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7:01 PM
@Chippies Sounds good.
Two is exactly how many I wanted.
 
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Q: Clarifying titles for the more generic-sounding questions

Grace NoteThis is barking up a similar tree as this former discussion. The subject of titles on Arqade is one with a long history here. You know me, I'm the answerer to our corpse question, so I'm not talking about titles in entirety. Our policy has always been that we are fine with a slight bit of vaguene...

 
I just realized that RoS is 40 Eur, instead of 40 USD... I really need to change my battle.net country...
 
@Chippies I think you need to prove you live in that country to change it.
 
@StrixVaria yeah, they need a photo ID with address on it, so I probably can't even do that >.>
 
Better
 
7:04 PM
Nice lens flare.
 
All about the lens flare
 
Also cyborg eyes
Cyborg eyes are awesome
 
Needs a little tidying up
 
I suppose I could buy RoS from some other e-tailer. Probably would be cheaper than 40$ anyway
 
Unless I get any complaints, this is new lazers
 
@fredley I'm complaining right now.
 
@Frank You will be issued one complaint per alternative created
 
@fredley the orange spot near her nose makes me tihnk lasers are going to blast out of her nostrils
 
@BenBrocka That is a possiblity
 
Er. Green. Not orange. Colors
 
7:07 PM
@fredley Complaints
 
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Q: Dark Souls 2 (PC) physical collector's edition steam key?

LlepwrydWill/Does the physical collector's edition for Dark Souls 2 on the PC include a Steam key?

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Q: Banished - Starting out food problems

Jonathon WisnoskiNot so sure how well fishers work. I have had food problems since I started. I had half of my population fishing, people were dying left and right, and then I moved that up to 100% and they are all still just barely not starving to death. But I has just run of of firewood, and almost out of tool...

 
50 secs ago, by fredley
@Frank You will be issued one complaint per alternative created
 
@fredley Dude. I have created virtually all Lazers avatar ever.
(except for the last two)
 
Wait, didn't timestamps on Twitter used to be right-aligned?
 
@badp Fine. What is your complaint?
 
7:09 PM
@fredley Rebecca Black.
bbl dinner
 
@badp Complaint rejected
@TimStone Yes
 
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?
 
@fredley Any non-Rebecca Black, non-offensive person gravatar.
 
@Frank Create one
 
@TimStone GOOGLE REMOVED THE UNDERLINE FROM MY CHEESE
 
7:10 PM
That was the worst.
Although apparently I got it earlier than the general public, because Ars acted like it was new a few days ago even though it'd been that way for me for weeks.
 
@fredley There's your alternative.
 
@Frank ...
 
@TimStone Google does lots of gradual rollouts. I STILL don't have the gmail tabs people complain about
 
They aren't even consistent about it |:
 
@TimStone tweetdeck you fool
Us tweetdeckers are smuggly immune to Web Twitter changes. Also it has like features or something
 
7:13 PM
@BenBrocka That's how I feel about YouTube.
 
@BenBrocka You kids and your technology
 
@TimStone I don't think programmers get to say that
 
I uhh...Uhmm...YOU WIN THIS ROUND.
 
@fredley Rejection rejected
 
Oh hey, I got a legendary crafting material. Is this one of those "wait 'til RoS comes out" things?
 
7:27 PM
@Yuki Yep.
 
@Yuki Stupid isn't it?
 
@Arperum Yeah, a large part of the annoyance comes from not knowing whether is RoS-only or not.
Spent a bit of time wondering what it was and how I would use it.
 
@Frank Want to play? Or do I level my DH a bit more alone?
@Yuki It just shouldn't be there. It's terrible.
 
Ooo, can all three of us jump into a game together? Or do I need to level a bit more?
Do I have you on my friends list, @Frank?
 
> Microsoft says it sold 258,000 Xbox One units in the US in February, suggesting PS4 sales of at most 286,000 for the month. [...] The Wii U, for its part, sold about 82,000 units in the US last month.
Poor Wii U
 
7:33 PM
@Arperum Eating lunch right now.
 
@Yuki I'm lvl 45, and you are 53, I'll join you for a bit and see how it goes.
 
@Yuki Don't think so.
 
