The Bridge

FAE

16:00

@BenBrocka Haha, wow, that's funny that they've been keeping an eye on the exploits. Cool of them to keep the old scores and reset the leaderboard.

@BenBrocka omg, Demolition sounds crazy fun

Lazers

0

Q: Can you check if a PSN code is valid without redeeming it?

I have a code for additional content on a Playstation game, and I want to know whether it is still valid, but I don't want to redeem it for myself. If I enter it in the Playstation Store (on PS3, PS4 or the website), does it get redeemed to my account automatically, or can I enter it without red...

psn

Yuuki

So, Metro: Last Light is currently non-functional on my Mac.

F--k Apple.

FAE

@BenBrocka I have the PS3/4 version of Child of Light, haven't played any on Vita. I got the fancy EU-only Deluxe edition too, with the artbook and stuff.

Ben Brocka

Yeah, I'll probably get the season pass. Housemarq actually haven't had the best of luck with non-standard modes (bomber mode in Stardust is a chore) but this sounds pretty good

5pike

@Yuuki Have you read the book?

FAE

16:02

Yeah, I'll pick up the season pass as well.

Ben Brocka

@FAE You can use the Vita's touch screen in remote play as if it were the Wii U gamepad basically, touching directly where you want to go instead of moving a cursor indirectly

Yuuki

@FAE I finished Child of Light. I had quite a few weird graphical errors though.

Also, I'm not entirely sure I 100%-understand the story.

FAE

@BenBrocka Ah neat. I usually play with Jochem controlling Igniculus on a second controller.

@Yuuki That sucks, PC version? I haven't finished it yet, I got distracted by some other things (steam sale, PS4 purchase...) but I need to finish it.

Yuuki

@FAE Yeah.

Frank

This is somewhat horrifying.

FAE

16:04

@Frank hahaha

Yuuki

Granted, I got it right before my internets went down so I might have missed a few first week bugfixes.

Ben Brocka

@Frank the bayo costumes are pretty awful honestly

the link one is okay

@FAE I hope more devs do stuff like that with the Vita, it's perfect for remote play even by your TV

the nintendo-themed bayo costumes, that is

Yuuki

@FAE I played on the controller while my sister controlled Igniculus with the mouse.

Ben Brocka

The peach one looks nothing like peach and the samus one's "helmet" is super weird and the lack of varia suit spaulders is disapointing

Lazers

-1

Q: Why I get so low fps in Assassins Creed 2?

I have AMD 8650G+8570M gpu , and AMD A-10 5750m processor. I think these are enough to run a game like Assassins Creed 2 on a decent fps of about 40-50. But I only get 20-25 fps. Not only this game , but on every game between 2010-2012 , I get so low fps. Why? I even checked at Can enter link des...

assassins-creed-2 framerate

Frank

16:08

I watch the trailer for Bayonetta 2, and my first impression is, "Devil May Cry".

Ben Brocka

@Frank guess who made the first DMC

FAE

@Frank Same director

Ben Brocka

@FAE btw if you're going for the "save all humans" thing (for trophies or just power ups) remember to watch the background too, sometimes the green ships spawn far away

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, I learned that the hard way when I started playing. Which ship do you usually use?

I was playing the medium difficulty on the normal ship for a while, but I think I need to go through and get better at the levels and patterns first, so I switched to the lower difficulty to do that and to work on the humans trophy.

Frank

@FAE Well, I suppose I may have to pick that up, then.

I loved the original DMC.

FAE

16:18

@Frank I really enjoyed Bayonetta 1. The combat was really fun and satisfying.

agent86

I read an article today that said Bayonetta was designed to appeal to women

FAE

@agent86 ................haaaaaaaaaa

Ben Brocka

@FAE the max maneuverability one, because I almost never use overdrive, I prefer the mobility and the homing shots are useful

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, that's what I was using on lowest diff as well. I don't really use overdrive either.

Though the difference in firepower between that and the heavy ship is appreciable in their normal shots.

agent86

> Hideki Kamiya categorically asked his staff to design Bayonetta with realistic, attainable features to make her stand out from all of the other characters out there with "big boobs that show a lot of cleavage" - because she's better than that.

