The Bridge

SaintWacko

14:01

@Fluttershy Where are you again?

Morning, Bridge

fbueckert

@Fluttershy I am! (but really, I was just lazy)

kalina

I showed this game to the other women in the office and now they think I'm strange -.-

OrigamiRobot

Well, you are strange.

SaintWacko

@kalina Is that unusual?

:P

OrigamiRobot

Frankly, I'm surprised this was the last straw.

SaintWacko

14:05

Yeah, you'd think they'd have figured it out before

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko Maybe they're dense?

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot That must be it

OrigamiRobot

@kalina :(

kalina

you were meant to tell me how awesome I am

fbueckert

@kalina The trick is not to worry about how strange you are, but to embrace it.

kalina

14:07

I am not strange, I am unique

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Those aren't mutually exclusive.

fbueckert

Life's too short to not have fun with it.

kalina

it's a much nicer word

!

fbueckert

@kalina You are unique, just like everybody else.

kalina

(removed)

fredley

14:09

STOP WITH THE STARRING AND UNSTARRING

2

kalina

that's a point

fredley

Oh god

kalina

how did jeffreylin know people were flagging

he's only got 3k network rep

fredley

<blink>

kalina

I wish starring used up one of your stars regardless of whether you unstarred it afterwards

OrigamiRobot

14:10

@kalina That's what I'm testing.

fredley

@kalina You have diabolical wishes

kalina

I wish people only had 10 stars per day

Sterno

3

kalina

in fact

I wish people only had 1 star per 1k rep on the network the chat channel is associated with

OrigamiRobot

I wish people didn't complain about stars so much.

tombull89

14:12

kalina

I wish @OrigamiRobot ceased to be able to star at all

Ben Brocka

So yeah Microsoft still doesn't give a fuck about indies

OrigamiRobot

I wish @kalina would have a wonderful day.

Sterno

We need an election for the office of "Keeper of the Stars". The Keeper gets 100 stars to give out to people daily.

kalina

the quality of my day is directly inverse to the number of stars I get

Sterno

14:14

I nominate myself, as I am very mature, responsible, and would in no way abuse my authority on a daily basis.

4

kalina

I am obviously the best keeper of the stars

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka Wow, publishers are the worst.

fredley

FTFY

kalina

with me in control of the star system, only high quality out of context stars excluding anything I post would ever make it to the list

tombull89

@fredley slow clap

Grace Note

14:16

How did the Arqadians / Arqanoids poll go?

Sterno

@kalina No, you're best receiver of the stars.

kalina

@GraceNote arqadians

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot MS is even worse, since MS has strict policies for market place on TOP of whatever your publishers want you to do

OrigamiRobot

Nov 26 '12 at 3:37, by Ashley Nunn

... Pantyhose

fredley

@GraceNote Almost unanimous arqadians

Ronan Forman

14:17

I don't understand how they can actually stop indie devs from self publishing. What's different between them and larger companies?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Probably paying a fee.

Ben Brocka

@RonanForman Requiring publishers is a lazy way of enforcing quality standards

Big people released it, so it must be good, as opposed to "well let's actually take a look at the damn game and QA"

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka And often self defeating.

SaintWacko

@fredley Yay!

Ronan Forman

But surely EA can self publish...

Ben Brocka

14:19

It's also a classic example of old world thinking which Nintendo and Sony are starting to shrug off. MS seems more than happy to keep it up though

fredley

Arqanoids are hereby banished to SF&F.

Ronan Forman

Actually, do they make games these days?

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Since when are echo chambers used to make rules?

Ronan Forman

So that announcement is: "Microsoft will be charging a cubic fuck-tonne of cash to publish"

kalina

Aren't Team17 an independent games studio still?

Ben Brocka

14:20

@RonanForman I don't think EA as a general entity has developers, they have multiple separate studios

SaintWacko

@RonanForman EA is a vampire now. They acquire studios and suck them dry until they're nothing but an empty husk

Not bitter at all. Nope

Ronan Forman

@SaintWacko I know they do that. I wasn't sure if that was all they do.

kalina

Team17 are still an independent game studio

does that mean they can't release games on the xbox one?

