The Bridge

badp

19:06

3

It was so sudden, this arrival, I panicked there for a moment.

Sterno

It's weird that with all the bitching people have done over the last decade about companies shipping products too early and patching them later, and how we shouldn't put up with it, early access games aren't only succeeding, they're thriving.

badp

@Sterno A little honesty goes a long way

GnomeSlice

@Sterno 'Early Access' is just Steam's term for 'alpha' or 'beta'.

Sterno

@GnomeSlice I realize that.

The point is, people were bitching nonstop about paying for incomplete games. Now that's the new business model and people seem to love it.

Might be as simple as what @badp is saying... they're upfront about it.

Whether or not it stays popular probably depends on how many games fail to deliver.

GnomeSlice

shrug. I'm sure developers love it because they can get feedback on earlier versions of their games.

Inverto will probably end up on Early Access, since it's been greenlit. I'd advise against buying it right now though. It shows a lot of promise, but development has been sadly silent for months.

badp

19:12

And I shall now try and get home, with a pizza in my hands, in less than 40 minutes

Ben Brocka

@Sterno Honesty, and also early access games are usually indies at this point in time, where most people were complaining about big AAA releases with huge budgets still managing to leave the gate with glaring bugs

GnomeSlice

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kalina

@badp I have pizza too \o/

Ben Brocka

Plus Early Access at least has a promise of future updates. You buy a broken game on disk and you're really never quite sure it'll be fixed

Unionhawk

@badp Good luck.

Godspeed etc

Yuki

19:13

@BenBrocka Yeah, but big studios are jumping on the Early Access train now.

Unionhawk

I want Pizza now

but I don't have much money

THANKS A LOT @badp and @kalina

kalina

om nom nom pizza

Unionhawk

>_>

Wandang

ha i love it

Unionhawk

No you hate it.

Wandang

19:15

1 guy screws the entire team over

all leave except him

i channel my ultimate and he stuns me so it aborts

hon community :)

Arperum

Dammit all. I come into the Bridge and I see all this talk of pizza, I'm nearly willing to go get me some from the pizzeria at the corner of the street...

kalina

@Arperum mmmMMMmmm pizza

GnomeSlice

Flying Bundle 5 is live.

Wow, this one is actually good.

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Unionhawk

@Arperum Not my fault. I blame @badp and @kalina

Ben Brocka

@Yuki that Tom Clancy was the first I've heard of doing it. The primary appeal for me is to be able to get into indie games which will probably take many more months before they'll be ready for regular sale

Wandang

19:16

@GnomeSlice why should i buy that instead of humble?

Kevin van der Velden

@Wandang is hon as full of russians as dota?

Wandang

@KevinvanderVelden quite

Arperum

@Unionhawk I point at least 1/4 of the blame to you.

GnomeSlice

@Wandang Because it has different games?

Wandang

the same

Ben Brocka

19:16

Though I can definitely see a lot of companies monetizing their open betas for online stuff this way

GnomeSlice

Unionhawk

@Arperum I HAVE NO PIZZA EITHER

GnomeSlice

$3 ^

Wandang

@GnomeSlice but money goes to charity?

GnomeSlice

@Wandang I think it goes to the developers.

Ben Brocka

19:17

@GnomeSlice Gish!

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka Yeah! And Basket Belle.

I've been meaning to play that for a long long time.

Arperum

@Unionhawk You keep talking about it though. I'm going to make me some scrambled eggs with bacon. AFK for a bit.

GnomeSlice

basketbelle.net

Unionhawk

NOT MY FAULT

Arperum

@Unionhawk STILL BLAMING

3ventic

19:18

> FlyingBundle Team’s main goals and ideas behind the bundle are providing gamers with awesome -mostly indie- titles that they can enjoy at low prices, donating some of the profits to various charity organizations, keep the site running and most importantly, promote great games and developers in any and all future bundles yet to come.

Unionhawk

Nov 8 '13 at 18:41, by Unionhawk

GENERAL DISCLAIMER: If I'm wrong, it's not my fault. It's @Wipqozn's

Yuki

@BenBrocka My problem is that I get interested in Early Access games, play a bit, and am not motivated to play anymore even if/when they get the full release.