FAE

16:19

But now that there's custom ships, I can make something to my liking! Potentially.

agent86

> He also fought tooth and nail to make sure that Bayonetta wore glasses, to differentiate her from other female characters as well as give her a "sense of mystery and intelligence".

FAE

@agent86 She has like super long giraffe-legs.

agent86

from here

Ben Brocka

@FAE overdrive would be mostly useful for bosses and most bosses are all but immune to it

Powerlord

Ugh, tf_bot_quota_mode fill doesn't work right with replay... with bots join after players that is.

agent86

16:20

@FAE and as I recall, she gets super naked. I guess that appeals to a subset of women, though.

Powerlord

It considers "replay" to be a player

Yuuki

@agent86 Yes. "Realistic".

agent86

when I think of ways to appeal to women, I think naked fighting girl, but with glasses

Yuuki

The first word that comes to my mind when I see Bayonetta is not "realistic". Maybe "spaghetti", but not "realistic".

FAE

@agent86 She does, kinda, yeah. She's still not like... proportionally appealing though. She was created deliberately out of proportion. Her limbs are all super long, especially her legs and yeah, that's just... an odd statement.

Lazers

16:22

0

Q: In Starcraft 2, what is a good Terran anti aircraft strategy if you are on the move?

Marines seem to be a good cheap and quick to build up anti-aircraft unit, but my question is more about "strategy" and not just a "unit". I was using Banshees (which have cloaking) to startle some Protoss units, and in come their ground units which Banshees can handle. But then in come some Pr...

starcraft-2

0

Q: minecraft command block /setblock is innacurate

I notice when I use command blocks and /setblock, i will always have to subtract the x-value by 1 for it to go in the correct place when i check where the coordinates for the block i want to be set. is this something with the programming, is this a glitch?

minecraft minecraft-redstone

Ben Brocka

fuck yeah

agent86

@FAE well, that's what you get when you have guys design things they think appeal to girls.

Ben Brocka

I better be able to alter those stats when I download it though

Yuuki

@BenBrocka ...?

FAE

@agent86 Yeeeeeah... :|

@BenBrocka I was just wondering if that's possible or not.

Ben Brocka

16:23

@Yuuki It's Resogun's ship editor, you can make your own voxel ships

Yuuki

@FAE I looked at the cover art for the first Bayonetta. Her legs are twice the length of her torso. That's messed up.

FAE

@Yuuki Yep.

user15026

I just looked up this lady and yeah no not appealing even a little. She just looks weird. And uncomfortable.

FAE

Gameplay's really fun though if you're into those types of games. The boss battles are crazy and there's scoring on each level section that you can compare both globally and to your friends and such.

5pike

Honestly? Baynoetta appeals to women as much as the Hustler...

Ben Brocka

16:27

Kamiya games are always bought for gameplay. The wacky over the top style (which is ridiculous in different ways but pretty much always ridiculous) is a bonus if you like it at most, it's never been a primary draw of them

FAE

@BenBrocka I'd say Okami was an exception there.

Ben Brocka

Okami is a bit of an oddity--but it's not like they're all ugly--W101 looks fine and cartoony, but they're definitely all weird

FAE

@BenBrocka That's true

Yuuki

So, Point & Click won Community Choice. I have to say, I'm kinda surprised.

Powerlord

@Yuuki Huh, guess I'll have to wait for work to end to see which 4 those were as I've forgotten.

Yuuki

16:40

@Powerlord I think one of them had "Myst" in the name, but I'm not sure if it's actually a Myst game.

Ben Brocka

Good article about public domain/fair use (and how online services fail to respect it)

RealMyst is basically a proper 3D version of Myst I think

5pike

@Yuuki It was RealMyst, I think

Powerlord

@5pike If it's not the recently released remastered version, it's probably overpriced even on sale.

RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition being the remastered version

Ben Brocka

It's the remastered version. Plain realmyst is $3 no reason to further discount it

5pike

It is that

Ben Brocka

16:43

I'll probably get it, I kinda want to rebuild my Myst collection, not sure I have all the disks anymore

I kinda wish I could get the lovely worlds without quite all the puzzles though

5pike

I'm not really a fan of point and click games.

but the alternative community choice wasn't appealing either.

Ben Brocka

yeah realmyst + other one sucking is why I voted for this one

Yuuki

@5pike I can't even remember what the alternative was.

