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00:09
Note to self: The TV show you were going to watch is on today and you missed the first 8 minutes of it.
People still watch TV in realtime? ;)
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Q: Is Portal 2 Talent Show Achievement disabled?

WesleiI and my friend just completed that chamber and we did not lose any cube and we didn't get the Talent Show achievement. We repeated the chamber, not losing the cube again and we still didn't receive the achievement... Therefore, is the Talent Show achievement disabled?

00:25
@badp So I just got a brilliant idea for a site based on the messages you've been sharing with the chat.
Have you?
You have like a status update bar, or a share bar, or something, and it lets you type 140 characters of whatever to summarize what's going on in your life or whatnot.
I think I'll call it Twettor.
Oh, thank god. I was afraid you were about to suggest Twitter
then I'd have had to destroy you.
@Mana, better leave off the last vowel: Twettr
Fantastic Contraption, y u no load things.
00:28
@daxelrod It's cooler that way.
Also I beat Mom on my first playthrough, nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
:(
oh well. I'll feel more pleasure than you when I'll make it there!
OH GOD THIS BASS IS ENVELOPING MY ROOM
WHY, PARTY PEOPLE, WHY
Lol, you can't create an account for Fantastic Contraption 2.
It always thinks the password confirmation doesn't match the initial.
00:43
Just finished VVVVVV
I felt like telling someone
@Wilerson with or without the 20 trinkets?
10 :P
I got the regular ending but I'm at like 17
Veni Vidi Vici being one of those left
no way I'm trying veni vidi vici
Chat, I need to ask you a very important question.
Black or White?
00:56
Grey?
@Wilerson Not an option.
Black or White.
Also, should I change my Gravatar to this:
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Q: How to fix minecraft server severe erroring?

calccryptoIm running a minecraft server, and suddenly, it decided to start having massive amounts of warnings/errors that dont stop for quite some time. When it does stop, doing anything, even moving around will cause it to error again. 20:32:08 [SEVERE] Chunk (-8, 40) stored at (-10, 44) in world 'world...

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Q: Is there any way for me to turn off just the music in The Binding of Isaac?

ManaI've got nothing against the awesome soundtrack of The Binding of Isaac, but I love to blast other songs while I play video games, so I'm trying to turn the music off. There doesn't seem to be any option from the main menu, however, and there's no config file for the game as far as I can tell. Is...

@LessPopMoreFizz what about Black & White? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_White_%28video_game%29
@Wilerson Nope. Or.
01:03
@Powerlord I like this take better:
Macaulay Culkin sure had a lot of potential for awesome
Michael Jackson. A Million Dollars. You feel me?
Holler.
@LessPop_MoreFizz White. Unless it's Saturday and you gotta get down.
@badp Well, it will be Saturday roughly one seventh of the time. And if it's saturday, well of course I gotta get down.
I'm confused about what the final ruling was in
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Q: The tag Glitch now has a game

antony.trupeIt is a game now. Do we need to break the existing synonyms?

01:15
@LessPop_MoreFizz Then it depends on whether or not the Rebecca is strong within you.
@daxelrod All existing glitch questions were retagged bug.
No synonym created
@badp Ah, ok, thank you.
@badp Rebecca Black is a hack and an imitator.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I told you to go White.
It wasn't really clear to me what "This" was when you said "This has been done"
(That's a recording of a radio DJ from Ohio named Murray Saul from the 70's. He's kind of amazing.)
01:18
Murray Saul is amazing
@daxelrod Yes.
Honestly, I think that Rebecca Black is derivative of a calendar more than anything
> Let's clear our heads with some DISCO'S SPANISH.
@LessPop_MoreFizz This man... I can taste the Force.
But I see the influence
01:19
@daxelrod GOT TO. GOT TO. GOT TO. GET DOOOOOOOOOOOOWN.
@LessPopMoreFizz Ok, just got to that part
I retract my earlier statement
> Did you ever have a Malted Milk Ball? HAVE AS MANY AS YOU WANT THIS WEEKEND.
That's my weekly "What the fuck am I listening to?â„¢", thank you @LessPopMoreFizz
@badp Murray Saul is good enough for a years worth of what the fuck.
The best part is remembering that he broadcast that on the radio.
Are there albums? Please?
01:23
And now that I've listened to that, it's back to catching up on The Best Show.
@daxelrod I believe there are some, but I do not have them. Just that one, magical MP3.
(The Best Show, if you have never listened, lives up to it's name in a big way.)
The portal 2 soundtrack is so freakin' amazing. I can't help listening to "Your Precious (spoiler)" over and over.
It wraps all the themes together so well.
01:42
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Q: What Champions are freely available, and how can I get them?

