The Bridge

Ronan Forman

18:00

@ArdaXi That comic does make perfect sense.

badp

wait... Bit Trip Runner 2 is a thing?

Raven Dreamer

um... yeah?

badp

:(

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Kills the wager too.

Mana

@badp You didn't know?

badp

18:00

@Mana No, I didn't.

Arda Xi

@badp ...wat

Raven Dreamer

Just because you had a poor experience with your illegitimate copy doesn't mean others didn't enjoy it.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Well, of course. That's why the stab was going to be "I guess half-cannibalism is rather a common opposition point"

Ullallulloo

Yay! I got my Amazon gift card!

Grace Note

@Ullallulloo So, step one of "Grand Scheme to buy things for free" is through, what's next?

Ronan Forman

18:01

@ArdaXi What wager?

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Pascal's.

badp

@RavenDreamer Let me assure the "illegitimate" part of the equation did nothing to worsen my experience.

Ullallulloo

@GraceNote 2. Associate with Amazon account...

Raven Dreamer

@badp Except, by your admissions, you had issues with the sound that myself, Arda, et al did not.

Why is Arda a Mermaid?

Grace Note

...we're on the sound or not sound thing again?

badp

18:03

@RavenDreamer I didn't admit you weren't having issues. I pointed at youtube videos that have very same thing itself and you went ahead and claimed "encoding issues"

Powerlord

er... what are we talking about?

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi That makes no sense, you do have something to lose: Rational behaviour and a capacity to learn.

Grace Note

We can always change subject, @Powerlord

Raven Dreamer

@Powerlord Badp doesn't like Bit.Trip Runner because in his experience, the sound isn't as it should be.

badp

I could've challenged you to give me a YouTube video that didn't have such an issue, come think of it

Raven Dreamer

18:04

Arda and I have, in the past, argued that his problems do not extend to the world at large.

badp

@RavenDreamer Feel free to remove "in his experience" - it just isn't

Grace Note

Considering this is in fact a rehash of the past, could we restrict it to a recap episode and not a re-happening?

Raven Dreamer

►

Ullallulloo

Step 3. Buy game through Amazon payments.

Powerlord

@GraceNote Hey are there any sports going on right now? I don't know which teams to make small talk about.

Ullallulloo

18:05

$4.01 is the average, now I'll have a funny amount left over. D:

Grace Note

@Powerlord Uh... League of Legends season 2 has started, I know that much

badp

@RavenDreamer 23 seconds in, the gold block sound comes in waaaay after he hits it.

Same 40 seconds in

Same 44 seconds in

Arda Xi

@badp I... I hear it exactly when he hits it.

badp

Same 49 seconds in

Arda Xi

I don't know what to tell you.

Ronan Forman

18:07

@badp No it doesn't.

Raven Dreamer

Hm

Mana

@ArdaXi same

John

Is there any way to tell how many views my blog post got?

Raven Dreamer

I see what @badp is talking about.

badp

Then my ears are malfunctioning and I'm glad I didn't buy a game that required ears in perfect working order to enjoy

Raven Dreamer

18:08

I must revise my statement: He's not crazy because he thinks there's something funky with the sound

Powerlord

I hear that Star Wars: The Old Republic if finally starting its guild imports.

Raven Dreamer

He may be crazy for other reasons.

Ronan Forman

@RavenDreamer Please enlighten us.

bwarner

@John Yes, but you probably are better off not knowing. The blog doesn't tend to get a lot of traffic...

Raven Dreamer

It's the gold under the beam at about 40seconds in.

John

18:09

@bwarner :(

badp

@John What day was the blog post published under?

Powerlord

Which sucks, since one of our guild members who preordered around the same time I did is having the same problem I did but Tech Support won't contact him back.

badp

If it's not too back in the past I'll tell you

Raven Dreamer

HOWEVER

badp

Otherwise I might just not have the data

Raven Dreamer

18:10

the vast majority of the game sound behaves as expected. You're really bothered by isolated incidents? I thought you were complaining that the entire game was off.