5pike

@Yuuki Sports simulation - 2 golf games, 1 Nascar and 1 F1 if I remember correctly

Ben Brocka

oh right that's why I voted

Yuuki

16:47

@5pike Oh yeah... I'm now no longer surprised that Point & Click won.

Ben Brocka

hm if I get realmyst it'll be the first thing in this sale I bought with my own, not trading card money

Powerlord

How much is RealMyst Masterpiece anyway?

Ben Brocka

$18 new, $12 currently on sale, IIRC it's going to be ~$7.5 on flash sale?

Yuuki

Hmm... what should I make for lunch today?

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki oh gods no

Yuuki

17:01

@KevinvanderVelden I don't have any bread so no sandwiches.

Kevin van der Velden

Well that's good at least

Course, you make sandwiches with the weirdest things inside of them, why not make the outside out of weird stuff as well

Yuuki

I had roasted potatoes yesterday. I cut them into halves and tossed them with olive oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary.

Chippies

geez, the moment steam got new sales, their servers got slammed so hard, it gives errors trying to load pages

Yuuki

@KevinvanderVelden I only make unappetizing sandwiches. Everything is roughly normal.

Oh god. The Community Choice. I can't decide.

Broken Age on one side, World of Goo on the other...

5pike

I'm going for Fun - Great Soundtrack

Yuuki

17:04

@5pike Yeah, I ended up with that too. I'll pick up World of Goo and Awesomenauts if it wins.

FAE

I've paid for World of Goo probably half a dozen times over now.

Though I do own everything else in Casual. And seriously, Dungeons of Dredmor in Casual?!

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki but everyone already has world of goo, plus dungeons of dredmor! (which everyone also already has)

agent86

splinter cell: blacklist is def. worth $7.50 imho. it's a very good stealth game, and the co-op is a blast.

people tend to go crazy for brothers, but I didn't really like it personally

Fluttershy

Anyone who doesn't buy Brothers A Tale of Two Sons for $3 is crazy.

@agent86 You monster.

agent86

@Fluttershy indeed.

I just found it... trite, I guess.

Fluttershy

17:09

I thought it was gorgeous. The music was great, too.

Kevin van der Velden

@Fluttershy it was on my "buy when on sale" list

agent86

brothers used feels. but it wasn't very effective :(

Yuuki

@Fluttershy I have been told that I could be declared clinically insane.

Frank

Age of Wonders 3 for $20. That's the most tempting offer, and still not very.

agent86

yeah, I'm tempted by it. not sure I'm going to bite just because for the summer sale, $20 is a lot. another one of those "if I can be patient, I can get more for less" situations...

FAE

17:13

@Frank I would say it's definitely worth that in game hours for price. (CC: @Arperum)

agent86

FAE

Also you'd be supporting my local economy. :D

(Triumph Studios is like a 15 minute bike ride from my house)

agent86

you should go over there and organize a giveaway! :P

"I have come from the internet! Give us free games pls!"

FAE

@agent86 I've talked with them via FB before, they unfortunately don't do visitations/tours.

agent86

:(

klei entertainment wrote me back! sweet!

FAE

17:16

@agent86 Cool, what for?

agent86

@FAE oh, I asked for a preview copy of invisible, inc. they said they're not giving them out yet, but I can buy the alpha if I want to.

trying to do more coverage of indie titles beyond my monthly steam library dives. I did factorio in may, which was fun.

FAE

@agent86 Ah, cool.

agent86

I'm also going to try to do infinite space 3 here at some point.

Frank

@agent86 Yeah, that's a ton of fun.

agent86

I wasn't really expecting a reply even, so that was delightful.

gog rotated the free game to be "still life 2"

do a search for "free" and you should find it on their front page.

FAE

17:20

Bridge, should I get nidhogg, yay or nay.

5pike

@agent86 Thanks!

agent86

3 hours ago, by agent86

@5pike you're welcome.

Fluttershy

@FAE I think it's couch coop only, isn't it?

agent86

@FAE I tend to strongly prefer co-op to competitive games, so it's a no on my list. however, your preferences may vary

FAE

@Fluttershy nay

at least it doesn't say that on the page

agent86

17:23

it mentions networked play on the store page

Kevin van der Velden

@FAE yay!

