The Bridge

Unionhawk

19:00

I'm surprised this is a thing that Apple hasn't murderlated yet

@BenBrocka It's for >4.4

Ben Brocka

Oh

Unionhawk

Or rather, it's not compatible with mine, anyway

> Available on Nexus or Google Play edition devices with Android 4.4 (KitKat).

My problem with GO is you can't search "launcher" without seeing 4 million themes for GO Launcher.

Ben Brocka

whaaaat? I thought the whole point of it was to slaughter awful carrier/OEM launchers

Origami Robot

Yay, I can make calls over the office wifi

user15026

@Yuki The one little girl upstairs is singing along to the Frozen sound track and it is hard for me not to sing along too

Powerlord

19:06

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Unionhawk

@BenBrocka I dunno, but it definitely isn't compatible with my phone.

Origami Robot

I should be getting an upgrade to 4.4.2 within the next week

Unionhawk

I'll likely never see anything past 4.1 until a device upgrade.

user15026

@Powerlord That was cute.

user15026

@Unionhawk Yeah, I am likely stuck at 4.2.1 until I get a new phone

Origami Robot

19:12

Hey this phone wakes up whenever I pick it up, neat

i don't have to press the power button

"Our goal is to have everyone on board by May 9"

So in a perfect world, I'll have it tomorrow.

Lazers

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Q: What code do I have to input at the end of You Have to Win the Game?

At the end of the game You Have to Win the Game, a code needs to be entered to win. I have already found the secret word: and the secret symbol I tried inputting the secret word directly and applying ROT13 and then inputting it, and neither worked. So, what is the code and how am I supposed...

you-have-to-win-the-game

badp

@Unionhawk you can still download the apk from the interwebs

you'll probably find it is in fact compatible

(or not. I don't know)

spugsley

@Chippies Awwww @FEichinger was talking about my butt again

Unionhawk

@spugsley *all the time

badp

@spugsley When he goes to sleep and his butt touches your butt through his bed, it's always a magic experience

Unionhawk

19:15

...

badp

"through the bed"

you know how the underbelly of the bed lowers when you get onto it right?

user15026

I cant decide if it is sad or awesome that I am kinda having fun with the fact I got asked to pick up an extra 4 hours today because a coworker is sick....I really do like my job

spugsley

OMG I JUST SENT IN MY WORK PHOTOS

what if they don't like that

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn Awesome. It becomes sad when you start having dreams about your job.

badp

@AshleyNunn there are a little too many subordinates but do enjoy your honeymoon for as long as it can possibly last :)

spugsley

19:17

what if I am the WORST PHOTOGRAPHER WHO EVER LIVED

@badp omg I love you

Origami Robot

@spugsley Are you?

spugsley

@OrigamiRobot ....no but I don't think my work is worth 100 dollars an hour :O

user15026

@badp little too many subordinates?

user15026

@spugsley Psh, I doubt that is true

badp

> I can't decide if it is sad or awesome that I am kinda having fun with the fact [that] I got asked to pick up an extra 4 hours today because a coworker is sick

user15026

19:19

@badp facedesk Gosh, so picky

badp

@AshleyNunn YOU REACHED MY PARSING DEPTH LIMIT

user15026

@badp Well it's not my fault you are limited!

Origami Robot

@spugsley If you weren't worth it, they wouldn't pay it.

SaintWacko

@spugsley Your photographs are amazing

user15026

@OrigamiRobot The robot has a very good point

Fluttershy

19:20

@spugsley!

spugsley

@Fluttershy omg I know right

badp

@AshleyNunn check your unbounded privilege!

Fluttershy

@spugsley I have super important news for you!

spugsley

@Fluttershy TELL ME

Origami Robot

@Fluttershy You're coming to see Lindsey Stirling?

badp

19:21

drumroll

Fluttershy

@spugsley "Don't Starve Together"! Klei is adding multiplayer to Don't Starve!

user15026

@badp Check your face.

FEichinger

@badp ...

spugsley

@Fluttershy OMGOMGOMOMGOMG SO FUN

badp

@AshleyNunn I need to do that more often

spugsley

19:21

@FEichinger do you like when our butts touch?

FEichinger

OUR BUTTS DO NOT TOUCH.

badp

THE BUTT CONNECTION

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Unionhawk

1 hour ago, by Unionhawk

I have no words.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I picked up Lindsey's new album last night. it is awesome

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Stirling?

