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November 03, 2013

Gaming Thread 11/2/2013
— Gang of Gaming Morons!

Yesterday kicked off Extra Life 2013, where people get to the Twitch for gaming marathons to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network. Can't believe how fast this thing has grown in just a few years. Will be interesting in seeing how much they raise this year, hopefully $5 million plus.

Find a stream, watch and donate

stuff below

Q3 Results

• Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital wants Microsoft to spin off Xbox and Bing.

• Sony's stock is still in the junk status crapper. (disclosure: I still own Sony stock...don't ask, long story)

• Nintendo improved sales of the Wii U from 160k to 300k in the last quarter but still in a bad spot. Iwata still sees nothing wrong and doesn't think they need to reorganize. And they kept their initial forecast of 9 million Wii U units for the year.

• Since they deferred profits from GTAV, Take-Two's profits are down.

• Even with strong sales of Monster Hunter 4, Capcom didn't have a great quarter. The do expect to ship 1.2 million copies of Dead Rising 3 in the next quarter.

• GungHo's (Puzzles & Dragons) revenue drops.

News

• Oculus is throwing in Android support for the Rift. Still would be nice to get a consumer release date.

• Would you like a new game in the 7th Guest series? Well, they're asking for money on kickstarter

• South Park: The Stick of Truth gets another delay. Now it's has a release date of March 4th.

• A teaser trailer for The Walking Dead: Season 2. Apparently you play as Clem. After finally playing 400, I dunno if I want a season 2 to be frank.

• With the delay to Kinect Rivals, MS doesn't really have anything to show off the Kinect gaming wise so they're throwing out the Waveracing event for free at launch as a time trial (there are prizes and what not that you can win)

• Long time coming but upcoming FPS Puzzler, Reset gets it's teaser trailer. It was worth the wait, it's a pretty good trailer

• Anyone else remember the under-rated SNES game, Blackthorne from Blizzard? Well, they're now giving it away for free through Battlenet.

• Tiger Woods Golf from EA is no more as they end their relationship. Hopefully they dust off the Links name.

• Peggle 2 is missing the XONE launch, will be out in December

• New Sony rewards program. Spend $6000 for $60 in credit.

• New Privacy Statement for Xbox

• This isn't really gaming related but this is just cool

• In the midst of the Ouya flames, CEO Julie Uhrman is delusional in thinking people will support the system just because

• New trailer showing off Orchid and announcing Spinal which makes 7. They also let it out that the eighth character will be *surprise* Fulgore since the stream on Friday, all of Orchid's winning quotes dealt with Ultratech which is Fulgore.

• No, I don't understand why they bothered with a Heavenly Sword DTV movie either. Still have a Ratchet & Clank movie trailer to come....oh joy

• Steam hits the 65 million users milestone. Didn't know there were that many TF2 botters.

• Microsoft and EA signed a deal to keep the first TitanFall as an exclusive, that didn't make Vince Zampella (co-founder of Respawn) happy.

• If rumors are correct, AMD won't be holding the crown in GPUs for more than a few weeks as the leaked benchmarks from a few places puts the 780ti above it. Also, it's rumored that there will be 6GB and 12GB variants of it. And to top it off, there might be a special edition of it dubbed Black. A 12 gig version is totally overkill at the moment but man, so much epeen

• Minecraft jumps onto the integrated Twitch streaming wagon. I can't wait to see how hard Twitch falls down on the job when everything comes online with a League of Legends tournament being played, their infrastructure is still a POS.

• Well, it came out of nowhere but a new Typing of the Dead came out last week to hit Steam's Halloween Sale. Game is pretty good though it needs some new dictionaries. This is a writeup on how it came to be.

• Scumbags take advantage of nice guy Dave Gilbert's promotion of giving away the fourth game in his and his wife's Blackwell series

• Squad is trying to angle to get their Kerbal Space Program into more classrooms with their kickoff of the KerbalEdu program.

• Cool article on the making of Destiny. They're hoping to get a million people into the beta in hopes that they don't run into the same problems that Grand Theft Auto Online ran into.