I just bought it and played a game with my friend online

it works pretty great and it's pretty hilarious

Fluttershy

Well dang. The only reason I hadn't grabbed it yet was because I was under the impression that it was local coop only.

Kevin van der Velden

Nope, grab an always on VOIP and HAVE AT THEE

Yuuki

@agent86 I've always thought about doing game reviews, but I don't have the money nor the will to play a new game every week or so.

agent86

@Yuuki I've found that the problem with opinion content tends to be more having people care about your opinion. news is kind of the same way, it's pretty generic and easy to come by. mostly the stuff that I do is aimed more towards information or strategies these days.

the Cot5 stuff is mostly a reason to motivate myself to play the games in my steam back catalog. hardly anyone reads it.

the indie stuff is just because I think there are interesting games there flying under the radar. discovery is difficult, essentially. there's a lot of crap though.

Yuuki

17:33

@agent86 Yeah, but my problem is that I'm not willing to devote the time to coming up with a new opinion every week or so. I feel that's just as important as having an audience.

FAE

Oooh, Riven's on sale too.

I think I may get that just to have the luxury of not swapping between 5 CDs when I play it.

agent86

@Yuuki yeah, I don't do it that often. once or twice a month, usually, and only when I feel like there's something worth saying. honestly, the articles tend to write themselves. for me it's more of a conversation I'm having with a friend who is interested in video games, trying to convince them to play it.

and my Cot5 series is all about stuff I didn't buy when it first came out, things I blew just $5 or less on, so the cost isn't that big a deal. trying to see if I can't convince folks to give me stuff in return for reviews, so far it's worked only occasionally :)

we're getting to a size though where I don't have to pretend to be legit. :P

Ben Brocka

5pike

Oh shit, Italy is in a real pickle. Uruguay is in the lead with 1 goal and Italy has lost 1 player.

Tim Stone

@BenBrocka Silly child, cartridges aren't a food

FAE

17:42

@BenBrocka Wow

5pike

@BenBrocka Someone should teach that kid how to use pockets. It clearly doesn't know

agent86

man, I remember that magnifier thing for the original game boy

I think it had a tiny light bulb too

Lazers

0

Q: How can I cheat in items

I've been having the same question for ever: HOW CAN I CHEAT IN ITEMS? I've been wanting to cheat in items like Travel Tickets so I can get more Miis married faster and other things, too. Also, I'm not going to use action replay codes so I want to do this in-game, not with codes.

3ds-xl tomodachi-life

5pike

@agent86 Yes, you can see the off-on switch in the picture

agent86

yeah, this was just before the advent of LEDs. so imagine like a night-light strapped to a crappy lens and a hunk of plastic.

we walked both ways in the snow for our black and white graphics and gosh darn it we liked it!

5pike

17:46

@agent86 Dude, I had one. I KNOW

The struggle is real.

agent86

@5pike would you like a cat gif?

5pike

Certainly

agent86

there you are. qty one (1) cat gif.

5pike

It looks sad

Tim Stone

Oh, oh, oh. @FAE! Procrastinating paid off, Chrome updated and my looking into why chat wasn't working turned into me doing nothing because it resolved itself. So thanks for the reminder. :P

agent86

17:49

WELL WE CANT HAVE THAT

FAE

@TimStone haha, it worked!

Sort of.

5pike

@agent86 :D

Ben Brocka

@5pike to be fair the gameboy didn't fit in pockets

I'm glad I waited and got a gameboy pocket

agent86

at least he's not chewing on the batteries. that would be a bad idea.

5pike

@BenBrocka True, but the cartridges.

agent86

17:50

although it seems like he has at least like 3 of the same game there.

parents must have bought him "all the nintendos" for christmas

Ben Brocka

@5pike are delicious

you only really needed 2 carts max unless you were going on a trip anyway

5pike

@BenBrocka They sure are.

agent86

tetris, and also tetris.

Ben Brocka

I was thinking more Pokemon and whatever not-pokemon I was playing at the time

agent86

I still can hear the title screen music from that game in my head.

I never owned pokemon :(

FAE

17:52

@agent86 Tetris on Game Boy is what started me on gaming.

agent86

that reminds me I want to play the DS remake of FFL3 still. aaaand translation still not finished. crud.