Mag RoaderMy friends and I are started getting into League of Legends. I am enjoying myself enough that I'm considering unlocking a Champion or two. However, I noticed that some Champions are available online for dirt cheap, with prices such as Liking a Facebook page or Subscribing to a YouTube channel. ...

02:00
So I'm thinking about rolling my own A* in Python. Thoughts?
@Wilerson Did you complete "Veni, Vidi, Vici!"?
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Q: NHL 2K11 On Wii and Wii Motion Plus Issues

BrianI bought a used copy of the NHL 2K11 game and a WiiPlus from a retailer on Amazon (not sure if its new or not). The controls for the WiiPlus didn't quite work as advertised. I was curious, did anyone else experience issues on NHL 2K11 with the Wii Motion Plus, or maybe there is an issue with th...

Trololol
@John no way
@Wilerson Too bad. :( It get easier with practice you know! :P I spent hours on it because I knew if I didn't, I would forever have that nagging feeling that I couldn't do it...
(Apologies if I just gave you that nagging feeling)
02:14
how many times did you die?
@Wilerson According to the counter at the end, IIRC, I had about 1300 deaths when I finished the game. I attribute at least 300 to "Veni, Vidi, Vici!".
I had 662 at the end, and lost at least 100 before giving up on veni vidi vici
@Wilerson Wow, [compared to me] that's not bad.
How long can you last in the Super Gravitron? I think I'm at about 10 seconds.
but I gave up on a lot of trinkets
@Wilerson Ah ok. I just had to get them all. :P
02:19
I haven't played the super gravitron yet
@Wilerson I think you have to get all the trinkets to unlock it.
oh no :(
IIRC, "Get all the trinkets -> Secret lab -> Super Gravitron"
03:14
adds Majora's Mask to the list of Zelda games he's beaten
Also, final boss is ludicrously easy if you have the Fierce Deity Mask.
That just leaves the two Four Swords games on my "Zelda games Nintendo made that I haven't beaten yet" list.
I phrased it that way to ignore the CDi titles.
@GnomeSlice That's just offal.
04:13
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Q: Tag synonym: [osx] → [mac-os-x]

CyberSkullThe tag osx should be renamed to mac-os-x as that is the proper name of the operating system.

04:58
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Q: Does anything in RAGE's multiplayer mode unlock anything in the single-player campaign?

CyberSkullDoes anything in RAGE's multiplayer mode unlock anything in the single-player campaign?

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Q: How do I tell if my graphics card is defective?

StormShadowI have an nVidia 470 on an Asus X58 motherboard, and it runs fine for everything except games. When I try to play Steam games like The Force Unleashed and Portal, the video portions of the game play fine, but as soon as it switches to gameplay, the screen freezes, flickers black, and/or crashes i...

 
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07:15
Wow. The iPhone 4S sure is a miserable failure. So much of a failure that I can't get to store.apple.com
 
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Q: How vast are Minecraft's oceans?

HelbrederAfter a couple unsuccessful attempts to find myself in a nice looking spawn point on a newly generated map, I decided to find one by myself. I made myself a boat and started my sail due north-east. Three hours later, 15.000 meters further, I'm still on sail, looking not only for a decent land, b...

@LessPop_MoreFizz I thought it would only be released in a few days?
oh, you can't get to the page. Well, that's been fixed now.
09:21
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Q: Does the number of Farmland around Melon or Pumpkin seeds affect the chance of growing crops?