John

@badp Only about 2 weeks ago. I'd give you an exact date, but nothing's loading for me.

Ronan Forman

Oh god it's happening to me now!

badp

@RavenDreamer After hearing 40 seconds of sound bliss, just one sound out of sync kicks me out of it

Ullallulloo

hmm...It seems I can't get to the part where I use my gift cards unless I pick a valid credit card first...

badp

Beat didn't have this problem.

Raven Dreamer

18:10

@badp it doesn't sync with the gold, but it does sync with the object right next to the gold, so I think it's a design choice, not a bug

badp

Bit Trip games require perfection from the part of the gamer

@RavenDreamer ...it'd be silly if the game wasn't able to play two sounds at the same time, now, wouldn't it?

Even if it wasn't, you wouldn't make your level such that it triggers such a condition?

Now, perhaps Runner 2 will address this issue

Arda Xi

@badp It'd be silly if it did.

Raven Dreamer

@badp I don't think it's that. I think the idea is, "rather than playing these two sounds that are quite close together, only play 1 so they don't overlap"

bwarner

@John Looks like 120 views to me.

badp

@RavenDreamer I dunno, I think the levels are designed music first

John

18:12

@bwarner Hm, ok thanks. How did you get that?

Arda Xi

Seeing as it's physically impossible to actually play two sounds at the same time, the result would be some kind of merger of the two, which, definitely at this level, you wouldn't recognise as either.

badp

"I want this sound, so I need to put the objects in this position to match the melody"

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi Well, just add the two sounds together, and then play only one sound: the combined sound.

Trust me. I'm in a multimedia class!

badp

@ArdaXi ...

Introducing: background music!

Arda Xi

@RavenDreamer "which, definitely at this level, you wouldn't recognise as either."

Raven Dreamer

18:13

@badp Except that Runner 2 dev vids have them working with the course first, and without sound.

Powerlord

@RavenDreamer Which is how mixers work in the first place, and usually the sound api does this for you.

bwarner

@John Are you an admin on the blog?

Raven Dreamer

@Powerlord Exactly

Arda Xi

For background music, that works, because it's continuous.

John

@bwarner I don't know about admin, but I have the power to publish posts (supposedly, I haven't tried it yet).

badp

18:14

@RavenDreamer Perhaps they're just messing with the engine to make sure there are no weird corner cases? I have no idea.

Raven Dreamer

@badp sound is part of the Bit.Trip experience, but it's not the only part. It's silly to assume sound came first.

Arda Xi

If you have two small intermittent sound effects that start and stop at the exact same time, it'll sound bad.

bwarner

Try this link gaming.blogoverflow.com/wp-admin/…

badp

@ArdaXi Beat has plenty of these tbh

Ullallulloo

I'm thinking @Wipqozn is wrong.

Arda Xi

18:15

@badp Not really.

badp

now, typically beats at the same time sound the same

Grace Note

Hrm...

Arda Xi

Exactly.

Ullallulloo

I don't see a Gift Card option for Amazon Payments at all.

badp

but I think that's not always the case

Arda Xi

18:15

There's a specific sound for 'two beats at the same time'.

badp

@ArdaXi I don't think they have sounds for all the possible beat combinations. It just makes sense to add them together.

Arda Xi

@badp That's the same thing.

badp

After all, chords are all about different short sounds one over the other

Arda Xi

The two beats added together make a new beat.

badp

@ArdaXi I see we agree then.

Neeeext.

Arda Xi

18:16

So you agree that in Runner, it wouldn't work for the aforementioned reasons then? Good.

bwarner

So which class should I play in Team Fortress 2?

Grace Note

How vast of a difference between "Gold is grabbed" and "Sound is played" are we looking at, @badp?

Arda Xi

@bwarner How masochistic are you?

badp

@GraceNote Enough to notice. Less than a second, anyway.

bwarner

Somewhat

badp

18:17

@bwarner Lumberjack.