@FAE so it's in your head too, right? do-do-do-do-do-DO! do-do-do-do-do-DO! DOO DOO DO DO DOODLY DO DO DO

FAE

@agent86 that worked oddly well

Ben Brocka

@FAE Sonic 2 in a daycare sorta thing for me. We got an SNES and Yoshi's Island for me and DKC for my sister (she was never too great at it though)

agent86

@FAE I didn't think I could do it justice with dooos, but it worked!

FAE

@BenBrocka I was like 5 years old and my uncle had it and let me borrow it. I didn't want to give it back. Parents bought a Nintendo for me soon after. We had that and the Genesis but unfortunately, I never had a SNES so I missed a lot of games there. :(

5pike

17:55

Uruguay is advancing - Italy is driving home

StrixVaria

@5pike This World Cup.

Ben Brocka

We skipped NES and got the SNES pretty late (but I was 5 when yoshi's island came out so it wasn't very late for me)

5pike

@StrixVaria Yepp, It just ended.

We had a NES but not many games. There were no stores that had games. We had to drive to Munich to get games. And they were pretty expensive, if I remember correctly.

Ben Brocka

Until the PSX the only way I knew about new games was Nintendo Power, which is probably why I didn't have many non-sonic Genesis games

Jason Berkan

I bought a NES really, really late, because my (or any) computer at the time was far more powerful than a measly 8 bit machine.

FAE

17:59

@BenBrocka I had a bunch of really fun, weird Genesis games that I miss playing. Some good co-op stuff too that I played with my sister.

Wiz'n'Liz was really fun to play together.

agent86

we had an NES the year the SMB/DH/WCTM bundle was released.

Ben Brocka

Cyan World's complete pack (including 3 myst games and Uru) is on sale for $9, didn't see it on front page http://store.steampowered.com/sub/15168/

Tweeted by SirTapTap on June 24, 2014 at 6:01 PM

agent86

I was a total nintendo fanboy and demanded a SNES the year it came out

Ben Brocka

I figured all flash sales would be listed on the front page but this isn't

agent86

got a genesis late in the cycle for sonic

we had n64, but I eventually traded an old video card for a PS

Ben Brocka

18:04

I got a genesis and a Dreamcast...I actually never knew the Master System or Saturn existed until gen 7

agent86

oh god what did they do to kennedy?

mr president, sir, please wash the lumpy mashed potatoes off your face.

also if you could take off that beret you dropped in your hot chocolate this morning, that would also be great.

Ben Brocka

Looks like Kennedy x Leisure Suit Larry

2

5pike

We had to make due with the nes for many years. I convinced my father to buy a used PSX (came with twisted metal 2).

agent86

he looks like a bank robber wearing a kennedy mask

that you get from the dollar store and they just sort of paint it differently if they want to make Reagan

FAE

@BenBrocka You didn't know the Saturn existed til gen 7, really? :o

badp

18:08

@5pike We scored one goal in three matches. It's kind of the necessary conclusion

agent86

the saturn was kind of a footnote, iirc. I saw one in TRU once and I was like "wtf is that"

5pike

@FAE I also didn't know the saturn existed

agent86

I had a friend with a master system and that's the only reason I knew it existed.

badp

if the red hadn't been given, if the bite had been seen and sanctioned, if Costa Rica didn't have players found positive to doping... we still didn't score

Maybe we could've faced Colombia and that's it

5pike

@badp Well, you tried.

badp

18:11

Barely

Lazers

0

Q: What missions unlock all the skills?

I've hit a point where I have 6 skill points but all of the skills are still locked. At what point do the skills start unlocking and is there a point at which all of them unlock at once?

far-cry-3

Ben Brocka

@FAE Never met anyone with one, only ever had PS or Nintendo focused magazines

5pike

@FAE I also never saw a console and neither a game.

FAE

@BenBrocka Huh, funky. I would've thought you would've seen them in like, console retrospectives or something before now I guess.

Ben Brocka

Virtual console was the first time I heard of Turbo gfx and SMS. I forget where I heard about the poor Saturn

agent86

18:13

another friend had a sega CD. I played whatever rogue squadron game was for that thing.

5pike

I only know about the Saturn (and some other consoles) due to emulation research.

agent86

FMV! OMG!

FAE

@BenBrocka I'm pondering this but 2 games of it are the first Myst, so I'm not sure if I want to get yet more copies of the first game.

