@El'endiaStarman That game is almost as old as I am

@DJMcMayhem I grew up playing Sonic 2, which came out the year I was born.

Does mental math to figure out El'endia's age

wow, nice job EA

@Mego This is seriously scummy. On another note, their comment was guilded 12 times (at this time)? I wonder if some of those guilds are sarcastic.

@Mego Good riddance

This is really impressive

@DJMcMayhem I have never seen that game before, but I agree.

It's from the guy who did QWOP.

We actually talked about it over lunch at work today.

That speedrun is actually insane though.

@MartinEnder Just read some fantastic raving reviews for Hollow Knight. I've never been into Metroidvania games, and I wasn't that interested in it, but after seeing the overwhelmingly positive feedback, I really want to try it out now.

I'm definitely gonna snag it next time it goes on sale

It's worth every cent without a sale ;). But yeah it's amazing. Haven't played the second free content update yet though, because I want to do it on a new playthrough, and I'll wait with that until content update #3.

@MartinEnder Oh I'm sure, but I'm a cheapo :P

Not to mention I'm already overwhelmed by my backlog, so I don't mind waiting until christmas

Between Factorio, GTA V, Arkham Knight, and The Last of Us, I think I'll have plenty to do in the mean time

@DJMcMayhem I've been replaying hollow knight after getting to the very end a while ago and not finishing it then

it's really good. metroidvania is probably my favorite genre.

There's yet another good review.

@DJMcMayhem Oh, right, GOD I'M STUPID.

Axiom verge and Environmental Station Alpha are also great, and which one is best depends on my mood. Terraria has a similar vibe too

@DJMcMayhem I OPEN THIS TAB AND CONTINUE MY VG DISCUSSION IN THE NINETEENTH BYTE.

It's not that big of deal

@EricTressler Terraria is actually good.

@EricTressler Terraria's actually my #1 game on steam by hours

I'm a huge fan

@EricTressler Terreria > minecraft in all aspects.

Have either of you played Empyrion?

@MagicOctopusUrn for solo play, I agree, but not for multiplayer. There I prefer modded MC

No

@EricTressler This is 100% true.

Terraria is also my #1 game by hours.

hang on let me get a steam link

steamcommunity.com/app/383120/workshop <-- Empyrion is like minecraft in space, but 1000000x better.

this says 3700 hours, but I leave those games running while I'm at work, etc. :|

They have an EPIC community that is ONLY GROWING!

Basically it's minecrraft in spae, and anything you can build you save off as a "blueprint" and upload it to the steam workshop.

People can then download your design and spend materials to build it.

@EricTressler Where do you work? (If you don't mind me asking)

Just curious

that's the coolest part, it's a community of super sexy designs, and when you end up making one that everyone loves, you feel epic.

that looks cool. I will probably try it, but I play MC with a couple of friends and I think trying to change games would probably go badly

@DJMcMayhem IRS :|

Oh

previously DOD research. Now ID theft research

@EricTressler What's IRS? The Internal Revenue Service?

@MagicOctopusUrn yes. it's not a sexy place to work, but I think I probably do more good now than when I was working on defense projects

@EricTressler Oh, are you in the division dealing with all these f**king spam texts I get saying 'YOU OWE MONEY TO THE IRS! CALL NOW!"

hah. No, the IRS doesn't deal with those, the FBI does

I get those calls too

@EricTressler GOD that pisses me off. 50% of the time it's some dude who doesn't even SOUND legit... "Hello, for you to pay? Need IRS reveune pls."

There's some notion that spammers sound intentionally a little bit unrealistic. They WANT to filter out perceptive people early

Like, they may not be inept, they may instead be maximizing their return on time invested

@EricTressler It's funny you say that... Our insurance company sends out "test phishing emails" that are literally, verbatim: "Hi,\n\nUnclaimed funds in your account, click attachment to claim!\n\nThanks,\nBeatrice Vermunda"

@EricTressler Then we got one that used a bootstrap template, and it was 100% a real attempt. SO MANY PEOPLE FELL FOR IT.

yea, it's an interesting sort of arms race, but it pisses me off too

@EricTressler The methods companies try to mitigate... really make me sad... we pay for phish.me

"THEN SEND PLAINTEXT EMAILS THROUGH IT WITH NO TEMPLATES".toLowerCase()

I'm not familiar with that

@MagicOctopusUrn Could you stop yelling?

@DJMcMayhem ;P

@DJMcMayhem So, wait, you've not played KSP?

@DJMcMayhem Wish I knew that during the 50% sale. I'd've bought 2 copies. I was 100% ready to pay the full $40, then it went on sale.

