
 
@GraceNote When do you start getting the option to continue doing dungeons instead of going back to town every time in Dragon's Crown? Also: Am I just too stupid to know how to use rune magic after the fairy starts coming with, or do you not start using it until a few dungeons later?
 
@Sterno That's what she said!
 
@Sterno When you do all the dungeons, and you haven't actually learned to use Rune Magic.
 
Oh, hell no. (Comments)
 
4:13 PM
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@RonanForman HEEEERES REGGIE
 
@GraceNote Thanks
 
@FEichinger Someone really needs to make that guy change his name.
 
@Sterno Oh you have DC?
 
4:13 PM
@BenBrocka He asked our only question on it so far.
 
@BenBrocka Yes, but I'm not too far into it. I think I've done 4 dungeons and am level 10
 
@GnomeSlice Nah, it's fine. It's stupid, but fine. But that first comment there is just ... no.
 
I was planning to get it if I had people to play with
 
@Sterno Oh geezers I thought you were at 6 already.
 
> +1 about license agreement, BUT you have 5 activations per game with Origin. Technically you're not violating it because you own the game and are playing one copy of one game on a separate computer than one copy of another game.
 
4:14 PM
Is Dragon's Crown the one with the ridiculous tits on the main character?
 
"Technically", what you're saying is bullshit.
 
How does the "leveling up stuff" work?
@GnomeSlice Yeah the Dwarf has pretty big pecs
 
@BenBrocka not this one?
 
@GraceNote I may have an inaccurate count. I just did the one that's got rooms with sleeping orcs in them.
 
@GnomeSlice If I wanted to be honest? One of the playables is the only character that doesn't?
 
4:15 PM
@GnomeSlice yeah that's dragon's crown. There's multiple player characters
 
@Sterno That is 4.
 
@GnomeSlice s/main character/EVERY FEMALE
 
Oh, okay.
Also that article is pretty interesting.
 
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Q: How to successfully win the rebellion?

Wojtek 'Charkz' HordyniecI'm playing as Poland at the beginning of CK2 without the Old gods expansion so 1066. A rebellion starts in Poland at the beginning of the game or 1 or 2 years after. What is the best way to successfully win the rebellion without screwing up vital battles. Or is there anyway of preventing the reb...

 
The Elf has more of a Chun Li physique
 
4:16 PM
Just saw that car at lunch. TOO MANY BUMPER STICKERS, DUDE
 
That's kind of... ridiculous
why would you even
 
She's a necromancer isn't she?
 
Beats me
 
@Sterno You haven't even seen the half of it yet.
 
@GnomeSlice These are the sorts of pictures not ideal to one-box in chat, since they're not all that safe for work.
 
4:17 PM
@Sterno there's one like that in my alley
 
@BenBrocka Sorceress. One of her spells is indeed to animate dead but that's all she has.
 
@BenBrocka Hm?
 
@GraceNote No "Dual Orbs of Transfixion"?
 
@GraceNote can't you like level up and upgrade your character or something? I was unsure how that'd work in a beatemup
 
4:19 PM
@GnomeSlice @OrigamiRobot has failed us all.
 
@GnomeSlice There's a clear divide between the art style and the actual gameplay.
 
aside from something basic like Scott Pilgrim's level ups
 
@BenBrocka Yes, you can.
 
Do my NPC allies ever level up? The lockpick guy seems to, but not the rest. Do you just need to keep swapping in new ones?
 
@Sterno Modern day hippie!
 
4:19 PM
@GraceNote Yeah, the screenshots actually look pretty cool.
@StrixVaria ?
 
@Sterno Surprised it doesn't get keyed up in Indiana with all that tolerance.
 
@Sterno Not to my knowledge.
 
@StrixVaria I think that's only if you go out in the backwoods areas.
The only bumper stickers I've actually seen defaced here were McCain/Palin ones
 
Basically, each level improves your stats to a small degree and gives you a skill point, skill points buy skills that either enhance things, give a new maneuver, or are semi-consumeables.
 
@GraceNote I don't think anything in that game needs to be enhanced.
 
4:21 PM
At max level will you have all things, or are there different builds?
 
@BenBrocka Different builds, you don't have remotely enough skill points to fit all things. You also have equipment to play a role.
 
@Sterno Incredible! My college roommate lived in Indiana for a while (although I don't know where) and said that he felt really out of place being the only liberal.
 
I was going to do a CSI ENHANCE joke but that would probably sound less appropriate due to context
@GraceNote hmm. That seems potentially annoying due to the length of time it sounds like it takes to level up
can I respec?
 