Ben Brocka

@kalina Yeah, but they've licensed games before. That might be how they get on there. Plus who knows MS's definition of publisher, it might just be "sold X units" so Team 17 and stuff can publish

I'm pretty sure they have a couple Worms games on 360, they're on PS3

kalina

Worms One

Fluttershy

14:21

@SaintWacko Southeast Missouri.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Clicking on the coin slot should let you find a coin.

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy Ah, yeah, I'm in Northeast Oklahoma

kalina

we are worms we are worms and we've come to win the war

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Never mind all the shovelware we got (and continue to get) for Wii and Wii U.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Will do

kalina

14:22

@fbueckert how many "good" games are there for the wii u?

fbueckert

@kalina One.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina MH3U

fbueckert

There may be one or two others, but I don't care about those.

kalina

sounds like a worthwhile purchase

OrigamiRobot

I'll be interested in Pikmin and the two Zelda games coming out for it.

fbueckert

14:23

@kalina Totally was.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I feel so helpful!

kalina

you know with games being developed for x86/64 games consoles now, do you think we'll get better optimised pc ports?

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert funny enough 2 of the few games I've gotten for the Wii U are indie/small developers. Does way forward still count as indie?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka I haven't heard of them.

Ben Brocka

I know they published Duck Tales through capcom but I think their original IPs don't have publishers associated with them

fbueckert

14:24

My point was that requiring publishers doesn't automatically guarantee quality.

fredley

@BenBrocka oooooooooooooo

badp

@kalina optimized? When I think of ports, badly optimized doesn't usually come to mind. It's more like "CAPS LOCK + 1" stuff.

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert They made the remastered Ducktales and have really good music/spritework

fbueckert

@BenBrocka That looks pretty good, actually.

kalina

@badp I duno, Tomb Raider felt pretty optimised

Ben Brocka

14:25

They also made Shantae and Mighty Switch Force (less known but very good games)

badp

so what do you think about when you think of poorly optimized ports?

kalina

@badp ones that don't work at all when you start them up

cough rage cough

games that do stupid things like telling you to press a button that you can remap on PC, without updating what button it tells you to press

cough mass effect 2

Ben Brocka

@kalina Hmmm as badp says it depends what you mean by poorly optimized. Consolitis' main fault is usually that the control scheme and graphics options are shit on PC, not that they don't work

kalina

games that run like they didn't go through Q&A

badp

@kalina yeah, controller woes

Ben Brocka

14:27

x86 might make them easier to develop, but it doesn't mean they won't focus on console controllers

badp

Yeah, controller woes should remain in full force

OrigamiRobot

@kalina The PC version of the SolForge beta still says "Tap to start"

kalina

games that were born and bred on PC not getting an outing on PC in their latest instalment... GTA5

badp

GTA 5 won't get a PC release? Really?

kalina

there hasn't been one announced, last I checked (few months ago)

badp

14:28

heh.

Ben Brocka

@badp haven't their PC releases always been late?

fredley

@OrigamiRobot done

kalina

@BenBrocka unfair generalisation, most of their first games came out on PC first

Ben Brocka

Which is funny because open world stuff should be way easier to put together on PCs with piles of memory compared to teeny console RAM

OrigamiRobot

@fredley :D

Ben Brocka

14:29

@kalina You mean Rockstar or GTA? I don't recall a single GTA that came out on PC before console

badp

now that consoles get to have 8 GB of RAM... I suppose that'll spell doom for "gamer laptops" with 4 GB of RAM.

That'll effectively bump the baseline amount of RAM to run things properly to 12 GB - 16 GB, more realistically

kalina

@BenBrocka GTA 1 and 2? :P

fredley

Ben Brocka

@kalina I'm sure the 8 people who played GTA before 3 remember that

kalina

from my understanding, GTA 1 was a huge hit

badp

14:32

That's a surprisingly little amount of people for a game that got to the third sequel!