Nope. It looks pretty interesting, but I've never gotten around to it cause I've always been busy with other games. And probably because I haven't seen it on sale :P

I just started a new run of fallout: new vegas last night

@EricTressler What are your rules?

Just going to play it on very hard, for once, but I will probably still end up with long guns

@EricTressler disgusted look you didn't play it on very hard the first time?!

@EricTressler My rules get more and more ridiculous the more time I replay... My most recent playthrough was "My character is afraid of guns, hostile to the Brotherhood of Steel, regardless of context. Claustrophobic of tight spaces (no power armor). And too weak for 2-handed weapons. I was basically a melee monk lol.

@EricTressler Then again... I didn't finish most of those "super specific" runs..

I got so fed up with always ending up as a stealth sniper or a magician bowman...

Melee in Fallout/Skyrim is just so much less appealing than playing Dark Souls again

I played new vegas (all 3 endings as (Then realized what I was missing...) a sniper)...

@EricTressler OMG YES. DARK SOULS. I still need to beat 3... I just got past... uhh... the pontiff? And then beat the other girl after him... But I can't freaking find anyone to finish it with me (xbox one). Can't even get to the DLC I bought.

@DJMcMayhem DJ are you a moderator for PPCG?

@MagicOctopusUrn it's not too bad to play alone, there are plenty of NPC summons

@EricTressler Wait... WTF is an NPC summon?

@EricTressler Are... are you serious? I can have an NPC companion?

There are computer-controlled players that you can summon to help fight bosses (but that's it, not to get through areas)

And not every boss

@MagicOctopusUrn nope. But I'm sort of like a mod in TNB

@EricTressler WHAT.... (not yelling) the bosses are the only thing damaging me!!!!

Tag me in TNB when KSP is on sale and I'll buy it for ya. (< $30)

@DJMcMayhem You've been my one of my favorite "mods" for a long time. (Even if you're not, you seem like one).

@DJMcMayhem I need to donate to Adnan, already gave Dennis $100 for TIO... Just want to compensate everyone who seems to contribute beyond the norm.

@MagicOctopusUrn If you go around the boss fog doors while embered and offline, you should still see summon signs pretty often. They're sometimes harder to find than player signs

@EricTressler AWWAWGHHHH!!! So that's who the random jerk in boreal valley was who LITERALLY followed me flawlessly.

@EricTressler I thought he was just some badass who was mimicing me.

@EricTressler Does the final fight have one?

I don't think so. I think all but 3 of the remaining boss fights do (and a lot you already finished)

@EricTressler I've beat the boss after the dancer, how many bosses are left (Avoid spoliers)

@MagicOctopusUrn 5 to like... 12 or so, if we count DLC? Not 100% sure

@EricTressler >_> AFTER THE DANCER?! What in the **** is worse than HER?!!

@MagicOctopusUrn very little, I think that was one of the hardest bosses for me my first time through

I have to go for now; I'll be back later. @MagicOctopusUrn if you try out my game, let me know what you think

@EricTressler sigh of relief I literally didn't touch her. I summoned two guys who murdered her...

@EricTressler You'll see a review from "TheImmortalRod" if you want to add me on steam, feel free, I didn't choose the name, it chose me.

Also if either of you get Empyrion, let me know, I'm on the best server there is.

30-120 active players at all times, amazing economy and banning based on cheat reporting.

@DJMcMayhem was that not cool? Is there a PPCG.stackexchange.com donate link IDK about?

@MagicOctopusUrn Woah. I appreciate it, thanks!

@MagicOctopusUrn Sorry, I was just busy. I'm not aware of one

@DJMcMayhem Care if I ask how old you are within 5 years?

I can be more specific than that.

I'll be 20 in 7.5 hours :P

@DJMcMayhem Oh, then helllllll yeah I'll buy you KSP when it goes on sale my man.

@DJMcMayhem ~25 was the cut-off, then it's just buying KSP for an adult.

@DJMcMayhem You better update me on your milestones though. I need someone to compete with lol.

@DJMcMayhem Best I've done is a flawless landing on Eve. (The easiest BS after the planet beyond the moon).

I need to figure out how the HEK to land on a planet that isn't eve. B/c with the parts I have I'm dumbfounded.

Sounds good

@DJMcMayhem Are you USA?

Like I said earlier, I've got a lot of games on my backlog, so it'll be a while before I get to a new one

@MagicOctopusUrn Yes

@DJMcMayhem Mind if I ask which college?

@MagicOctopusUrn Not in college right now

I gtg now

o/

@DJMcMayhem Fair enough... You definitely don't need college.

@DJMcMayhem I, honestly, was hoping for that answer. You can get a solid job as-is.