DemonicMushyDoes the number of Farmland around Melon and Pumpkin seeds affect the chances of growing crops? Is 1 Farmland beside the Melon or Pumpkin seed less effective in growing the crop? Or is 4 Farmland beside the Melon or Pumpkin seed more effective?

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Q: Name of mechlike game

GamingMLKA while ago I saw a review of a game which I now can't remember the name of. The game was played from a third person perspective where you controlled a man on a walking weapons platform (Actually you controlled the man and platform). You could upgrade your platform with new weapons and armor. A...

09:43
Home sweet home.
 
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Q: Looking for a game to play with my girlfriend

SkeithIv always be a bit of a solitary gamer, i have every final fantasy for instance. I dont play games online but i do enjoy playing with my friends, we play the likes of halo and cod. So i have few multiplayer games and the only one that has a co-op mode is halo. So what im looking for is some ide...

11:09
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Q: How to add leaderboard feature of openfient in android?

Avi kumar MankuI am developing an android game in android,with extending a class with view and i have also integrate openfient in it , i studied the tutorial further but i was not able to add leaderboard feature in my game ,how can i achieve that. my game class is like this public class GameActivity extends ...

11:23
I wonder if I should stop using my strange wrench as it becomes totally ordinary
11:52
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Q: Clarification on comments policy?

RawlingCan we have a clarification on what is and is not acceptible for discussion in comments? Based on this question and its responses, I can see it may be policy to redirect extended comment discussions that have got away from the question/answer to chat. Putting aside my particular thoughts on how...

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Q: With an AMD card, can I force V-Sync only for Rage?

AubergineSo, Rage recently got unlocked for EU territories, and the first thing I noticed once I started playing is an awful lot of screen tearing. I heard that forcing V-Sync (since sadly there's no option within Rage to turn it on) solves the issue, and it certainly did the trick for me. However, I co...

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Q: How can I chat with friends while in a LoL match?

F.S.Is it possible to chat with people on my friendlist while I am playing a match? If so: how? I did not find any window or button for this yet.

13:22
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Q: A complex MMORPG in early developement phase

Behold3rFew years ago (3 or 4 maybe) I came across a website about an unique 3D MMMORPG in early developement phase. There was a lot of conceptual text, here's what I remember from it: Permament death with a system of revive tokens for deaths by connection or bugs Playable dragons (strongest on level c...

13:35
I came in early today, thinking I'd be able to get out early.
OF COURSE NOT!
Instead, I got hit with the end of day phone shift, since the student who covers phone in the afternoon called in.
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Q: Why are Armor Penetration runes considered much stronger than atk speed runes?

SlayerIn lots of forums, ArPen runes are considered the best marks (along with Insight) and AS runes are referd as "do not buy runes". I'm not quite sure why. 9 tier 3 ArPen runes comes to 11.61 AP (suprisingly, the more Armor enemy have, the less effect these runes have. I did the maths: lets say y...

Lesson learned: Don't come into work early.
14:11
My mom just saw me playing Civ5
Guess I'll have to install civ4 on her old laptop
@Powerlord Lesson learned: Don't go to work.
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Q: Is it possible to get a beta key for the new CS:GO?

LatencyIs it possible to get a beta key for the new CS:GO? has the beta started? How would I get in?

14:44
@Lazers No, no, and don't know.
14:55
So, since I was without scissors, I went and bought some
Obvously, they're wrapped tightly in plastic
Jeez, I wish I had some scissors to cut the package open.
Note to self: make a book for people who want to self-teach reading
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15:11
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Q: What are the expectations of the Gaming Promotional Grant?

AeoI got an email telling me I was eligible for this... And to be honest, I like the idea (free-to-me game? Who wouldn't?!), but there is one thing I am wondering about that I haven't really seen addressed either in the above thread or the linked other thread... Perhaps I missed it, but I went over ...

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Q: How do I automatically change the camera in a track in Trackmania 2?

Jack B NimbleI'm trying to get the camera to change while excuting a loop. In previous Trackmania games (such as Nations) you would create a ghost file (the track is now haunted), within the ghost recording you would set a trigger at the beginning of loop, set the camera (to internal), and create a second t...