Tim Stone

@BenBrocka Does that make me the 0.0000000001%?

OrigamiRobot

@badp I wish all laptops would die.

badp

@OrigamiRobot there's one thing, and only one thing, for which laptops are basically necessary

giving presentations

kalina

negative, tablet can do that

many smartphones could do that too

OrigamiRobot

I hate tablets more than laptops.

kalina

14:36

do you have a tablet?

OrigamiRobot

No, I just told you I hate them.

Sconibulus

tablets are like laptops' special cousins

kalina

the reason you hate them is because you don't have one

badp

@kalina well you have to get the right cables and adapters and stuff, and then if you need to step outside of the presentation to do something on the console you only get to use RDP

OrigamiRobot

False.

badp

14:37

@OrigamiRobot You are bonkers. Tablets are awesome. Well, my tablet is miles and miles more awesome than my laptop anyway.

OrigamiRobot

If that were the case, I'd just go buy one.

kalina

@badp wireless projectors

OrigamiRobot

@badp That's because laptops are already awful.

badp

@kalina lol, good luck finding a place with one. Or do you have to lug your own around?

Sconibulus

I like laptops for convenience sometimes

kalina

14:38

If the intention was to use tablets, you'd have one already

Sconibulus

but for my gaming and coding purposes, I vastly prefer desktops

badp

most of the projectors at my university still use VGA input :(

kalina

if you're stuck in the 20th century, then your steam powered one will require an adaptor

Tim Stone

@badp I have a pocket projector that connects to my iPad, but I habitually buy random shit I shouldn't

OrigamiRobot

I also hate smartphones.

Tim Stone

14:40

... >_>

kalina

@OrigamiRobot you have a phone that has a cable attaching it to the wall, don't you

tombull89

@TimStone I also have a projector - pretty awesome with an XBox.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina No, I have a smartphone, but it's stupid. I only have it because my non-smartphone died and all current non-smartphones are terribly designed now.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot smartphones are awesome

OrigamiRobot

Nope, they're stupid.

kalina

14:42

do you have a CRT monitor?

is your TV black and white?

OrigamiRobot

Literally the only thing I'd miss on my smartphone is my MtG app.

kalina

you light candles instead of turning on lights, don't you?

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Why bother turning on lights at all?

badp

@OrigamiRobot I agree that smartphones are stupid for their battery life

kalina

your car is a '70s ford crown victoria

fredley

14:43

@OrigamiRobot You just hate things that are smarter than you

badp

and because, for all non-phone uses of a smartphone, a tablet is 10× better

Ben Brocka

Amazon makes a way to publish fanfiction on Kindle

kalina

the battery life on my phone doesn't bother me at all

badp

...maybe the exception being the camera

fredley

@badp Except for carrying it around

OrigamiRobot

14:44

@badp The thing I hate about smartphones is their size, so tablets are 10x worse

Best phone ever.

RIP

badp

@OrigamiRobot 7" tablet sizes are rather unoffensive. They fit okay in a purse. Bonus points: once you decide to have a purse, you no longer have to keep things in your pockets.

kalina

I've got used to the size of my phone

OrigamiRobot

@badp I want it to easily fit in my pocket.

fredley

@badp I could cope with a satchel, but a purse? ....no

@OrigamiRobot Get bigger pockets

kalina

my phone fits in my pockets, and my pockets are smaller than yours

StrixVaria

14:46

The thing I hate about smartphones is the trend away from physical keyboards.

badp

I don't know if I should call it a purse

StrixVaria

Tactile feedback is a big deal.

fredley

@StrixVaria It's not even a trend, it's a historical shift

badp

It's only big enough to hold an A5 notebook and my Nexus 7

kalina

haptic feedback

OrigamiRobot

14:46

Ever since getting a smartphone, I use 50% more pockets.

fredley

@badp Post pictures

badp

@OrigamiRobot I've cut on my pocket use by about 90%

@fredley If I could find a product code on it

fredley

Right pocket: Phone. Left Pocket: Keys. Rear right: Wallet.