Arperum

@Unionhawk Why do you think you only got a quarter of the blame?

Unionhawk

Because it's not my fault?

Wandang

@GnomeSlice thats looks stupid

badp

19:19

@uni can you afford milk perhaps?

Unionhawk

HAMSTARE

Arperum

The blame for me wanting pizza is equally shared between @badp, @kalina, @Unionhawk and @wipqozn.

GnomeSlice

@Wandang Not to me. I've heard very very good things about it.

Ben Brocka

@Yuki Depends how finished the gameplay is for me. Mercenary Kings and Assault Android Cactus have pretty complete mechanics but are missing levels and polish, but otherwise play fine and I'll definitely revisit them on release

Arperum

@Unionhawk HUNGERSTARE.

Unionhawk

19:20

I will accept that, because if anything, I should share the pain with someone.

Arperum

@Unionhawk I'm going to get make myself food now though.

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka Also Coin Crypt

FAE

Argh, got to the last boss in the 2nd to last level in Sine Mora on Challenging and died.

badp

It is pizza'o clock in CET. CET: not your kitten's milk.

Not your mitten's kilt either.

GnomeSlice

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FAE

19:22

Well, kind of the last level, as the next level's the epilogue.

Unionhawk

54 mins ago, by Unionhawk

I SAID MLK DAY OFF AS IN MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OFF. ENOUGH WITH THE MILK DAY OFF IDIOCY.

GnomeSlice

You should all vote for Burrito Galaxy 64 on Greenlight.

badp

40 mins~~

3ventic

They're selling a free-to-play mod on humble right now..?

Lazers

0

Q: Is the Day Z mod compatible with the standalone release of Day Z?

I got the Day Z mod with my copy of Arma 2 in this week's Humble Bundle and I was wondering; is the modification of Arma 2 version compatible with the standalone release of Day Z? Am I able to play with people who have the standalone release with my Arma 2 modification release?

dayz-2012

GnomeSlice

19:24

@3ventic I think they're just including it in the bundle.

As a bonus.

Actually, I don't think it's even in the bundle.

I think it's just like a note.

3ventic

> *Note: This is a free mod that requires ARMA II and ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead to play. This mod is available for free elsewhere, but has been included in this bundle collection, too.

hm

That's a questionable way of getting sales

GnomeSlice

Oh, cool.

@3ventic Uh?

I think it's just a bonus.

3ventic

Yeah but still.

GnomeSlice

It's not like you're paying much anyway.

3ventic

True

I wonder how many people will think/thought it's the standalone version.

Unionhawk

19:27

Wait... @3ventic is @3ventic again \o/

GnomeSlice

There was apparently some confusion about that, they made a change to the description.

Now it specifically says it's the mod.

3ventic

The time of dog is over.

There's always confusion when you name your sequel the same as the original..

looks at tomb raider, stanley parable, simcity

Wipqozn

Oh my. It's almost time.

3ventic

I don't like almost

GnomeSlice

It's going to be something dumb.

3ventic

19:31

All text on Arqade will be dogefied.

Ben Brocka

@3ventic I kinda like what DmC did, they reused the name but at least there's a clear distinction (without appending the year)

kalina

Chrome 32 does something weird with all of the text

Kevin van der Velden

Bleeugh, I'm using a homeopathic "remedy"

kalina

why, Chrome... why did you do this?

Kevin van der Velden

Fortunately this might actually work cause it's based on alcohol + the extract

Arperum

19:41

@KevinvanderVelden So you're drinking water?

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum no, it is a gel on the basis of alcohol

Also, the dutch word homeopathy includes pretty much everything that is derived from plants

(Yet somehow excludes aspirin)

Also it's not diluded

Sterno

@BenBrocka It's only a matter of time until COD:BLOPSPORTS:2014 releases Early Access

@kalina Did the new season of Continuum start yet, and if so, should I bother caring yet?