@badp Self harm? Where is this coming from?
I think you're on a different thread than what I'm targetting in my meta post.
 
@Frank I'm Yawus#1636.
 
Which I can't blame you for anyway, since I was put on this train because of what I assume is the same thread you're coming from, but I ultimately think it's tangential because that's a different problem than what I'm looking at here.
 
I think my brother is going to end up getting a Wii U in no small part because of that game
And I'm not even kidding
Like, of all the things...
 
Twitch Plays Pokemon found Red. I guess they lost
@Unionhawk some people are very hyped for it but I never played the first. Seems like a cult hit I guess
 
@BenBrocka I don't know. It didn't look great to me, personally.
Though I'm definitely more in a "is it $60 fun?" mentality atm than I have been
 
$50 fun is easier to justify. Though I haven't got DKC TF yet and that's probably higher priority
 
Yeah, a little bit
 
7:43 PM
Yarn Yoshi aside, I'mnot sure what I AM waiting for, on the Wii U
Oh, X, definitely X
If we ever get a date. And New Zeldu
Which will be even later
 
Yup
 
And if the console were selling better I'd speculate on Metroid and Kirby but that's...not likely
 
That reminds me, I should watch ALBW runs when people do them...
Apparently that speedrun is really neat
Technical in a much different way than the 3D zeldas
 
@Unionhawk Oh yeah I meant to look into this after I finished the game. I should do that.
 
8:04 PM
@BenBrocka The boss design looks awesome from the YouTube videos. Dunno about how it is in practice.
That said, if I were the average consumer of videogames, many many companies would go bankrupt
 
All games would be TF2, MS paint and lines going to circles and triangles
 
@GraceNote I see we're on the same page.
 
@badp ...as in we're on the same page that we're not on the same train?
 
@GraceNote as in, I understand that question is not what you asked about, but still there are mechanical reasons to prefer game-name-less question titles in the general case
sure, those reasons are based in third-party hearsay from research that Jeff did once a couple years ago or whatnot
 
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Q: In Battlefield 4, how do I know when I've been issued an order?

Steve HHHI've been reading up on Battlefield 4 tactics, and read that orders from commanders and squad leaders are often ignored. I ofter experience sensory overload while playing Battlefield 4, and can't recall ever seeing an alert to say that I've been issued an order, though I have noticed dotted and s...

 
8:09 PM
@badp Correct, and I think it's fair to keep it that way, both for SEO and moreso because it works better for us as a people.
 
I honestly don't know how well they hold today.
@GraceNote eh. I think that if it was better SEO to put the game name organically in the question title, it would be better for us to give up on this one quirk of ours for the greater good.
 
The business contact at a major flash gaming website I'm emailing is named "ferret"
 
@badp But since it isn't, we're fine as is.
 
@BenBrocka Ferdinand Erret is not amused.
 
@BenBrocka Dook dook dook dook dook.
 
8:12 PM
dook
 
user image
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@agent86 Rockin' Α
 
Apparently people enjoy watching me play extremely precise games well
 
@BenBrocka 10 Second Ninja?
 
yes
 
8:23 PM
@BenBrocka Are you good at it or more like TotalBiscuit where you keep failing in the most stupid ways?
 
This is special, it has news. All teh news.
 
@Arperum I generally avoid anything where I'm just going to die a lot in stupid ways
 
@Arperum He got through most of it but the last set in ~20 minutes without much of a sweat
(The last set requires perfect execution in all levels apparently, so that would've taken much longer to unlock.)
 
Not perfect but pretty close in a few
 
8:28 PM
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Q: What kind of bird is flappy bird?

ermanenWhat kind of bird is the bird character in "flappy bird" game? (Or inspired by what kind of bird?) Some sources say that it is a duck. But is there any information from the producer?

 
@Lazers I downvoted literally a second ago. and it came through on the count.
 
@Lazers "a flappy one"
 
@BenBrocka Terrible question is terrible.
 
Oh, I didn't know they added a "Keep Going" to 2048
 
8:37 PM
Wow too much haters of the game. I do not play it myself though. — ermanen 2 mins ago
No that's not why you're at -5
 
@Ullallulloo UGH the "d pad"
Have these people ever played a platformer?
 
@BenBrocka Oh yeah, how do you tilt that thing?
 