• Sony released a big ass FAQ about the PS4 for at least launch (stuff changes). It's a long read but worth doing so if you're buying one this holiday season.

• Out of the FAQ, we finally get an actual launch day lineup and not this nebulous thing.

Physical releases:
Knack
Killzone
Angry Birds Star Wars
Assassin's Creed IV
Call of Duty Ghosts
FIFA 14
Battlefield 4
Just Dance 2014
Injustice: Gods Amongst Us
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Madden 25
NBA 2K14
Skylanders Swap Force

Digital:
Flower
Resogun
Sound Shapes
Contrast
Pinball Arcade
Super Motherload
Tiny Brains
Warframe
DC Universe Online

Resolutiongate

Wish I saw the footage from the XONE (720p) and PS4 (900p) before I started playing BF4 on my PC to have a more forward opinion as frankly, I think they're both pretty fugly in that comparison. As for it being on consoles, I don't think either are that bad looking, especially since I expected a bigger gulf considering the hardware disparity. Though that might have been rare optimism from me as you're still looking at two low budget PCs (more so than any other next gen comparison). Guess the adage that has been true for the last 10 years stands, buy a console if you want exclusives and sports (outside of the Football Manager and OOTP series) games, if you want eye candy, buy a PC. Some reason though with the launch games looking that they are, I don't even know if we will get a year out of launch before people start bitching about consoles holding back graphics on the PC.

As for COD Ghosts running at 720p on the XONE and 1080p, your guess is as good as mine as what they've shown, that game doesn't look good on any platform (PC included).

I totally agree with Richard Leadbetter though: "Microsoft itself has made the story about parity with the competition, when highlighting what makes Xbox One unique in terms of exclusive games, services and functionality - along with more effort in returning some of the magic to Kinect - may have served Xbox One more effectively in the run-up to launch."

New Releases

Call of Duty: Ghosts (everything under the sun) - Another year, another Call of Duty game. Considering how hard this game has started to slide on sales, this should be interesting.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection (360, PS3) - Well, you can play two of the worst Castlevania games (it includes a Lords of Shadow 1 and a HD remaster of 3DS game, Mirror of Fate). God I really miss Iga.

The Guided Fate Paradox (PS3) - Like Z.H.P for the PSP, this isn't exactly your standard SRPG as it's more Roguelike than a typical NIS game. It's not supposed to be super hard but I'm a sucker for these type of games.

XCOM: Enemy Within (PC, 360, PS3) - With the advent of cutting up expansion packs piecemeal to be sold as DLC, it's kinda refreshing to get one again. A bunch of new stuff is being added. If you wanted more of everything, you're getting it.

Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies (iOS, PC) - Though a bit limited in mission variety, I really dug the first game. More stuff to blow up, this time set in the Pacific Theater. They've said that they dropped the IAP so it's just a single price for everything.

Avadon 2: The Corruption (PC) - This totally came out last week but I don't care, I'm mentioning it anyways. The games that Jeff Vogel and company makes are rare releases these days and it's a shame. I'm only a few hours into this one but it pretty good and so far you don't need to have played the first one to not be lost (though you should since it's good and the history in the world will be deeper). And it's only $10 retail.

That's it, I'm done. Send hatemail here
The Dude

Posted by: Gang of Gaming Morons! at 11:52 AM | Comments (101)
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1 well, I tried to make up for the short one last week

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 11:52 AM (vJdyz)

2 oh yeah, next week, Target has a Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal which includes PS4 games

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 11:54 AM (vJdyz)

3 "Play Games. Heal Kids"? That's got to be some Ender's Game variant where, if you make it thru, they make you a medical doctor.

Posted by: t-bird at November 03, 2013 11:56 AM (FcR7P)

4 Love the cosplay pic. Definitely one of the two best shows this season.

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 03, 2013 11:58 AM (Vk2pI)

5 Is there a way to watch porn and heal kids?

Posted by: major major major major at November 03, 2013 11:59 AM (fRYRo)

6 Wow, I found a way to screw up the thread title

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:00 PM (vJdyz)

If EC is around my CD Key for Arkham City finally worked on Steam. Arkham Asylum still doesn't work though.