OrigamiRobot

@badp How many pockets do you have?

fredley

@badp You have a smart device? Use that to take a photo.

badp

14:47

@OrigamiRobot 3 usually, but they're empty most of the time. Keys are an exception.

@fredley The camera on the Nexus 7 is terribad.

kalina

I have 6 pockets on the trousers I'm wearing atm

OrigamiRobot

@fredley This, but I used to be able to keep my phone and keys in one pocket.

fredley

@badp Wallet can almost be replaced by phone, so can keys

kalina

but they're "cargo pants"

fredley

@kalina That reminds me, I need new trousers

OrigamiRobot

14:48

@kalina Cargo pants are the worst and I hate you.

I don't care about your ass.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot I dislike you too

OrigamiRobot

And I'm about to get glasses. WHERE WILL I KEEP THOSE?

kalina

you need glasses?

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot On your face?

kalina

@StrixVaria lol

OrigamiRobot

14:51

@kalina I had glasses, but they were stolen in 2006.

kalina

...

OrigamiRobot

Who steals glasses?

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot It took you seven years to replace your glasses?

OrigamiRobot

Yes, and I am only doing so because I have vision insurance now.

badp

I feel like I will regret this

OrigamiRobot

14:55

I wish I could find someone to make me lenses for these:

fredley

@OrigamiRobot An optician will be able to

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Not always willing to

I've asked.

fredley

Levis website is broken, I am stuck without trousers for the foreseeable future.

@OrigamiRobot Have you offered money?

OrigamiRobot

Yes.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Offer more

OrigamiRobot

14:58

The first hurdle is finding one that does rimless in the first place.

badp

fredley

@badp Yup, not wearing that.

badp

(...it was gifted to me.)

OrigamiRobot

What even is that?

badp

I don't know what I'd call it.

I'M ONLY A MALE.

It's like a computer bag, it's only a third of the size.

OrigamiRobot

15:00

A bag?

Fuck that noise.

badp

You're the one screaming.

in Hell.

At any rate, it's a stable equilibrium I've found in the multi-dimensional clusterfuck space of wearable things × technology × convenience × battery and I'm pretty happy with it.

fredley

So if you want to bill or ship to an address with more than two words in the road name, you can't

Silly Levis

I hope being rude to them with their feedback form will help fix this

OrigamiRobot

@badp My problem is the convenience factor is extremely low for me.

@fredley Is it not just a free text field?

badp

@OrigamiRobot I'm not selling anything to you. I'm not in your shoes. Whatever.

OrigamiRobot

@badp I don't think that means what you think it means.

fredley

15:06

@OrigamiRobot Yes, but the form fails to validate, server side, if you have more than two space-delimited words in it.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley That's the worst idea ever.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot It's at least 4 hitlers

Also:

> YES, PLEASE GIFT WRAP IT AND ADD {0} TO MY BILL.

Levi's web developer(s) need firing

OrigamiRobot

Like, is the number a separate field or something? Are addresses over there not formatted in a similar way to over here?

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Nope

OrigamiRobot

Nope to what?

123 Street Rd

That by itself is 3 words.

fredley

15:10

@OrigamiRobot Does not validate

If first line of address is company name, you're fucked

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Is "123 Street Rd" not how you format addresses?

fredley

@OrigamiRobot It is

3 Isaac Newton Road is not a shippable address.

OrigamiRobot

But even if the street name was one word, it still wouldn't work?

Do they expect you to leave off the "road" part?

Ullallulloo

IssaacNewton Rd

Isaac-Newton Road

fredley

Nope

Ullallulloo

15:15

Find an incorrect-but-close way.

Post men are smart.