Oh and happy π day folks~
 
I'm pretty sure the main intent was "more buttons" and the arrows are just an attempt to make it look vaguely like a more standard controller. But that's not a d pad, that's c buttons at best
 
@BenBrocka what you played the 360 version?
 
8:44 PM
@Krazer never played it but heard a few people raving about B2
 
@BenBrocka Did you like the DMC series?
 
I have also not played that...though I have DmC form PS+
 
Is that an emergency ramen pack?
 
yes.
 
8:46 PM
@BenBrocka If you like button mashing hack and slash action games, then I would say yes. Otherwise, hold off on it
@BenBrocka What's a soup pack w/o the most important part? The noodles!
 
I played the first bayonetta for about 20 minutes and decided it was not for me.
 
@agent86 This is what I feared and why I haven't picked up Wonderful 101
 
I think the joke there is that most people keep a different square-shaped foil pouch in their wallets (although that is bad for the item inside the wrapper)
 
@BenBrocka So what genres do you typically prefer?
 
@BenBrocka it was... bizarre. I also am not much for heavy-combo-fighting-games
I could see the parallels to DmC, which I also played about 20 mins of and was like "naaah"
 
8:49 PM
@Krazer I play just about anything really
 
I'm in the middle of R&C: Into the Nexus and also Driver: San Francisco at the moment
 
I did like Heavenly Sword though I don't really think it was worth $60. The combos in that were fun without being too fussy. But short and little replay value
Into the Nexus is great
 
in the queue is splinter cell, call of duty, and a few other things I'm forgetting.
 
I'm starting A Crack in Time
 
I still need to get Into the Nexus
 
8:50 PM
I played a crack in time a while back. into the nexus came with quest for booty, which I chewed through in a couple of hours, although it was still pretty okay
my eldest adores r&c
he is always very concerned about clank
 
Nexus is way better than Quest for Booty. QfB was very clearly a sidegame, Nexus feels like a full game just crunched into something shorter and a bit less wide-reaching story of course
 
@agent86 Well, both Nexus and Booty are shorter than usual. Anyway, Crack in Time also came with Quest For Booty iirc
At least I think that's how I got my copy.
 
yeah, crack in time, I liked the space parts okay. I miss that in nexus :(
 
I don't remember.
 
I also have the PS2 HD trilogy to play sometime
 
8:52 PM
but whatevs. I think I got the both of them for $20, so it's all good.
 
Maybe I should finish up Prof Layton before thinking about other games.
 
I have london life from the last DS game that I haven't really played much of.
 
@agent86 Nexus's RYNO is one of my favs
 
I keep considering getting a 3ds, but mobile games have supplanted the DS in my gaming hierarchy, so I doubt I'd use it :(
 
New Steam Controller prototype
Apparently they ditched the Touchscreen on it.
 
8:54 PM
was posted a bit ago. Looks better, really not liking the d pad
 
@BenBrocka have you checked out this game?
 
We knew they killed the touchscreen a while ago
 
@TrentHawkins pew pew pew +1000 points
 
@agent86 thanks
 
9:04 PM
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Q: How do you get Gold Skulls in Quest Mode?

user71743I noticed in the archives section, there is a section for how many skulls you have collected and I noticed that there are golden skulls. How do you achieve these?

 
grats! and thanks!
 
@agent86 And suddenly I'm now thinking about Toys.
 
@GraceNote are you talking about that awful robin williams movie?
I feel like I owned/rented/played the SNES tie-in to that for some reason.
 
@agent86 You probably did. I know I did.
 
9:18 PM
like... even knowing that there was one seems like information I do not need to remember.
 
I actually re-watched it out of nostalgia. It's definitely one of those movies that you only really get a lot of it when you're older.
@agent86 The game wasn't actually that bad. Just apparently criminally difficult, though I guess you could say that made it bad.
 
well, my babysitters also thought "the naked gun" movies were appropriate for kids.
I think we watched those movies, hook, toys, and ghost dad most often. not a particularly well-stocked movie rental place, tbqh.
 