Ben Brocka

@Sterno Dunno, they don't really give a damn about the PC release, do they? I thought their sales on PC were rather pathetic

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden That doesn't sound like homeopathy at all

kalina

@Sterno Good question, I don't think so, I think it's in February

checks

Kevin van der Velden

19:44

@Arperum yeah... dutch homeopathy is weird

Ben Brocka

IIRC COD DOG EDITION sold better on Wii U than PC (something like 2%)

kalina

@Sterno March 2014

jmfsg

@Sterno it didn't

Sterno

boo

kalina

@jmfsg you watch Continuum too?

jmfsg

19:44

You should care. it's an awesome show

Sterno

Back to guiltily watching Veronica Mars and feeling like a teenage high school girl, then.

Yuki

One downside to tea in a thermos: Every cup is boiling lava hot.

Arperum

> yeah... dutch ~~homeopathy~~ anything is weird

Fixed that for you.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum starred for truthiness

jmfsg

@kalina I watch anything that has time travel in it

kalina

19:45

@jmfsg you should totally be in chat more often, we love ~~sharing spoilers~~ discussing Continuum (when it's on)

badp

I have pizza!

Yuki

@kalina We do? That's a thing?

kalina

I hope Alec's jump to the past leads to an epic story at the start of Season 3

badp

For sympathy towards the more annoyed here it has no milk in it

kalina

and that the middle episodes aren't slow paced like the last two seasons

badp

19:45

just mozzarella

Sterno

Sep 11 '13 at 16:15, by Sterno

@kalina I watch anything with time travel, even if it's awful. Luckily, Continuum isn't awful.

Kevin van der Velden

@badp so the event is that in 15 minutes you'll have eaten your pizza?

Sterno

@jmfsg Am I your sockpuppet?

kalina

@Yuki yeah there's a whole bunch of us in here that watch Continuum

jmfsg

@kalina the continuum subreddit has a lot of theories

badp

19:46

@KevinvanderVelden I don't think I need 15 minutes for pizza

kalina

@Sterno recursive sockpuppets?

@jmfsg but... that's on reddit

Arperum

@Sterno He's clearly yours.

Sterno

Sockpuppets all the way down.

jmfsg

@Sterno shhh, we talked about this

kalina

@jmfsg it's ok, I'm @Sterno's sock puppet

Kevin van der Velden

19:47

@badp well then eat faster!

kalina

we're all sock puppets here

GnomeSlice

Whose sockpuppet am I?

Sterno

@GnomeSlice @MichaelDunfield's

Unionhawk

Yours.

Arperum

@GnomeSlice @sterno's.

Kevin van der Velden

19:47

@GnomeSlice you're the sock puppet of some horrible person

kalina

@GnomeSlice @Mana's

Sterno

@Skydrift's

GnomeSlice

So basically, nobody knows.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Stop being a horrible person.

Unionhawk

Actually, what @kalina said

Kevin van der Velden

19:48

@Arperum maybe someday

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Lies.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I said maybe! There's a non-0 chance of me not being a horrible person someday

kalina

I am eating vegetarian supreme pizza

Kevin van der Velden

I'd have to get several lobotomies first though

kalina

from dominos

om nom nom nom

it contains 100% vegetarians

Kevin van der Velden

19:50

I have... uuh... licorice!

kalina

red or black?

Arperum

I have scrambled eggs with bacon.

Kevin van der Velden

@kalina black, and shaped like pretzels

kalina

strange combination

but nom none the less

Arperum

6 mins ago, by Arperum

> yeah... dutch ~~homeopathy~~ anything is weird

Kevin van der Velden

19:51

@kalina tasty though

kalina

inb4

Sterno

Dec 11 '13 at 19:24, by Sterno

@kalina "Vegetarian" and "Supreme" are contradictory.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I already done starred that son

kalina

@Sterno no

Wandang

wtf

kalina

19:52

this one contains 100% vegetarians

Wandang

i can add this chat as a search engine for firefox

omg

badp

room topic changed to The Bridge: General gaming chat room, wherein everything is suddenly - LOUD NOISES [-....] [-doge] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [murder] [the-event]*

Sterno

@kalina You did it wrong. You were supposed to say:

Dec 11 '13 at 19:24, by kalina

@Sterno no

kalina

@badp I LOVE LAMP

58 secs ago, by kalina

@Sterno no

< confused

GnomeSlice

Skydrift

1

Sterno

19:53

Dec 11 '13 at 19:25, by Sterno

@kalina Yahoo! Answers says you're wrong, so I don't know that I even need to bother to continue arguing with you if I've got them on my side.