Ben Brocka

Uru and Myst V are great though

Powerlord

@BenBrocka It's weird how that has two versions of Myst 1, plus Myst 2 and Myst 5, but skips 3 and 4.

Ben Brocka

18:15

I assume the non-myst games can be completely ignored (Uru is a Myst game in basically every way though) and I figure Myst remastered/realmyst make up for me not getting realmyst masterpiece thing

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, I may just get those piecemeal. Though I have a physical copy of Myst V CE in a huge ass box sitting behind me on my bookshelf.

@Powerlord Different publisher.

Ben Brocka

yeah I have no idea where 3 and 4 went

ah

FAE

They were done by Ubisoft.

agent86

I dunno, the first two were good, the rest were kinda meh imho

Ben Brocka

I thought Uru was Ubi too though

agent86

18:16

I played all of them all the way through years ago.

I seem to remember #3 being particularly bad

but it's been a long time

Ben Brocka

they weren't as monumental but the environments are still great

FAE

I've owned Myst Masterpiece and realMyst for a long time. The realMyst: Masterpiece edition that's on sale now is an updated version of realMyst with better models/textures and stuff.

Ben Brocka

though I don't recall as much of 2, 3 or 4 honestly

FAE

@agent86 3 was the first one where they went out of house

That went to the people who did The Journeyman Project.

agent86

@FAE I just remember it not being nearly as interesting

I did like journeyman project 2 though. I loaned that to a girl and she never gave it back :(

FAE

18:17

I seem to remember that too, though I did finish it.

I started IV but didn't finish it at the time and I've purchased V's CE and not opened it.

Riven felt like it was so hard at the time.

agent86

yeah, back in the days before you could just look up a FAQ and be done with it

FAE

I actually played a little of Uru Online through Gametap back on '07.

badp

agent86

@badp when this first popped up I thought you were showing us something NSFW

FAE

But I didn't stick with it because I didn't have friends to play with and help me with puzzles.

@agent86 Same

Ben Brocka

18:19

he actually bit him?

agent86

@FAE yeah, I feel like I had uru online but only played the single player?

or maybe I'm remembering things wrong

FAE

@agent86 Uru's release was... complicated.

5pike

@badp now THAT would be a red card. The other was a yellow at most.

Ben Brocka

Uru online (whatever it was called) was included in Uru I think but died pretty quickly

FAE

the single player part was released and even though it was intended to be multiplayer, the MP part got delayed

then died

Ben Brocka

18:20

I was surprised to see a screenshot of it on steam...I figured it was totally swept under the rug

FAE

then popped up for "free" on Gametap

agent86

@FAE well, myst as a whole was complicated, so I guess it fits :P

FAE

(had to have a Gametap subscription)

then it died again

then, IIRC, it had another launch

I used to follow it pretty closely

I'm a nerd who actually wanted to learn D'ni when I was younger

agent86

I loved the lore of that series in the first few installments.

FAE

I had calligraphic pens and I'd practice the writing

and look up websites for the language

Lazers

18:22

1

Q: What type of kill do I need to get a fully recharged charge meter with the Tide Turner?

I checked the patch notes recently on the new Tide Turner, and according to the notes, shield bash kills are now supposed to recharge your meter as well as kills from the critical hit with your sword. Except I've noticed that I've gotten kills with Nessie's Nine-Iron and my shield equipped, ye...

team-fortress-2 tf2-demoman

agent86

oooh, neat

FAE

and I've read all the books

user15026

@FAE I liked hte books.

FAE

fistshakes at the likely never occurring Book of Marrim

user15026

@FAE sighs

agent86

18:24

well, it looks like the color rotation is not sitting well with the steam folks. purple's not pulling away today like the other colors have been in rotation.

Powerlord

@Lazers It wasn't working correctly after yesterday's update.

or so people on the server I was on were saying.

GnomeSlice

Nidhogg for $5.09. Hnnngh

Lazers

0

Q: Why can't I start a crusade

I am playing as Empire of Britannia. I am the reformed norse version of the pope. I have all the holt sites. The year is over 1100 and both the muslims and the catholics have called crusades before. I have even started (and won) 3 great holy wars, but I don't know why I can't do so know. Why can...

crusader-kings-2

FAE

nooooooooooooo, nidhogg, why are you crashing on startup

Frank

A few more delete votes required to burninate release-date

user15026

18:32

@StrixVaria Mod meta answering powers activate :P

Sepia Lazers

0

Q: Is it allowed to ask tips about new games I want?