@agent86 I saw a brief LP of that, it looks awful
 
I don't have particularly awesome memories of it, honestly.
I think the Wayne's World game was worse, though.
that one sticks out as being a total and utter shitfest
 
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Q: How does the alliance's timer help in Games of War Fire Age work?

rraallvvI know you tap the help button on your queue to post your task in the aliance help so that anyone in the alliance can help you speed up the task. Then you can visit posted aliance help requests to help other aliance members. The thing is, my tasks don't seem to speed up, they just stay there al...

 
9:23 PM
I have nightmares about the animation when you died and they just sort of screeched "NOT WORTHY" over and over again in crappy 16-bit synth samples
I can still hear their cries...
 
@agent86 Most licensed games were/are
Especially anything LJN
 
I'm SORRY WAYNE AND GARTH. I AM SO SORRY
sobs
 
I had a Spiderman game that was neat but too hard and a Pink Panther game that was pretty bad
 
@3ventic Welcome to the group!
 
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Conspiracy Theory

Proposed Q&A site for accidental eyewitnesses, skeptics, whistleblowers, spies ;)

Currently in definition.

 
9:26 PM
@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment uhm...
 
lol
 
Skeptics.SE?
 
@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment How can I get asylum in the EU?
 
@3ventic We're not really a site for conspiracy theorists, though I admit that our scope is not obvious from the site title
 
Suggests a lot of overlap
 
9:29 PM
@BenBrocka So, Ness has a Magicant bat, Earth pendant, Goddess band and Shiny coin. Paula has Holy fry pan, Sea pendant, Platinum band and Saturn ribbon. Jeff has Gaia beam, Flame pendant, Pixie's bracelet and Souvenir coin. Poo has the full king set. Request permission for takeoff or advice to go back and get better stuffs.
 
I think that at the point that something is a subject that you can ask on Skeptics, it's long since left the territory of what can qualify as a "conspiracy theory".
@badp GO GO GO
 
Engines are a go.
 
At least I can't think of anything else that really is a must that you've not got there.
 
@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment O...kay.
 
I wonder if I have enough PP healing items
 
9:31 PM
IT's doubtful anything will be a problem. Ending is actually pretty easy with that stuff IIRC
 
@GraceNote Well, conspiracy theories are on-topic as long as they're reasonably well-known. But it is really hard to guess our scope just from the site name (which would be easier if SE hadn't shot down my proposal to rename the site [citation needed] ;-))
 
Oh, right! I need a large pizza. Or two.
 
@MadScientist ;)
All proposals should have emoticons in them
Arqade xD
Skeptics :|
StackOverflow >:|
UX :D
SharePoint D:<
 
Who gets D:?
 
Home Improvement when your hammer misses the nail
Who is responsible for this
 
Now I'm mad because the game doesn't look as bad as the ...piecube chart
As long as they're kickstarting the game and not a series of infographics
 
They should kickstart better infographics for their kickstarter
 
@BenBrocka That wasn't really part of the proposal name
 
It's in the description
 
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Q: Finding an artifact I lost

RedGrittyBrickWhilst exploring some caves I made a chest and stored my map in it for safekeeping. Now I can't find the location of the chest containing my map. It seems to me that tools like eihort can read the data which describes where everything is. So in principle, it must be possible to search that data ...

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Q: Tomb boat, what is that for?

GeeoI just killed the two ogres near what I believe is a lake, in the tutorial part. There's a boat that looks like a tomb and I can only "examine" it. If I do that the character jumps in after a loading screen nothing seems to happens. What's the deal?

 
10:01 PM
@BenBrocka This make my brain hurt
 
Latest Big Bang was pretty hilarious.
 
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Q: Is there a limit to the number of Spectres you can hack?

BrysonicCan you have multiple Spectres following you by hacking more than one? If so, is there a limit on how many you can have at once? Can I realize my dream of creating my own private army?

 
Titanfall's been out less than a week, and already there are cheaters.
 
Yup
I'm sure on day 1 there were lower internet communities asking "HOW DO I HACK?"
 
10:18 PM
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Q: Ducktaila remastered, PC version

lindaIn ducktails Remastered PC version, can you use the mouse for direction (walking)

 
@Unionhawk Happily, we'll murder that with great prejudice if it gets asked here.
 