OrigamiRobot

8 mins ago, by fredley

@OrigamiRobot Yes, but the form fails to validate, server side, if you have more than two space-delimited words in it.

fredley

As well as the word limit there's a char limit I think, so Isaac Newton Road is never going to work

Fuck this

I could order from Levis US but they refuse to ship the the UK

Stupid company

kalina

post men only need the house number and postcode anyway

post women don't even need that

fbueckert

Wee! It's an awesome day outside.

kalina

I wish the review queue would stop being crap

when I click skip, that doesn't mean "show it to me again in a minute"

fbueckert

15:23

Ok, walk outside was nice. Definitely needed some air.

kalina

my phone says it's raining

it's lieing

I'm running properly hot today, need to remove some clothes... can't really do that at work

Ullallulloo

amazon.com/gp/product/B00BTJMS1A

Free Android game

kalina

last free Android game I got was carmageddon

can't really get any better than that

I'm surprised that Civilization is only available on iOS

badp

@Ullallulloo I paid for that :/

Why can't I buy Android apps from Amazon in my country?
At this time, we're only able to offer Android apps and associated content to our customers in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and United Kingdom. We value all our international customers and hope to make our content available in additional countries in the future.

I AM IN ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES

kalina

sonic for android \o/

badp

15:31

and the shipping address trick doesn't work.

kalina

This re-mastered mobile version of the SEGA Genesis classic features the full “Sonic The Hedgehog” game

buys for the green hills soundtrack

fbueckert

I need a new Kairosoft game.

OrigamiRobot

I miss good Sonic games :(

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot Did you not like Generations?

OrigamiRobot

The one I had for the DS (Sonic Dash?) was ok. The switching between the screens was neat, but could get disorienting at high speeds.

SaintWacko

15:36

@Fluttershy Just found an island accessible only by Worm Hole :D

Grumpy Lazers

1

Q: Steam lock purchases

Kids play with the gaming computer that has a Steam acct always logged in. I'm worried about them "accidentally" purchasing something in the store, is there way to require a password to complete a purchase in Steam?

steam

-3

Q: Is there any good game like "Tower of the Sorcerer" or "The Enchanted Cave"?

If you don't know what is "Tower of the Sorcerer", visit here: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013374/game/egame0.html Til now, the best game of this type I have found is "The Enchanted Cave": http://www.kongregate.com/games/DustinAux/the-enchanted-cave Anyone could recommend other good games ...

tower-of-the-sorcerer

SaintWacko

And now I am using a Bush Hat to ambush rabbits

OrigamiRobot

Dear coworkers, I do not wish to speak to you while you are touching your genitals. To clarify, this especially applies while in the restroom. Thank You

kalina

@OrigamiRobot play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sega.sonic1

OrigamiRobot

Sonic on a touch screen sounds awful :(

Ben Brocka

15:51

4

tom-aiac.tumblr.com/post/51074619316/…

kalina

@OrigamiRobot plays alright

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Yeah, that sums it up entirely.

Ben Brocka

Alternately:

►

TV TV TV Sports sports sports TV sports Call of duty dog call of duty

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko Oh nice! Does it have anything good on it?

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy No, just a couple beefalo and a couple bee hives

Ben Brocka

16:00

Everything is spiders

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko Dang. =(

fbueckert

D3 infographic

Some neat stats in there.

Only 6% of characters have cleared Inferno.

648 trillion gold collected.

If every piece was the size of a quarter, there's enough to fill Scrooge's money bin over 600 times.

SaintWacko

16:16

@Fluttershy Librarian is awesome

I can actually be mobile

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko That's probably who I'll start with next. Her or the robot. I haven't decided yet.

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy I don't see much use for the robot

I never have spoiled food

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko I do. Often.

So, I just found Dark Souls for $10 on clearance at Walmart... Today is a good day.

SaintWacko

16:33

@Fluttershy Nice!