Grace Note

A second is a long time.

badp

I mean, pyro.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote there are two objects in close succession. sound only plays on the clearing of the 2nd, not the first, and this bugs @badp.

bwarner

I generally increase the difficulty level on games before starting to play them.

John

@bwarner Oh that's cool! Thanks!

badp

18:18

wait, @bwarner are you just starting?

bwarner

But I suck at first person shooters

badp

then Medic. Definitely, definitely, definitely Medic.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer I'm trying to figure what this second object is, because I'm noticing a direct correlation between when the gold counter increments and when the sound plays.

badp

Basically you hold the left mouse button held on your team mates and this heals them. Now follow them around.

bwarner

@GraceNote Come on, work with me here...

Grace Note

18:19

I trust @badp that he's noticing summat off, I'm just trying to figure what.

badp

There is a bar at the bottom right corner that charges up when you do this.

When the bar is full you can right click for 8 seconds of invulnerability for you and the person you're healing.

Grace Note

@bwarner I don't play TF2, but if you had to go by my tastes, I'd say Demoman, by the avatar I have queued up, Engineer.

badp

This is a uber, and it's a big deal. Try to not waste it, but don't die with one ready either.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote ducking under the pipe usually plays a sound

Powerlord

@Ullallulloo Amazon Payments? I know on a normal Amazon checkout form, gift cards are the second box down under "More Payment Options"

Grace Note

18:20

@bwarner I have the same tendency

badp

Playing medic lets you see other classes in action, lets you learn the maps and just gives you a feel of the game.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord Yeah, I know, but Amazon Payments doesn't...

bwarner

@GraceNote I'm just trying to give you a subject change...

Lazers

0

Q: Can you identify this violent Rollerball- or hockey-like game?

I played a 3D polygonal PC game a dozen or so years ago on Windows 98 that reminded me of Rollerball (the game in the movie of the same name, not the NES pinball game). Rather than being on a track with rolling balls, it was in an arena shaped like a large skate bowl and I believe you had stick ...

identify-this-game

badp

Nah, I typically play games on either Normal or Easy. I don't like raging at stuff too much.

Grace Note

18:21

@bwarner I had a pique of interest, not debate, so I'm asking by curiosity and not to pile on @badp because I don't want to pile on badp

Powerlord

@Ullallulloo It's possible that Amazon payments doesn't accept Amazon Gift Cards.

Raven Dreamer

I'm off!

badp

@GraceNote Let me listen to that track again

bwarner

@GraceNote I rarely have time to replay games, so I'd rather be challenged the first time through. I only turn it down if I'm getting clobbered.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord It seems like that. @Wipqozn said they did yesterday.

Grace Note

18:22

@bwarner Sounds like me except sub "rarely replay" with "ramp up the difficulty even more after AWESOME VICTORY"

bwarner

Although maybe if I played games at a lower difficulty I'd have more time time to play other games...

Powerlord

@Ullallulloo I've never used them, so I wouldn't know.

David B

sniper = learn to aim, pyro = learn to move, soldier = learn to reload, medic = learn to cooperate, heavy = learn to win

Grace Note

If there is a sound effect for the pipe, then yes, it is getting masked

bwarner

Like I think I had to do the Potema fight in Skyrim about 10 times to finally win it without Lydia getting killed.

Powerlord

18:23

@bwarner Be aware that some classes have special items as their secondary weapons (press 2 or mouse wheel to it). For instance, the medi-guns that badp is talking about earlier are a secondary item.

engineer = learn to hide behind your sentry gun, demoman = learn to shoot around corners, spy = learn to sneak up behind people. ;)

badp

If you want to make your life easier, turn fast weapon switching on

bwarner

But that sucking at first person shooters that I mentioned earlier also bleeds over into not being very good at first person RPGs

badp

it's in the control settings, advanced pane

so you don't have to click every time to change weapons

Powerlord

@badp Oh yes, I totally forgot about that.