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Q: Can I adopt the two huskey sceolog and bran so they both live in my house

Minx175In skyrim can I adopt the two huskey in fort dawnguard so that they both can come and live with me. I have tried it and successfully have adopted bran but when I try with seolog my kids dont run over to me.

 
mini train managed to crash my video card...
 
@Frank Also, it sounds like hacking is a mechanic...
 
@Alex You're going to start doing that again? Are you SURE you want to do that?
@Unionhawk Yeah. "HOW TO HACK!?!?!" might be on-topic, while, "HOW I HACK TITANFALL!!!!!!111!" would be murdered.
 
10:30 PM
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Q: What happened between Halo 3 and Halo 4?

Keegan McCarthyI just got Halo 4 yesterday. I am plating through the campaign, but I am a little confused. It seems like a lot has changed since the end of Halo 3. I assume there are books that explain everything, but if I don't want to read those, can someone please give a brief explanation of what happened...

 
Okay, can we throw another chatban onto Alex, please?
@badp @AshleyNunn @anyothermod here.
 
no. not yet.
Besides, I'm busy not posting my gaming liveblog here, since people complained about it
looks at sliced gnomes
 
Who complai-- ah
 
Alex, please stop the self-vandalism
 
@badp Didn't he ignore you, too?
 
10:36 PM
Don't give me reasons to actually follow @Frank's advice.
@Frank Why would I care?
 
@badp Just pointing out that if he did, he can't read your friendly advice.
 
Origami also ignored me a few days ago but if you will I'm not really supposed to know ;)
(I do understand that if Origami wants to distance himself from meta, he kinda has to ignore me)
 
user15026
@Wipqozn btw Yoshi's New Island is pretty fun
 
@AshleyNunn I should pick that up.
 
user15026
@Frank Do! It is super lovely
 
10:41 PM
@AshleyNunn But! I have so many games and other things to do!
I don't have any time for anything new!
 
@Alex This is your final warning.
2
 
9 mins ago, by Frank
Okay, can we throw another chatban onto Alex, please?
 
user15026
@Frank Fair enough, but it is so cute :D
 
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Q: Abandoning a covenant

GeeoSuppose I join a covenant and I them want to switch to another one. What happens if you decide to abandon a covenant? Do you receive any malus?

 
@Lazers Ooh, sneaky @badp
@AshleyNunn Well, I've also been sorta abandoning my modelling for a while. I want to get back into that, and post pics of the effort I've put into it.
NO JOB, AND STILL NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY!
 
user15026
10:44 PM
@Alex I know you can hear me because we talked yesterday. If you wanna be a part of this room, I and the rest of the people kinda need to be able to see your stuff. If you don't, and just wanna annoy us, good job. Please don't.
 
user15026
@badp Oh, hot damn. That's new.
 
@badp Damn, mod-only page.
 
@badp Ah, mods can see that for other users?
ducks for incoming chatban
 
user58869
10:52 PM
@Lazers hang on lazers, are you threatening me with something, be clear, right now, why exactly am i given a final warning and what for? and what destruction will you unleash upon me?
 
@Alex Simple. Stop deleting your messages.
 
That's quite the... choice of letters there.
 
user15026
@badp Oh man, what happened there?
 
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Q: What are the silver Shy Guys for?

Ashley NunnI saw a silver Shy Guy, and being a Yoshi, I figured maybe eating him was the way to go. I just got a normal egg out of the deal, so I am wondering if maybe eating him was the wrong choice. It's so sparkly! What does it mean!

 
@AshleyNunn I don't know but it's working!
 
10:55 PM
@Lazers Ahh! No! Don't ask questions! That will tempt me into getting it!
 
user15026
@Frank I got one more coming. and one more I am writing :)
 
@AshleyNunn Nooooooo!
And I want to pick up FF X HD next week.
TOO MANY GAMES, NOT ENOUGH TIME!
 
user15026
I'm sorry! I just wanna know things!
 
Also, how is it 6 PM already? I just got up!
 
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Q: What are the Yoshi Egg medals for?

Ashley NunnI noticed that if you complete a level and the flower roulette lands on a flower, you get a number of Yoshi medals matching the number of flowers you got in a level. What are these medals for? It right now says x/30 medals for world 1, and I am not sure what that means or if I can use the medals ...