@BenBrocka It doesn't take long to level at all.
@BenBrocka That's what Sterno should ask on the site.
 
@StrixVaria Indianapolis is blue. I'm in a red suburb but it seems pretty tolerant both directions.
 
4:23 PM
Oh crap the 2DS only has one speaker!
 
I went to school in Terre Haute though, and that place was different.
 
@BenBrocka So ... It's two thirds of a 3DS then? Naming's appropriate.
 
Your experience gained in a stage is one of the two things that "Score" does in the game. You get some multiplier of your score based on difficulty that is translated to your experience, which actually kinda scales to the level points for the difficulty levels to be gin with.
 
The Friday night activity in Terre Haute was to load a couch or two into the back of your pickup truck, have your friends pile in, and drive up and down Wabash Avenue all night long. THey called it "bashing".
 
@Sterno ಠ_ಠ
 
4:24 PM
@GraceNote I'd ask it but without the game I'll probably sound like a dumbass
 
I'm gonna go for lunch, can you guys watch my stuff
 
Do you two think it's worth the $50 or wait? I assume you have it on PS3?
 
@BenBrocka Hence why I suggested Sterno.
 
@GnomeSlice Yeah. So as college students, our Friday night activity was driving up Wabash Avenue to make fun of the "bashers". We didn't grasp the irony of the situation at the times.
@GraceNote I just assumed I couldn't, though I could ask.
 
If you actually aim to level up directly in the game, it's pretty durn easy to rack up score if you actually work on that direction.
@Sterno You could ask from the perspective of assuming you can't.
I mean, maybe you can't!
 
4:27 PM
I wonder how many "Where are your 2DS games" questions Gamestop employees are going to have this holiday
 
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Q: Can I respec my character in Dragon's Crown?

SternoI'm up to about level 10 and so far have just been plopping points into skills almost at random, to try them out. Am I going to regret not saving these points for higher-level skills, or is there a way to respec my character? So far the game sort of seems to unlock new things as I go (like the ma...

 
@GraceNote Oh so score = XP?
 
I probably should have just googled that first though. :P
 
@BenBrocka Multiplied.
 
I also might end up asking a question about the mushroom spores quest for the 3rd dungeon, because after revisiting it I only got 2 spores, making me think I'm doing it wrong.
 
4:31 PM
@Sterno Be my guest~
 
I need to load the game up again though so I can get the quest name and monster name and thing I'm looking for and all that.
 
Oh, Cookie Clicker got another update.
 
It's something about Delicacies, is the quest name.
 
@fbueckert There's been 2 in the past day..
 
Does it include dungeons and grandmapocalypse yet?
 
4:35 PM
While we're on the subject of mushrooms, it drives me mad that Wood Golems are "Natural" and not "Object" class enemies.
 
> I told him this behavior looks sketchy.

“It does? Okay. If you tell me it does.”
Rudely dismissing allegations with no evidence whatsoever is a great way to win people over
 
@Sterno It's google-able but quite frankly I think it's something we benefit to having available, especially the extra note I pointed out that my brother was unaware of (back when he googled it and didn't tell me the answer he got).
 
I don't know why it didn't occur to me before, but I learned today you can use the left stick to move the hand cursor over your stats when viewing them to see a description of what they were.
I learned that after having no idea what they did and googling it :P
 
@Sterno I learned that yesterday.
Though I still have no idea what "Didn't pick up any items" means.
 
Oh good, a game that actually describes stats
20 years later and that's still insanely rare
I'm quite glad Xillia does that considering they not only have Strength AND Vitality, but also Dexterity AND Agility...and also Psyche AND Intelligence
 
4:41 PM
@BenBrocka Except DEX (the second most otherwise unknown stat) is ambiguously described in-game anyway. ♪
 
Oh god I HATE when games don't explain what dex is, it's the least obvious stat in ANY game
Well, aside from Luck
 
Charisma's pretty unintuitive sometimes
 
@BenBrocka LUK is also a stat, but it's pretty clear on that: "Affects chance of critical hits"
DEX is "Increases damage with weapons", which is ambiguous between temporary weapons versus your armed attacks.
Anyway, I gotta step out for lunch. I'll be back soon.
 
4:55 PM
@BenBrocka Yeah, it's super useful for you to determine how you want to proceed.
 
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Q: Is there a way to ping your mobile on activity?

One-OneIs there a way to ping your mobile if there is activity on your question or answer? I think it would require a SE app. But bottom line is everything is more and more mobile/tablet/phablet. I normally try to hang around once I have posted something. But it could become moot to keep refreshing th...

 

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