Grace Note

@bwarner Console gamer primarily?

David B

18:25

yeah, those skills aren't really applicable outside of their own classes

Grace Note

@Powerlord Shooting around corners is all why the Demoman appeals to me

Powerlord

There's only one weapon in the game where fast weapon switch could cause problems... the Zotoichi (sp?)

bwarner

@GraceNote No. Turn based gamer.

Grace Note

Ah

Hexes. There aren't enough primary console gamers here.

bwarner

I would constantly pause fights in Dragon Age to make sure everything was going like I wanted it to.

badp

18:26

@GraceNote Be aware though that you can only shoot so far, and that if you shoot too close you'll take self damage

Demoman is a very middle range class, and speed is not where it excels.

Grace Note

@badp I would imagine that grenades explode on the ground but not on walls, aye?

badp

@GraceNote No, they don't explode on hitting the ground

Grace Note

So it's a timing thing?

Powerlord

@GraceNote Yeah... if you actually play the game, you'll find your Stickybombs are extremely useful, too. For placing in doorways, near intelligence briefcase, or on capture points. Then wait for someone to walk near them and right-click. ;P

badp

Either they hit a player/sentry and explode on contact, or they just explode after... 3 seconds?

Grace Note

18:27

@Powerlord The inner Bomberman in me does enjoy the prospect

Powerlord

It's funny looking at the Demoman's unlockable weapons

Most of your unlockables are melee weapons.

Grace Note

@bwarner So, as a turn based gamer... ever touched the Etrian Odyssey series? ♪

Powerlord

Including the Ullapool Caber AKA Bomb on a stick.

badp

However, to help things out, the Demo has a long array of melee weapons, some of which are the only ones in the game with ever so slightly larger range

Grace Note

BALPHARC!

badp

18:28

OH NOES NOT MY LOVELY CHAT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Arda Xi

Uh oh. Who broke chat?

Ullallulloo

Sadness: answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100130192301AAOp2xw

agent86

@Powerlord imagine what would've happen'd if I wasn't drunk! heh.. heh...

badp

WE MUST DEFEND THE INTELL-- ERR THE CHAT

Powerlord

Buildin' a sentry!

Ronan Forman

18:28

Okay, lets see if I can start a debate just as chat closes.

bwarner

@GraceNote No, never heard of it.

badp

Erectin' a dispenser.

Ronan Forman

Controversial statement!

Grace Note

@bwarner It's a DS dungeon exploration RPG series.

Powerlord

We require additional minera... er... metal.

David B

18:29

Defend the Nexus!

badp

Quick! Where's the resupply cabinet?

Ronan Forman

For the emperor!

bwarner

@GraceNote Ah. No DSes in my house, my wife is very much anti-portable gaming systems. She's still mad I got a Kindle Fire.

badp

What do you mean there's no resupply cabinet? Quick SOMEBODY KILL THEMSELVES.

Grace Note

@bwarner ...uf, that's unfortunate

Ronan Forman

18:30

@badp You need an upgrade from the gene blender.

Powerlord

So yeah, Ullapool Caber... if you hit someone with it, they take like 150 damage, but you take like 80. Those numbers are guesses, mind you.

agent86

@badp explodes

Grace Note

Doesn't want you rotting your brain on the go?

Powerlord

Oh, and once it explodes, it only does like 45 damage per hit.

badp

collects 100 metal, whacks at @Powerlord's sentry

Arda Xi

18:37

So... who killed chat?

Ronan Forman

That was fast, why is it back already?

Grace Note

Hitting someone in melee with a grenade is something I am accustomed to doing, so that seems right up my alley.

badp

@GraceNote Also, a caber hit propels you high in the air, so you'll have to suffer fall damage as well.

It will only detonate if you hit a wall or an enemy, so it's an entertaining way to spy check at least... if you're careful.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord I just like it because the first four letters are the name and in my screenname.