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Q: In Oblivion is there a 1 to 1 relationship between skill advances and stats at level up?

Omar KoohejiI know that how many point you can add to your attributes depends on how you leveled up your skills during that level but if I level up 5 strength skills will I get +5 to strength or is it not 1 to 1?

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Q: "Kill the guards at the roadblock before they discover Bartolomeo's soldiers" - I get desynchronized?

CodemonkeyI'm at a point in the story where I'm with some 50 mercenaries disguised as French soldiers. My objective is the text in the title, and 3 targets are marked on my map as "targets". By that I mean they have a red bullseye icon on them. I'm given 20 seconds. The problem is; the second I kill one o...

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Q: What is the name of the fighting arcade game where you choose from 2 guys and one girl and the last boss is a "baby"

UnKnownI remember myself playing this game in Mexico a few years back using those arcade machines (the ones where you use pesos to play.) . In this game you can choose from three characters, two guys and one girl. Those characters seem to be joined by a type of fox who doesn't really do much. I know tha...

Y U CLOSE
...There's nothing wrong with that question...
@GnomeSlice ITG hate?
@sjohnston =[
It does seem quite detailed to me (and apparently many others), which makes me think that the close votes were more along the lines of "I don't like ITG questions" rather than "I don't like this ITG question"
Hmm. Shame on you people.
15:23
Cast your vote and let the system work
That's about all you can do
Yes, but still.
Hrmph.
@GnomeSlice It was also closed a year ago
@MarcoCeppi So?
Times were different back then
Policies were different
AU went through a similar growing pain where for some dumb reason we allowed "always-friday-in-iceland" tag and questions exist
@MarcoCeppi haha... what?
Sigh Anyone know how to force Visual Studio to rebuild its intellisense cache?
@MarcoCeppi What does that tag even mean?
Even after I clean my project, I'm seeing old method names for my interface.
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Q: A complex MMORPG in early developement phase

Behold3rA few years ago (3 or 4 maybe) I came across a website about an unique 3D MMMORPG in an early developement phase. There was a lot of conceptual text, here's what I remember from it: Permament death with a system of revive tokens for deaths by connection or bugs Playable dragons (the strongest o...

This one should probably be closed.
Why would you downvote a new user?
15:32
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Q: Always Friday in Iceland?

Chacha102Just because I can't find where this has been asked before (I am pretty certain it is somewhere), could someone explain the always-friday-in-iceland meme?

@Powerlord Makes sense.
Hahahaha! Silly Flash!
@GnomeSlice You know you already complained about that yesterday, right?
Who's been messing with the bots memory file again?
@Powerlord Oops. Yeah, I did.
@GnomeSlice Also, how do you know it's Flash that's the problem and not the game/program it's running?
@Powerlord Oh, the game plays fine.
I just thought it was funny that that game thinks I'm out of date when I'm 2 versions ahead.
15:45
It's a shoddy version checker that expects the primary version to be one character long.
Hence why it thinks you're running Flash 1.
Anyway, I deleted my project's ncb file, and it rebuilt it.
Lets see... what haven't I complained about yet...
@GnomeSlice @badp.
@Powerlord I complain about that all the time.
@GnomeSlice Well, then... Juan.
@Powerlord He's alright.
15:47
GraceNote?
Also, I'm surprised you can't use your debit card as a credit card.
Shhh, he'll hear you!
@Powerlord I'm surprised you can.
That's standard for US banks and credit unions. My debit card even has a Visa logo on it.
I'm Canadian.
@GnomeSlice I know, but Canada and the US usually aren't all that different. Except for what screwups our governments do.
and what screwups run our governments, but that's a given, right?
Oh, yesterday was election day.
Whoops.
15:50
Hmm, at least in the US, important elections are only held on even years.
@GnomeSlice That'd be funnier if I could see where that link went to. :)
@Powerlord Doesn't exist.
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Q: Looking for a game to play with my girlfriend

SkeithIv always be a bit of a solitary gamer, i have every final fantasy for instance. I dont play games online but i do enjoy playing with my friends, we play the likes of halo and cod. So i have few multiplayer games and the only one that has a co-op mode is halo. So what im looking for is some ide...