Sterno

16:50

@OrigamiRobot Additionally:

Grumpy Lazers

1

Q: How can I beat the endless quarry without resorting to advanced barricading

In Orcs Must Die 2, using the sorceress and any combination of weapons, traps and trinkets available to her, what is a valid strategy for surviving 40 waves in the endless quarry map without resorting to advanced barricading "strategies"?

orcs-must-die-2

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I hate urinals. I always go in a stall.

kalina

so nice to be home, now I can remove some clothes and cool down

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Same here

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy THERE'S A ROBOT?!?!?!?!

SaintWacko

16:59

@OrigamiRobot Yes

Buying the game now?

OrigamiRobot

I already bought it, I'm just bad at it.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot It is tough to get started

kalina

which game are you talking about?

OrigamiRobot

Don't Starve

Sterno

@kalina For someone who star baits all day long, you sure complain a lot about getting stars.

SaintWacko

17:01

@Sterno She has to be doing it on purpose

kalina

@Sterno I wasn't star baiting -.-

4

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I don't consider that star bait. Taking off your clothes when you get home is pretty standard.

kalina

why is it that your definition of star baiting seems to align with "being me"

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot ...really?

StrixVaria

Clothes are cumbersome.

OrigamiRobot

17:02

@SaintWacko If you're home, why wear clothes?

Clothes are the worst.

kalina

I am literally burning up

OrigamiRobot

WEAR ALL THE PAJAMAS

SaintWacko

I would feel very odd walking around even my own house naked

kalina

I'm not even wearing full pajamas

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot That's just a different kind of clothes.

SaintWacko

17:02

Oh, pajamas?

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot It may be standard. Announcing to everyone that you're doing so is not.

SaintWacko

Pajamas are a different story

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria More comfortable though.

I usually just wear a robe.

kalina

maybe I need to recalibrate how outgoing I am

OrigamiRobot

Apr 16 at 12:57, by OrigamiRobot

kalina

17:05

*stops chatting unless it falls into the category of earth-shattering/must know*

Blem

@OrigamiRobot good point, will take off my pants now

I feel better now

OrigamiRobot

See? It's true.

Sterno

Don't pull a gnomeslice and pretend like you have no idea what I'm talking about and then overreact.

Though in other news: I miss @gnomeslice

badp

Yesterday's reveal in a nutshell.

►

OrigamiRobot

17:22

5

Q: Did Smith & Tinker and Pirahna Games' MechWarrior 5 title fall through?

In July of last year Gamasutra did an article on a new MechWarrior title. I haven't heard anything since. Did the title fall through?

mechwarrior

Off-topic, Too Localized, Too Old, No One Cares, Confuses @badp

Close as whatever you want.

badp

codepen.io/stuffit/pen/KrAwx

Blem

@badp in other words get a cable box and ps4 instead?

badp

@Blem unless you want dogs.

Blem

@badp is Call of Duty xbox only?

badp

@Blem It gets exclusive first DLCs

which, I assume, means that non-XBox versions have to wait for a week or so.

StrixVaria

17:30

@badp This is standard for the Xbox, because Microsoft won't let a DLC release at all on the Xbox unless it releases first on the Xbox.

badp

@StrixVaria Okay, but it doesn't require you to release for everything else second

Blem

:) guess it doesn't matter since I don't play that kind of fps games and if I was to play some CoD it would not be on a console

Grumpy Lazers

0

Q: Greek Archers in Rome Total War glitching?

This has just occured 10 minutes ago. I was playing on a custom battle (my unit of greek archers vs. a unit of Spartans) and my archers glitched into the battlefield floor. They continue to shoot their arrows out of the ground killing people. How can I avoid this in the future in order to have go...

rome-total-war

0

Q: I logged in for the first time in a year and my level 3 skiller somehow became level 4

I logged in for the first time in a year and my level 3 skiller somehow became level 4. I had this skilled for like 4 years with some 99s and now I came back to check out what's going and its combat level is 4! It's totally ruined. I don't get it why and how. Was there some update related to this...