Ronan Forman

I just noticed a suggested tag for my video is kevin.

badp

18:40

It's a "trolling" weapon which used to work wonders (in trolling) with the sticky jumper

back when equipping sticky jumper meant you wouldn't take self explosive damage ever

(it's been fixed)

Ullallulloo

@RonanForman You seem to be one of the few people that knows how to make multi-word tags.

Grace Note

Well, from experience, that almost takes all the fun out of melee-grenading, then.

Ronan Forman

@Ullallulloo multi-word tags?

Ullallulloo

@RonanForman On YouTube.

Ronan Forman

32 secs ago, by Ronan Forman

@Ullallulloo multi-word tags?

Ullallulloo

18:42

@RonanForman ...on one video I saw it....

One tag was "gaming stackexchange" or something.

LessPop_MoreFizz

8

Q: Can I secretly kill every guard in a town?

Is it possible to kill all the guards in a town? Ideally, I'd like to do it secretly, so the entire town doesn't see my deeds and give me a bounty. Edit: Currently I was questing in Markarth and was told by a guard to back off and stop being nosy.. I didn't and then I went to the Shrine of Talo...

skyrim

I love/hate when people do this.

Grace Note

When they ask murder questions or something else?

Ronan Forman

@Ullallulloo I don't see it.

Ullallulloo

@RonanForman Me neither...

LessPop_MoreFizz

That is to say, rather than ask "How do I [Solve Problem]", they instead ask "How do I [Implement terrible and wrong solution] to [Problem]"

Ullallulloo

18:45

Nevermind...

LessPop_MoreFizz

I love it because being able to recognize the real root question is something of a skill I spent my 6 years in retail cultivating.

Grace Note

And you get an upvote for that

LessPop_MoreFizz

I hate it because it reminds me of those 6 years in retail.

Grace Note

Haha

Lazers

0

Q: How can I perform the tightest turn possible in a jet?

Sometimes I seem to be able spin my jet around like a top and start going the opposite direction immediately. Other times my jet takes a wide looping turn. This seems to be mostly dependent on my air speed and whether or not I'm using thrust at the moment but I don't have a good handle on it. ...

battlefield-3 flying

Raven Dreamer

18:51

@LessPop_MoreFizz Having been in retail myself, I empathize.

Ronan Forman

No matter what style I hear the zelda theme in, I always here Brentalflosses lyrics.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman You're not the only one.

How about this though?

►

(The Zelda theme starts at 2:22)

Ronan Forman

In the 25th aniverary CD it's played by a harp with an orchestra backing. but still: "Find the triforce, and take it by force."

A sword that shoots laser beams!

Grace Note

I should listen to that CD

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Don't you feel like a man? Dressed up like Peter Pan.

Why is Zelda dressed up like Peter Pan anyway?

Ronan Forman

18:58

@ArdaXi facepalm

Arda Xi

You know what the worst part is? The Dutch Skyward Sword commercial calls the protagonist Zelda.

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi KILL IT NOW!

I think zelda is a pretty cool guy, he wonder was gannon's up to and doesn't afraid of blowing up dodongos.

@GraceNote Track 3 is the best.

I'm going to reverse track 8 and see how it sounds.

badp

@ArdaXi I hate Machinima so much

one every two TF2 videos I see there's their fake Meet the Pyro thing

I don't even want to look at it.

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi I fixed the "invisible enemies" bit.

Forgot to reset one of my variables on game over

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo You probably saw that on my video... I don't think it was a multi word tag, spaces automatically separate into new tags.

Ullallulloo

19:09

@GnomeSlice Yeah, I think it might have been periods, cuz I know it all selected together.

GnomeSlice

Yeah, I think I tagged it with gaming.stackexchange

agent86

god, someone actually bought those "cheap" russian copies of BF3?

0

Q: Battlefield 3 PC black screen with sounds

Since the last patch of Battlefield 3 I can't play it anymore because the screen is black, but I can hear sounds in the background. I tried to repair the installation from Origin, but it doesn't resolve the problem. I think the issue is related to the fact that I have a Russian version of the gam...

pc battlefield-3 first-person-shooter origin

fail.