Is it allowed to ask this communinty about what new game to buy, giving information about genre and gameplay?

discussion

StrixVaria

@AshleyNunn You beat me by 3 seconds :|

user15026

@StrixVaria Mwahaha....though I think yours is a better answer.

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posted on June 24, 2014

Yesterday our sites were down for approximately 40 minutes. The direct cause of the outage was an accidental misconfiguration of the router that caused us to stop announcing our IP block over BGP. Once we realized that NY was unreachable, we initiated failover to our secondary datacenter in Oregon. Once in Oregon, we had stability issues due to a bug in the code path that flips our Q&A appl…

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Q: Why did Command and conquer generals 2 releasing is cancelled?

I have been waiting for command and conquer generals 2. I have played command and conquer generals so much. Now got known that second generals 2 releasing is cancelled. I am not sure that it will be released then or not. I want to know that why was it cancelled and it will be released then or not?

generals command-and-conquer

FAE

18:35

@AshleyNunn @StrixVaria You didn't link the blog article!

agent86

no michel bey. stahp. pls no

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Q: Do sharks attack you if you're using a water vehicle?

I have a real-life phobia that, unfortunately, carries over to video games when I play them. I don't like swimming and not being able to see below me. So when I swim, I'm unable to see sharks and jelly fish and whatever else is in the water. Luckily for me, there are plenty of water vehicles in ...

far-cry-3

5pike

@agent86 God, they look super creepy and wrong.

StrixVaria

@agent86 This is @Wipqozn's family.

Jutschge

@agent86 How to ruin someones childhood by Michael Bay...

and megan fox of course...

agent86

18:45

@StrixVaria in that they are failures and ruiners, yes, I completely agree.

Wipqozn

@agent86 You're just jealous of our shells.

agent86

@Wipqozn kinda, yeah.

GnomeSlice

@Jutschge Megan Fox definitely didn't ruin my childhood.

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Q: What are the balls of yarn for?

I've figured out that I can use gems to free other prisoners, but what about the balls of yarn? What are they for?

battleblock-theater

Ben Brocka

@agent86 shredder looks okay. Everything else is awful

5pike

19:00

@BenBrocka He needs more blades tho

agent86

this whole weird "uber-complex character model" trend in these movies needs to end

Ben Brocka

yes hopefully that's not even his final form

@agent86 yeah shredder having uneven blades looks wrong

Fluttershy

I see @AshleyNunn buckled her pants, grabbed a b-ball and BOOM SHAKA LAKA.

Ben Brocka

not to mention literally everything about the turtles

agent86

like I don't need every square inch of these guys to be a distinct texture that is "ultra realistic" or whatever.

user15026

19:01

@Fluttershy I AM DROWNING MANY CATS

user15026

(Also, this game is AMAZING)

agent86

they're goddamn cartoons, y'all

Wipqozn

@agent86 That looks so, so bad.

Michael BAy, you're basically the worst human being who has ever existed.

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Yes, literally worse than @agent86.

Frank

@AshleyNunn I want to play this based on this line alone.

What game is this, anyways?

Jason Berkan

@agent86 Really?

agent86

19:03

battleblock theater, I believe

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn It is so much fun! If you don't worry about the A+ rating and just enjoy the crazy levels, it is even more fun.

agent86

@Wipqozn how many literal @agent86'es is he?

@JasonBerkan I'm not defending anything involving vanilla ice.

Wipqozn

@agent86 86 and a half.

agent86

but even those movies weren't this bad.

@Wipqozn it's a good number.

user15026

@Fluttershy I am just having a crapton of fun with it. It is ridiculous and amazing.

Lazers

19:05

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Q: How can I get my Steam Game to Launch?