 
11:01 PM
@Lazers Nooooo! This is exactly the type of gameplay I like!
 
user15026
@badp Ah, I guess it just ran out of room to say it all?
 
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Q: Let us celebrate new Levels!

MiBeeWe have been waiting for days - now do we get new levels? Shop for 36 new Levels one Buck each. Unlock them in the store. Don't waste your Money.

 
@AshleyNunn The message appears a few times and more and more letters appear every time.
 
user15026
@badp Very weird.
 
11:07 PM
@AshleyNunn Earthbound.
 
user15026
@badp grins truth.
 
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Road Trips

Proposed Q&A site for individuals who are interested in roads, and especially going on road trips, as a hobby.

Currently in definition.

 
FAE
@BenBrocka I really enjoyed Bayonetta. The story made no sense and it was absolutely ridiculous, but I really liked the gameplay and crazy boss fights. I'm not even that amazing at DMC type combo-games, but I really liked it. Also, something I thought was neat was that it had a "very easy" mode where you only had to hit 1 button for the combos, and of course, everyone had to complain about it somehow ruining it for the rest of players.
 
@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment But not for those who do road trips for a living?
 
@badp Speaking of, nobody's (de)ownered @Wipqozn in a while.
 
11:12 PM
@FAE Bayonetta 2 coming out soon?
 
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Q: Does collecting all the flowers/coins/stars mean anything?

Ashley NunnAt the end of the level, the game counts the flowers and coins and stars you have (out of 5, 20, and 30 respectively) and counts each as a "mission" in the level. I have yet to manage to complete all three missions in one level - what happens if I do?

 
@BenBrocka Have you tried the demo, at least? of W101?
 
FAE
@RavenDreamer This year, yeah. One of the other reasons I need a WiiU.
 
@FAE Did you hear that the new monster hunter game is coming out for 3DS?
 
FAE
@RavenDreamer yus
 
user15026
11:14 PM
There. All my Yoshi questions I have so far asked. :D
 
@RavenDreamer Really looking forward to that.
 
user15026
It feels nice to have a game to ask about that actually might get answered :P
 
@AshleyNunn Hey! I answer your Kairosoft questions!
 
user15026
@Frank This is true.
 
Speaking of, I want a new one.
 
11:15 PM
I'm going to go get a dinner @LessPop_MoreFizz would be ashamed of. Later!
 
user15026
@RavenDreamer Now I am curious :P
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn I got one of your AT ones! It's all I could do, I'm sorry!
 
I guess my final score is $447,101. That's a score right?
 
user15026
@FAE It's okay, I know I play weird stuff that no one else here seems to :P
 
user15026
@Frank Yeah, that would be nice
 
11:17 PM
@AshleyNunn Either that Pirate one, or the...game journalist one? Hard to tell from just pictures.
 
user15026
@Frank Also, when did Kairospot go down?
 
@AshleyNunn A while ago, I think.
 
user15026
@Frank Weird. Any idea why?
 
It was mired in some drama and crap, changed hands, and then died an unceremonious death.
Most of the staff moved over to Adeptgamer.com.
It has some decent reference material for Kairo's games.
 
user15026
Cool beans :)
 
11:19 PM
Although, it's almost as dead as Kairospot was.
 
user15026
@Frank Boo
 
@AshleyNunn The things I find when I'm bored. :P
Anyways! Time to jump into the shower for me! Must get ready for dance class!
 
I guess 2014 doesn't count?
 
@badp it would, but you couldn't afford the late fees
 
user15026
@KevinvanderVelden As someone who just paid the library another fine because I am bad at returning things, this is a very true statement
 
11:25 PM
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Q: Where do the new 2-blocks spawn in the 2048 game?

ThiefMasterIn the 2048 game each move causes a new 2-block to spawn. However, I couldn't figure out the logic behind where that block spawns. Is it random? Does it depend on the direction of your last move?

 
11:38 PM
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Q: Is it appropriate to ask for reopen votes?

jdphenixContext: Can't remember an old "cyberpunk" Winforms game (Update, found!) Is it appropriate to ask for reopen votes? If it is, then please consider the following: I asked this question originally with no screenshots, outside of the guidelines of Arqade (whipcrack!). I was subsequently able to ...

 

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