Unionhawk

19:22

Poor @FEi

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn You still have time to come~

user15026

@GnomeSlice Yep

user15026

@OrigamiRobot You will just have to enjoy it for me

badp

@Unionhawk You're just jealous of all the action @FEi's been getting

@spugsley All that subletting action

spugsley

@badp he doesn't get action with my butt

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Unionhawk

19:23

1 min ago, by Unionhawk

1 hour ago, by Unionhawk

I have no words.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden You still awake?

badp

He's basically got a residence under his bed

Fluttershy

@spugsley Yesss! It's going to be awesome! :D

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I am never awake

badp

[citation needed]

@AshleyNunn I have good news for you

Arperum

19:25

@KevinvanderVelden COuld your sleeping self check this festival then? ANd tell me if you would go or not?

badp

This week's humble weekly is nothing to get excited about

user15026

@badp That is excellent news :)

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I want to! Sabaton and iron maiden

But unfortunately-ish I will be in portugal then

badp

Unless! you like games with numbers in their names

because oooh boy aren't there numbers in those game names

user15026

@badp Likely not.

FEichinger

19:26

@badp It has System Shock 2 /cc: @AshleyNunn

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden If I go, it's the third ticket for sabaton this year for me >_<

badp

@FEichinger for $9

user15026

@FEichinger NO NO NO DO NOT WANT

badp

that's a rather terrible deal

3ventic

it's been much cheaper very often in the past 6 months..

badp

19:26

System Shock 2 is €3 on the Humble Store - humblebundle.com/store/p/systemshock2_storefront

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn Oh, you're here... I didn't notice you with your WRONG GRAVATAR.

badp

DRM free, Steam keys, yadda yadda

Unionhawk

I should get a new gravatar, speaking of

user15026

@FEichinger ....I hate your face

user15026

I have had this FOR WEEKS NOW

Arperum

19:27

@Unionhawk Just force @Lazers to change his again.

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn @FEichinger just doesn't notice anything but butts

badp

@FEichinger I think that translates to "If you could accidentally a copy of System Shock 2 in my inbox that would be excellent"

Origami Robot

@FEichinger should change his gravatar to a butt

Unionhawk

@KevinvanderVelden @FEi: This is what you have created, you know that, right?

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Technically whoever noticed the butt emoticon is responsible for this.

Origami Robot

19:28

And his name to @ButtGuy

user15026

@badp noooooooooooooooo never ever

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk When @spugsley and @FEichinger collide the entire starlist fills with butts

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badp

@AshleyNunn whyyyyyyy it's an unironically good game

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Technically nothing, you responding to every ":3" with an all caps "BUTT" created this.

user15026

@badp Because last time I watched videos of it I HID UNDER MY DESK

The Stack Exchange Blog

19:29

Blog - Stack Exchange: Stack Exchange for iPhone is here!

Kasra Rahjerdi on May 08, 2014

Earlier this year, we announced the release of our Android application and the public feedback was fantastic. Well, it turns out we offended our designers by not doing an iPhone application too. So, after spending the last few months apologizing and bribing them (turns out designers love moleskins in pantone colors), we’re excited to announce the release of Stack Exchange for your iPhone.

Feed Me, Seymour

At the heart of our mobile applications is The Feed which gives you a deeply personalized selection of content customized to what’s relevant to you. …

spugsley

"all butts all the time" - @FEichinger

badp

@AshleyNunn the videos are just a super-concentrated version of the experience

There's still inventory tetris and stat minmaxing to be had in between moments

Frank

@AshleyNunn Yeah, it has it's moments.

user15026

@badp I will stick to Gardening Mama 2 I think

badp

System Shock 2 is not sixty hours of constant scare jumps. It's just that the gunplay is awful and you must use your guns.

but it's awful in a fun way, if you know what I mean

> You can ask, answer, comment, and vote, and there’s even a built-in Markdown keyboard.