I just bought Sonic CD on my Steam account. Whenever I try to play it, A window opens up giving me two options: "Play Sonic CD", or "Video Setup." If I choose "Play Sonic CD", Steam will go to a loading screen for a second or two and then just bring me back to the Steam Menu. If I choose "Video S...

steam sonic-cd

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy: Age of Wonders 3 is on sale for 50% off btw

Jason Berkan

@agent86 I'm trying to decide if the franchise moving from Vanilla Ice to Michael Bay is moving up? down? sideways?

user15026

@Frank Battleblock Theater. It is AMAZING. Seriously. And still 50% off, which isn't as good as the sale it was on yesterday but damn it is such a fun gaaaaame

agent86

@JasonBerkan we should just put vanilla ice and michael bay in a cage and sink it to the bottom of the ocean. it's the only way to be sure.

5pike

@AshleyNunn I bet it'll come again during a flash sale or the last day.

Jason Berkan

19:06

@agent86 Agreed.

agent86

of course they'd probably come back as some sort of obnoxious super-monster and ravage the west coast.

user15026

@5pike And then everyone should pick it up because I LOVE IT and you should too

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn I saw. I squeed about it. I'll pick it up after work today.

Jason Berkan

@agent86 with massive CGI explosions set to a crappy musical number.

Fluttershy

Needs more dubstep.

5pike

19:07

@AshleyNunn I already picked it up. I bought it as soon as it was a daily deal

agent86

@Fluttershy wub wub wub WUB WUB WUB wub wub wub

Fluttershy

@agent86 Better. :D

OKAY, PANIC.

A postmortem explaining yesterday's #stackoverflow and #stackexchange outage is up on http://stackstatus.net/

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 24, 2014 at 7:12 PM

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Q: Where is the origin settings?

This may seem like a stupid question but I am on a mac and I don't know where the settings are on origin. I am trying to make sims 3 install to a external hard drive.

origin

Powerlord

@OKAY,PANIC. Am I the only person who somehow read "outage" as "f*ckup" at first?

agent86

19:29

@OKAY,PANIC. stack overflow crashed. due to a stack overflow. lulz

how steam sales are like pokemon

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Wipqozn

@Fluttershy good. GOOD.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

Tim Stone

@agent86 This is so true ;_;

FAE

19:53

@Wipqozn He seriously squeed in capslock when he texted me about it.

Wipqozn

@FAE Excellent. This helps balance out his hatred of popcorn, cake, and rainbows.

Age of Wonders 3 is good for hot seat gaming too.

Assuming that's your thing

FAE

@BenBrocka I'm watching a video of people checking out the custom ships people have made in Resogun so far. Someone made a really good Giraffe.

Powerlord

@agent86 koth_wubwubwub!

(that's an actual TF2 map)

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Q: What are the conditions for the start coins in Mario Kart 8 multiplayer?

I played online a little in Mario Kart 8 and I noticed that my starting coins are different every time. Sometimes I start with 4, sometimes with 0. I believe in single player you start with 5 (at the 1st race of a grand prix), and every next race with 0. I thought it had something to do with coi...

wii-u mario-kart-8

FAE

20:11

Steam metagame changed, huh.

> Starting today, more people will win free games!
1st place team
30 team members who scored points will win 3 games
2nd place team
20 team members who scored points will win 2 games
3rd place team
10 team members who scored points will win 1 game

Wonder if this is in response to the huge leads or if they were planning that from the outset.

5pike

How the internet tried to rig the Steam Summer Adventure, and how Valve is trying to stop them

Jason Berkan

I dunno. I personally think Valve has rigged the Summer Adventure and is letting everyone think they are doing it.

StrixVaria

bravely-default :(

Blem

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Q: Does the Spell Fencer benefit from higher magic levels?

For example, both Fire and Fira would imbue my Spell Fencer's attacks with fire damage. Does using Fira (a level 3 fire spell) over Fire (a level 1 spell) cause my attacks to deal extra damage, or are they both just now "fire" attacks and the extra MP I used for the more expensive spell is wasted...

bravely-default

Powerlord

20:25

> Sony is charging up to $5 for a four-hour rental period and up to $30 for 90 days of access to a game like Final Fantasy XIII-2, a game that sells new for roughly half that price on disc. A game like Guacamelee costs $15 for either a 90-day rental or a full download on PSN.

Really?

And they expect people to go for this service?

I almost called it Gaikai but it's called PlayStation Now now or something

An interesting... review of Battlefield: Hardline

Jason Berkan

@Powerlord Those three quotes - sometimes I wonder if the companies even bother "fixing" network congestion during launch, or if they just wait for the number of people playing the game to go down on its own.

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