1 min ago, by GnomeSlice
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Just goes to a not found.
Would be better if the wrong link text went to the actual correct dupe
Introducing GLaDOSiri:
15:53
@sjohnston Looking for games to play with my wife?
@Brant -1, that's just silly.
@GnomeSlice Do you hate GLaDOS or something?
@Brant Well, now I have to buy a new iPhone
@Powerlord It's just silly.
Also, I'm pretty sure it's a joke.
@GnomeSlice She was a lot like you.
Yes, we all know that @Gnome has no time for silly things. Especially not on YouTube.
15:56
@Powerlord Maybe that's why we don't get along.
@sjohnston ...Dangit.
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Q: Wii controllers keep losing connection. What can I do?

Andrew J. BrehmI have a Wii and two controllers. In the last few months the controllers lose the connection to the Wii rather often. It's bad enough that we cannot play Mario Kart any more (because one player gets disconnected every few seconds). If I play Super Mario All Stars on my own, it disconnects less of...

(Maybe not quite as heavy)
Also, I'm too hipster to like Portal any more.
@GnomeSlice You have been replaced. When I delete you, maybe I'll stop feeling so bad.
I think we should make a policy disallowing questions about Runescape on the site.
@Powerlord Replaced by whom?
15:59
I think we should make a policy disallowing questions about MineCraft on the site... but that doesn't mean it'll happen. ;)
@GnomeSlice Moar Lazers
Although I was really just making Portal 2 references.
Ah hell, it's noon. Be back in a bit.
16:12
uh. Crates no longer list the items you can get from them?
@badp They did this morning.
Right now I'm not getting them.
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Q: Uploading Alien Swarm screenshots in Steam

DypplI made a couple of screenshots in Alien Swarm that I want to share via Steam screenshots collection. However, in Screenshot Manager I can't chose "Alien Swarm" game (it's not present in the list). I was able to locate screenshot files in steamapps\common\alien swarm\swarm\screenshots, but I can'...

@Lazers bug, file a bug report about it.
Kinda like the bug where you couldn't schedule games of TF2 on the Steam group calendar.
@Powerlord He can't hear you.
16:18
@GnomeSlice I know, but I also can't reply on Gaming for another 6 hours.
@Powerlord what? I don't want them to validate the input!
then I can't schedule games for whatever Steam game!
@badp Immediately following the Summer Sale, you could only schedule items for the Summer glasses DLC, not Team Fortress 2 itself. It was rather funny.
You can still schedule events for the Bit Trip Beat Accessed Content DLC.
back from the ARG.
If it has a game ID, you can schedule things for it
Personally, I think it'd be great if they'd remove all non-multiplayer games from list, including all DLC stuff.
Personally, I think it'd be great if they just allowed me to put in whatever game
16:23
Personally, I think it'd be great.
not all games ever are on Steam.
That is all.
I have to pick stuff like 'important meeting' for non-Steam games.
@ArdaXi Personally.
I've decided I like Code Review. Someone telling me exactly how to make my code better just makes me feel warm inside. :)
@badp I actually have one of those, and it uh, worked.
16:38
PhD GET!
That easy huh.
Hidden in a pot was it?
No, in a treasure room
After a lizard?
No, one of those worm thingies
This is just cruel
Use magic!
16:42
All I have is 19 bombs
@badp Can you jump?
No.
Oh come on.
Can you shoot it?
Oh... actually bombing is the answer
16:45
They kind of plug the hole.
Lol.
Don't they explode?
Typically.
This deserves a question
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Q: Including option descriptions for a Google Docs Spreadsheet form

Grace NoteUsually, the options for a form are pretty self-intuitive, but sometimes, you need to explain each of the individual options. In close proximity to the actual question. However, the options for a Google Docs form aren't very conducive to a good illustration. Below is an image of a troublesome sec...