Arperum

@badp I CAN'T HEAR YOU IN THIS NOISE!

Sterno

And now that just reminded me I was supposed to look at my Magic cards and send lands to @OrigamiRobot

Oops

Stack Exchange

badp has added an event to this room's schedule.

Kevin van der Velden

@badp So you're saying I should turn up Metallica - Saint Anger?

It'll make my sister angry

Wipqozn

@StackExchange I'm surprised it took you so long to add that.

Kevin van der Velden

19:54

So that sounsd like a plan

GnomeSlice

@StackExchange It's going to be something dumb.

badp

@Arperum I AM THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH MY PIZZA

kalina

2 days ago, by kalina

Their opinion is already deemed invalid by the fact they chose to use Yahoo! Answers.

jmfsg

@GnomeSlice is it? IS IT?

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden I'm currently listening to Van Canto. It's playing pretty loud.

GnomeSlice

19:54

@jmfsg It is.

jmfsg

are you willing to bet on it?

GnomeSlice

@jmfsg I have nothing of value.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum now queueing van canto, MORE METAL SEMI-CAPPELLA

kalina

@GnomeSlice your soul has value

GnomeSlice

Nobody commented on the Skydrift account =[

badp

19:56

I HAVE REACHED MY FINAL SLICE OF PIZZA

kalina

@GnomeSlice I think @Sterno's daughter is a bit too young to sign up for Arqade

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden They are coming to belgium 22nd februari. Coming over? :p

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice poor thing, someone should give it more rep so it can come in here and chat

kalina

@badp I'm not even close!

badp

I HATE HALF OF IT IN ONE GO

kalina

19:56

@badp YOU HATE?

badp

OCCASIONALLY

Arperum

@badp WHY DO YOU HATE HALF A SLICE OF PIZZA

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum hmm, do they have tickets available?

3ventic

I need to add text-transform to my stylesheet..

badp

I HATE IT SO MUCH I DID BITE IT

Kevin van der Velden

19:57

I'm not sure I can yet but tempting

kalina

1 minute to go

ONE MINUTE

HOLD ON TIGHT

Wipqozn

Now I want some pizza. Thanks a lot @badp.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden HERE

GnomeSlice

This is stupid.

spugsley

hi guys

Unionhawk

19:57

SOMETHING BIG

AAA

jmfsg

prepare to be unicornified

Unionhawk

AA

A

Arperum

Stupid capslock.

Tim Stone

@spugsley HI!

SaintWacko

Ehrmagherd

Powerlord

19:58

Bleah

kalina

@jmfsg I can't wait.

Arperum

@spugsley HI

kalina

@spugsley o/

GnomeSlice

@spugsley boredpanda.com/animal-children-photography-elena-shumilova

badp

T-00:00:01:50

3ventic

19:58

define T

kalina

@badp more like 40 seconds

you put 19:59 in as the start time

Ben Brocka

No not events. I stay away from most sites for a reason

spugsley

@GnomeSlice omg these are fucking amazing

C-dizzle

T = X

badp

yeah, because I wanted to start one minute early

GnomeSlice

19:58

@spugsley I knowwwwww. check out the flickr or 500px links, they have a ton more.

jmfsg

@badp omg time travel

SaintWacko

X= Y

badp

15

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum hmm hmm, it'd take about an hour and a half with the car

And I should have my drivers licence then

FAE

Damn it, Kickbeat got a Steam release and it's got new/exclusive stuff, argh.

Powerlord

19:59

MOON CRASH!

badp

@Powerlord HOLD YOUR BREATH

SaintWacko

@FAE That always sucks

Tim Stone

The final 30 seconds are upon us!

Powerlord

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Wipqozn

@badp It's images like this that make you awesome. Nicely done.

SaintWacko

19:59

The end is nigh!

Unionhawk

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Wipqozn

jmfsg

THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

15

Tim Stone

10 seconds!

SaintWacko

AAAAAAAAA-WHAT

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