Grace Note

@badp @Fallen @GnomeSlice Amanda says thanks for the gratitude, and also says thanks to everyone on Gaming for making the site so huge and successful.

2

badp

Huge? We're barely a blip on the radar

Grace Note

...also there's a suggestion that instead of a basket of cookies, that a basket of bourbon bacon chocolate cookies be sent.

Arda Xi

19:10

Did I miss something?

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Who? Also, what am I being commended for?

Dave McClelland

@agent86 Why'd you tag this as saints-row-2? gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/39176/…

agent86

@dave, my answer works for both games.

GnomeSlice

@DaveMcClelland It applies to both games.

Raven Dreamer

@badp We overtook ServerFault on the site list.

Grace Note

19:11

@GnomeSlice If your reimbursement isn't there yet, it should be by the end of the day, by the way

GnomeSlice

We don't generally tag based on answers, but the question applies to both as well.

Lazers

-1

Q: Best RPG game that can still be found?

I like to think that the best RPG ever made was Xenogears for the PS1, actually it got me hooked on that genre. What is one of the best RPG's out there now, old or current, that can be found and for what system? I have started Skyrim but don't always have access to my computer to play it.

role-playing-game

0

Q: Battlefield 3 PC black screen with sounds

Since the last patch of Battlefield 3 I can't play it anymore because the screen is black, but I can hear sounds in the background. I tried to repair the installation from Origin, but it doesn't resolve the problem. I think the issue is related to the fact that I have a Russian version of the gam...

pc battlefield-3 first-person-shooter origin

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Excellent. Still not sure what you're talking about though.

Dave McClelland

@agent86 @GnomeSlice Fair enough. I hadn't scrolled far enough to see the answers, and it didn't seem to apply to the question. Works for me

badp

@RavenDreamer And a site as large as ServerFault, in the topic of videogames, is barely a blip on the radar

agent86

19:12

@DaveMcClelland yeah, insurance fraud's a side mission in both SR2 and SR3, and the mechanics are really similar. I asked it specific to SR3, but I tagged it SR2 in case someone's still playing that and wants to know how it works.

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Summat from last night that apparently you weren't a part of but I had thought you were. Amanda knocked off a ton of the reimbursements yesterday and is finishing up what's left today.

GnomeSlice

Was it after 23:00 UTC-5?

Grace Note

It was nigh 21 hours ago

GnomeSlice

...Guess I wasn't there.

Grace Note

(Also, I'm in your time zone, you were here for a short bit after 23:00 anyway, somehow)

GnomeSlice

19:14

@GraceNote How short a time?

Well, my paypal balance is $0.39 so I think it's safe to assume I haven't gotten it yet. :P

agent86

Raven Dreamer

@NetherPhoenix A little of both! We do the initial level design in tandem with the music creation then tweak the levels once the music's in!

Tweeted by BitTrip on November 30, 2011 at 6:55 PM in reply to NetherPhoenix

@badp ^

GnomeSlice

@agent86 I don't get it. :S

Dave McClelland

@agent86 A personal appeal from someone who clearly doesn't understand feminine hygiene?

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Must've been another day. I'll look for it later.

...also, we're still doing "Out of context article plus personal appeal" images?

agent86

19:19

@GraceNote only that one.

Grace Note

How can this even still be going? It's not like the breadth of exploitable articles has actually changed significantly or anything.

badp

@RavenDreamer As usual we're both right

agent86

otherwise they are right out.

badp

At least, that's what I read

Raven Dreamer

What is the first item in the starred list referring to?

GnomeSlice

19:21

@RavenDreamer Something to do with reimbursements.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Gaming Grant, basically

yesterday, by GnomeSlice

Wow. It's late.

Oh. Nice, chat. Go ahead, don't show a timestamp. Make it that people have to do extra work to figure things out

agent86

@GraceNote I was going to blame you for this. now that you've blamed the app, I'm at a loss.