If anyone has any insight for how I can make our form much less ugly and detrociously atrimental, I'd be very happy.
@GraceNote You would have two different gravatars at once.
@GnomeSlice Your tenses seem off there
16:47
@GraceNote ?
@GnomeSlice Different sites.
I wouldn't, so much as I do
Have a lot more than 2, really
@GraceNote Ah, nevermind...
@GraceNote I think @GnomeSlice is trying to say that it fits your stereotype. If you know Grace Note, but don't know how many gravatars she has, one could assert that Grace Note would have 2 gravatars at once.
(Wait did I just agree with @GnomeSlice again?)
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@John For shame.
16:51
@John Don't worry, that happens to people every now and then, but it's not permanent.
@badp What are you playing, if I may ask?
@GraceNote The Binding of Isaac.
Hmm, I ordered a shirt from internet, and it came with a bag of candy.
@GraceNote Correct.
@ArdaXi Er...
@GraceNote Yes
16:54
Hm, hm, I see, I see
@GraceNote Now, I know you're going to love this...
It's a Steam-exclusive title. Or at least it is right now.
Oh, figures. Interest gone.
Guess I'll go back to my backlog
@GraceNote Tell me about it.
@GraceNote Poor choice, the game is very good.
@GnomeSlice Good candy too!
16:56
@ArdaXi o.o
noms
@badp Think of it like knowing that a particular game on a different platform is excellent, but you simply don't own that platform.
@badp How come nobody likes the kind of games I do until they come out on Steam.
It is my loss in the end, but so is as it is
@GraceNote Except getting the platform doesn't cost you $$$$$$$$$
At any rate.
16:57
@GnomeSlice I've noticed that too. It's annoying. (I have got to stop this!)
@badp Except for the exorbitant pricing requirement for double-buying single player games
A normal console just costs me money once to buy the console
I died.
Good riddance.
@GraceNote I assume you don't buy any games from WiiWare, XBLA, or PSN either?
16:59
@GnomeSlice I'm just waiting for people to find some kind of excellent shmup on Steam, then I can share in the pain
@Powerlord Those decidedly don't have the same restriction
That said, I haven't bought anything from WiiWare or PSN anyway, but that's because we lack the capability at the moment, eheh.
I bought Toki Tori on WiiWare a few years ago, when it came out.
4 mins ago, by GnomeSlice
@badp How come nobody likes the kind of games I do until they come out on Steam.
@GraceNote Jamestown
@GnomeSlice You said that 4 minutes ago
@badp The only person I've seen play that is Fallen, who I already got into Touhou anyway
@GraceNote It was relevant to the thing about TokiTori.
@GraceNote Yeah, I'm waiting for one of those 50% discounts
17:02
@GnomeSlice Yes, but the text was still on the screen. Because you had pretty much just said that.
If you buy full price from Steam you're doing it wrong
@GraceNote Yes, but it was directly related to the thing about Toki Tori...
Some games seem to never have those super discounts, then with enough patience they come.
Buying full price in general tends to be doing it wrong.
17:02
I had already lost hope for SpaceChem, and then.
@RonanForman Did you beat me? I wasn't going for the fastest time. I'm just creating tracks.
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Q: How can I clear gaps in the Binding of Isaac?

badpI have coins. I have bombs. I lack keys and health. Obviously means I found a key and a heart pickups; they're so close, and yet so far. Now, I know one of the devil pacts grants you flight. Is that the only way to reach those areas?

Well excuse me princess!
@RonanForman Nice job, hero.
I wonder how changing the quality would affect a replay.
If you turn it to low quality, the giant bitchslapping ape and dinosaur disappear.
In theory, that would mean you could go through where their feet would be on a higher quality setting.
17:05
@Lazers I always find it amusing when badp talks to himself.
@RonanForman D'oh, you cheater.
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A: What are the expectations of the Gaming Promotional Grant?

Matthew Read Some games I'll play through and not have a single question of it. Normally, that isn't an issue. But with something like this, I'll feel bad about not having anything to contribute back, and it certainly wouldn't look good on me. Alternatively, I could make some questions up, but they usually...