Ben Brocka

19:31

The gameplay actually really turned me off

badp

wat

Ben Brocka

I think iOS lets you add an extra row of buttons at the top of the keyboard in an app doesn't it?

badp

@BenBrocka Yes, but the gameplay being bad in a number of ways reinforces the actual experience

3ventic

@TheStackExchangeBlog I thought they said they would announce it early next week..

badp

If you had reliable guns that shooted in a satisfying and predictable manner for a satisfying amount of time, all the tension and dread of crawling through corridors would vanish

If the sound in the game worked in a way physically sensible, you wouldn't spin in circles for ten minutes terrified to find a killer robot sneak from behind a corner when it really is upstairs

Ben Brocka

19:33

I guess, but I think Fatal Frame did the "awkward combat" in a rather satisfying and unfrustrating way and Dead Space, arguably, was enjoyable enough to play AND to experience

badp

I haven't played the former but I can see what you mean by the latter

Ben Brocka

Silent hill does the "hard to fight" thing but it never feels quite so...wrong

Fatal Frame, especially 2, is fantastic

badp

That said I only played Dead Space to - I think - the first boss fight

Ben Brocka

the big guy on the bridge or the Leviathan?

badp

I think the thing that grabs you by the leg down several corridors?

Ben Brocka

19:35

Oh you actually fought it? That's fairly far in if you killed it

badp

I didn't kill it I think. I got to the start of the sequence and closed the game

leaving it for another day, and another computer

Origami Robot

@FiveFingersOwners runnersworld.com/general-interest/…

Ben Brocka

Oh right PC. Def play with a controller I hear it's a bad port

badp

nah, it was fine with mouse and keyboard

Ben Brocka

I don't think you fight the boss in nearly the same chapter you first find drag tentacles though

Huh, I heard it was a bad port but only played 3 on PC, was fine control-wise

badp

19:37

I have been playing many games with a controller since I bought one to be completely honest

Ben Brocka

Except they used a generic crosshair by default, not the laser sights. Like, what?

user15026

@OrigamiRobot passes that on to the people who gifted her hers

badp

I had laser sights in Dead Space

Ben Brocka

Might have been a "feature" introduced in 3

actually no I think DS2 did that even on PS3. Was stupid, those laser sights were PERFECT for the cutting gamepaly

badp

I mean the laser sights are kinda odd but I can see why they're necessary

Ben Brocka

19:38

I can't imagine trying to dismember without the laser sights

And they make the plasma cutter in particular so satisfying

Origami Robot

Yay, there's the KitKat update.

badp

I want to hope that at least the generic cross sights changed with gun orientation?

It's sad how few phones have Android 4.4

Ben Brocka

@badp ...kind of, but they're just dots painted on your screen. They correlate with absolutely nothing other than the exact center of your screen. It made no sense

(guns in dead space will almost never actually hit the dead center of your screen)

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Wow, thanks

Ben Brocka

Also lots of guns like the cutter, line gun and pulse rifle have super weird AOEs that the lasers are perfect for

for stuff like flamethrower and ripper it would be okay I guess

Now I want to play Dead Space again

badp

19:42

Meanwhile in Switzerland

Ben Brocka

What guns had you tried when you stopped playing?

badp

hm, hard to say

let me just restore my Dead Space steam backup

Ben Brocka

you have to try the ripper, flamethrower and force gun. Contact beam is extremely satisfying but sadly impractical. More practical in DS2

badp

I didn't make a Steam Backup of Dead Space.

Ben Brocka

Javelin gun is fun as hell, but unfortunately takes the focus away from dismemberment. But it makes some of the most satisfying sounds ever

badp

19:45

With 12 GB of data, that was a mistake

Once my computer is built I might just wipe this whole hard drive clean and just put Ubuntu on it

Lazers

0

Q: HAV Operation Dust 514

Is their any reason to train hav operation above skill level 1 ? This unlovks the only HAVs shown in the market. I have read about other tanks but I cannot find them. Does this have any benefits?

ps3

Frank

@SaintWacko How's SE V treating you?

Origami Robot

Aww, now I have to buy Swype :(

SaintWacko

@Frank I'm enjoying it. Haven't had much chance to play yet, but what I have done has been fun

Frank

@SaintWacko If you ever fine a planet with a little stonehenge-esque icon on it, colonize it.

It's one of the only ways to get some technologies.

Such as planetary shield generators.

SaintWacko

19:56

@Frank Yeah, I've found a couple, but I can't colonize them yet

Frank

Of course, what you get is rather random. You might get a unique tech like that, or just a few levels in existing techs.

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