Grace Note

(It was at 5:32 UTC, or 0:32 for GnomeSlice)

@agent86 Solution: blame @badp

Ullallulloo

@GraceNote Hover over yesterday.

agent86

@GraceNote Done.

GnomeSlice

19:22

@GraceNote I was on my phone that night.

Grace Note

@Ullallulloo I'm the last person you need to consider as not knowing how extensive hover text is on SE. It's still extra work for the readers

agent86

yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now I know I have to hover over them, oh I believe in tooltips-for-yesterday

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice I didn't know there was a distinct difference

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote I was using my mobile data. I don't get wifi access after 23:00.

Grace Note

19:35

Gotcha

Lazers

0

Q: What's the download size of the current WoW client?

Might be downloading WoW, to try it out. But I might have to wait until next month, due to download caps. That's why I was wondering what the download size of the full WoW client is?

world-of-warcraft client

-1

Q: Is there any good reason not to distribute StarCraft replays?

Is there any good reason not to distribute StarCraft replays -- like maybe security or something like that? For that matter does blizzard or battle net have a social area that they maybe allow public download/viewing of replays?

starcraft-2 replays

GnomeSlice

Bionic Commando: Rearmed is 70% off ($2.99). This is a reinvention of the classic game, not that terrible new 3D one.

And it's awesome.

Mana

@GnomeSlice I second this recommendation.

GnomeSlice

I'd gift it to you, but I just spend the last of my paypal balance on it.

I've got $0.39.

is thrifty

Mana

@GnomeSlice No worries, I have money.

agent86

19:39

@GnomeSlice I played it on XBLA and found it to be so-so.

GnomeSlice

Care to buy me the indie royale bundle?

@agent86 I just ran through the tutorial, and it looks like it's going to be pretty good.

@agent86 I'm sure it's worth the sale price at least?

agent86

@GnomeSlice if you liked the original, it's a solid game. I got maybe 80% of the way through and then left it on the shelf for a good long time before returning to it.

probably worth $3, yeah

it's more of a graphics upgrade than anything else

GnomeSlice

Well, I've never actually played the original, so I should be in for a treat.

agent86

yep, it's a challenging game at times though, be prepared to occasionally die a lot

GnomeSlice

Although I have played The Green Grappler.

agent86

19:41

the swinging mechanic is a little finicky

GnomeSlice

I'm a little annoyed that the Bionic Commando window appears to always try to stay on top.

agent86

@GnomeSlice well, he does have a grappling hook. that makes it easier to get there and hang for a long period of time

GnomeSlice

@agent86 ...What?

agent86

is your desktop pattern perhaps an image of a spiky pit?

GnomeSlice

I mean the game window...

Lol.

No. And by on top, I meant that it won't go behind other windows, so I can't really alt-tab to do other stuff.

Arda Xi

19:43

Oh. ZP did ESV.

But now EM won't load.

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi Oh, goodie, I love this game.

Arda Xi

What game?

GnomeSlice

...Zebra Poachers did Exit Some Vehicles?

agent86

@ArdaXi watched this earlier.

GnomeSlice

But now... Extra Memory won't load?

Arda Xi

19:45

Zero Punctuation did Elder Scrolls: V, but Escapist Magazine won't load.

Duh.

agent86

OMG, his BFF Jill

GnomeSlice

Oh.

user30

0

A: Where can I find NPC villages?

gimmeabreak was a great seed. there are many excellent seeds here. I would recommend upgrading to the 1.0.0 version some of the seeds that have been found are phenomenal. And the new mushroom biome which can be found in the seed called lost is really cool. Anyway be sure to check out theminec...

user30

ಠ_ಠ

Arda Xi

> This week, FUS RO DAH!

GnomeSlice

19:50

Gah, I need to make a child theme for this. Shit.