@John That reminds me, have you read Garfield Minus Garfield? :D
@GnomeSlice It cost me 5 seconds.
@RonanForman Gah, I gave up.
:P
17:07
@Powerlord New bookmark! :D
@RonanForman BAM!
It has a very... interesting aesthetic
@badp Yeah, I know. I've done it myself. I just find it funny imagining these 2 identical little blue ninja balls talking to each other.
At any rate Jamestown is not Steam only
And now Jon talks about the next TF2 update:
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Q: The pending suggested edits signal is unreadable

lunboksFor the (sub-5k) uninitiated: When you visit the review tab while there are pending suggested edits, this happens: Until now, I thought this was simply a square to draw my attention to the fact that I should check out this tab. Today, after squinting at it for a bit, realizing I'm dumb and...

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Q: Does an N64 system display a black screen when turned on without a game cart?

DeaDEnDI bought a used N64 system and I was told it was tested and works. But I only have one old game I haven't played in years that I tried with it. When I turn it on, the light turns on on front of the system. But nothing displays on screen. What I want to know is if it should turn the screen black ...

@Lazers Can't remember, but this was from the days before game systems had setup screens and launch menus.
@badp Jamestown is probably more in the vein of manic shooter than a curtain fire type game though
28 mins ago, by Grace Note
@GnomeSlice I'm just waiting for people to find some kind of excellent shmup on Steam, then I can share in the pain
Playing it gave me the itch to play Touhou, but after playing Touhou for a while and going back to Jamestown, the difference was very marked
She said 'excellent shmup' without specifying the subgenre :)
17:32
@badp True, though I think of Grace as somewhat of a shmup connoisseur so I thought she'd like to be aware of the differences
@Powerlord I remember being floored when I found out that the PS1 had a system menu you could reach by turning the console on without a disc in the tray.
I'm fairly certain the N64 also had a system menu
didn't it?
@badp It doesn't I still own on, I checked.
I distinctly remember looking through some kind of memory manager that looked kinda like Mario 64
I might be wrong though
17:38
@badp Maybe it was Mario 64.
@Brant I used to love playing music on there and watching the visualizer
So did we actually e-mail users about the promotional grant?
System menus became necessary on consoles as soon as we started having media that couldn't store save games without having any form on internal storage on the console.
@FallenAngelEyes I said just "shmup" since I was going for any
@badp Games that have memory card usage often had a menu of sorts you could access by turning it on with some specific method, but I don't believe there was a general systems menu
@GraceNote Very few N64 games actually used memory cards, preferring to store data on the cartridge itself like its predecessors on the SNES.
I only remember the N64 even had memory cards because it used the same slot on the controller that the Rumble Pack used.
17:46
@Powerlord That's why it wasn't many that could, but I recall Ogre Battle 64 and Mario Kart 64 used them, and those were the two which I mainly used the menu for. Oh, and Bomberman 64
I had one game that did but I can't remember which.
Ooh, now I wonder if Ocarina of Time on the Wii supports rumble if you pick up the rumble stone thingy.
Have you noticed nintedo are selling what used to be minigames as full titles?
Wait, does the Wii Classic Controller (or Pro) even have a rumble thing built in? Probably not. :/
Stone of agony.
17:52
I also wonder why the Wii firmware isn't updated to let you use the Classic Controller for GameCube games.
And yet again I'm left doing all the cooking
@RonanForman Whatcha makin'?
Curry
Rogan josh to be exact.
@RonanForman Not ? I are disappoint.
I'm not that fond of
17:56
Well that was fun. I just tried a keyboard shortcut that's supposed to make my extension start working. Turns out that shortcut doubles as the "Exit to console login" shortcut. >.<
@RonanForman That looks really good.
Ooh, Samsung and Google are using Steve Jobs death as an excuse to delay the unveil of the next version of Android until the same time as NokiaWorld. How classy. :/
I don't make it that good.
Also it's fake chicken
@RonanForman Fake chicken?
My mums vegetarian so we have quorn
If Facon is fake bacon, is Facken fake chicken?
17:59
If it walks like a chicken and quacks like a chicken...

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