Martin Sojka

Meh. Lineage II client updated with the next big update, but the servers still down for a few hours. What shall I do, what shall I do?

Mana

btw @GnomeSlice here's a sampler of the Minecraft album

►

GnomeSlice

...Interesting.

Why wasn't this used in the game?

There's only one music track in the game, and I don't like it.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Aren't there 13 music discs?

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo For what?

Arda Xi

19:54

Zero Punctuation: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Incredible.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Music_Discs

Brant

The Minecraft album is pretty good, I bought it.

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo Oh... do those change the in-game music?

Hah. Never used them.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice For about 75 blocks from it.

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo ...That's foolish.

Arda Xi

19:55

I also recently discovered a very interesting book in Riften.

Ullallulloo

Only two are obtainable yet I guess.

The other 9 are only available by creative mode or mods.

Lazers

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Q: Name of game where physics manipulation of cube blocks

There was a major release game maybe from 2007-2009 where in the official trailer the main character guy manipulates cube blocks with some sort of force field from his hand and he can throw the blocks and debris and other things at his enemies. The commentary on it was boasting about the heavy ph...

identify-this-game physics

1

Q: How to successfully pick-pocket?

my character is a mage level 13 and I just attempted to start pick-pocketing. so far I have only successfully pick-pocketed once. every time I try I get nabbed. I've tried it when people are sleeping and miraculously they wake up. Any suggestions..? can mages pick-pocket, or should I have cho...

skyrim crime

0

Q: Minecraft: How do I wrangle animals?

Is nudging the only way to get an animal into my breeding pens, or can I use another, more reliable method?

minecraft animals breeding strategy

user30

@Lazers looks at tags

user30

twitches

Martin Sojka

@ArdaXi Surprisingly tame ...

GnomeSlice

19:58

Shit, I don't know how to do this.

Arda Xi

There's a set of books in Skyrim called "The Lusty Argonian Maid."

Brant

Yahtzee's Skyrim review was pretty funny. For once.

Arda Xi

There's not much to criticise in Skyrim. It does what it's supposed to, very well.

Without nitpicking, anyway.

David B

pc hotkeys don't support dual wielded weapons - my biggest complaint.

The Stack Exchange Blog

Stack Overflow Blog: SE Podcast #29 – Chris Poole

Posted by Alex Miller on November 30th, 2011

Jeff and Joel are joined today by Chris “Moot” Poole, founder of 4chan and Canv.as. It’s a wide ranging discussion from internet memes and tropes to the danger of the SOPA bill that is currently making it’s way through the house.

We need a number display like they have in delis. If anyone out there can get us one on the cheap, Joel would appreciate it so he can always know what podcast number we’re on.

Canvas is re-imagining a message board, because the aesthetic of forums hasn’t changed in a very long time. It’s got a focus on remixing and collaborating images. …

Wipqozn

20:18

@Ullallulloo Wrong about what?

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Using gift cards on stuff that uses Amazon Payments.

Wipqozn

@Ullallulloo When did I say you could?

I thought you were talking about buying things from Amazon.

Ullallulloo

yesterday, by Wipqozn

@Ullallulloo Shockingly, yes.

Wipqozn

1 min ago, by Wipqozn

I thought you were talking about buying things from Amazon.

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Then why is that shocking?

Wipqozn

20:21

@Ullallulloo Sarcasm.

I can see how it could be difficult to detect that through the internet though.

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Gah, now I wasted $.50

And I have to get my brother to buy this for me.

Lazers

20:36

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Q: Networking tags

We've got kind of a set of network-related tags going, each with low question counts: networking - Some of these are port forwarding or connection issues, but a fair chunk appear to be about "lag" or "ping" lag - A fair bit of these seem to reference "ping" ping - A fair bit of these seem to ...

discussion

agent86

something is eating my CPU. I'm looking at you, @Wipqozn.

Wipqozn

@agent86 Well, CPU is delicious.

Arda Xi

20:58

@Wipqozn Yum, carboxypeptidase B2

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