And as a bonus the CD Key automatically upgrades to the GOTY edition, so I have all the extras for free.

Posted by: buzzion at November 03, 2013 12:00 PM (LI48c)

anyone else playing blackflag, my daughter and I are and neither one of us has had so much fun since tomb raider. it is smooth and looks good and just a joy

go now! get it, you will not be sorry

Posted by: rain of lead at November 03, 2013 12:01 PM (J/npG)

9 hmm the date is clickable on my ipad but it's not on my pc

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:01 PM (vJdyz)

10 anyone else playing blackflag, my daughter and I are and neither one of us has had so much fun since tomb raider. it is smooth and looks good and just a joy
go now! get it, you will not be sorry

Posted by: rain of lead at November 03, 2013 04:01 PM (J/npG)

waiting for the PC release

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:02 PM (vJdyz)

11 There's talk that EA is about to go out for tea with that lovely and charming Greek lady . . . Nemesis:

http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/10/eas-next-debacle.html

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 03, 2013 12:03 PM (d7tB2)

12 9 hmm the date is clickable on my ipad but it's not on my pc

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 04:01 PM (vJdyz)

iOS devices read that as a phone number.

Posted by: buzzion at November 03, 2013 12:04 PM (LI48c)

13 Wow, I found a way to screw up the thread title Clocks fall back a day, right?

Posted by: t-bird at November 03, 2013 12:04 PM (FcR7P)

14 Posted by: buzzion at November 03, 2013 04:04 PM (LI48c) Never noticed that

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:04 PM (vJdyz)

15 That's got to be some Ender's Game variant where, if you make it thru, they make you a medical doctor.

Under Obamacare? That's covered on the "supply" side of the website.

Here's the demo: http://tinyurl.com/lwrat85

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 03, 2013 12:06 PM (d7tB2)

16 Clocks fall back a day, right?

Posted by: t-bird at November 03, 2013 04:04 PM (FcR7P)

I have no idea in what you're talking about

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:06 PM (vJdyz)

17 Noticed that the entire "add a non-political threat below this thread" thing has kinda gone by the waysideÂ…

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 03, 2013 12:07 PM (Vk2pI)

18 Noticed that the entire "add a non-political threat below this thread" thing has kinda gone by the waysideÂ…

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 03, 2013 04:07 PM (Vk2pI)

thought it was add a political thread below which I didn't since there is a political thread below this? I have one typed out and in draft

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:09 PM (vJdyz)

17 Noticed that the entire "add a non-political threat below this thread" thing has kinda gone by the waysideÂ…

Check the first full paragraph on the policy.

http://minx.cc/?post=343993

First, anytime someone posts a Non-Political Thread, and there is no politically-oriented post which has been posted recently (say, within the past hour), I'll ask the person posting the Non-Political Thread to also post an Open Thread just below. Just a blank thread, basically, which says "take all political comments or off-topic comments here."

Posted by: buzzion at November 03, 2013 12:11 PM (LI48c)

20 Found my old Dell computer with an Intel DX2 66 mhz and Windows 3.1 and a big box of games that was buried in the back of my closet and hooked it up to see if it still worked and it did.

Still had a lot of the games loaded on it but I had to dig out the manuals to refresh my brain on the old DOS commands to start them up.

Been wallowing in old games ever since.

7th Guest and the Tex Murphy games so far. (Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive).

When I'm done with those, it's time to move on to Harpoon and the LSL 1 through 6 games.

Good old classic stuff.

Posted by: Pakimon at November 03, 2013 12:11 PM (gkGVp)

21 That is one thing I like about GOG, pushing old games that I don't own hard copies of anymore

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:16 PM (vJdyz)

22 thought it was add a political thread below which I didn't since there is a political thread below this? I have one typed out and in draft Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 04:09 PM (vJdyz) Just a general trend I've noticedÂ…

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 03, 2013 12:18 PM (Vk2pI)

I guess I'll wade in here with a question: the only game I ever played that I really liked was Crimson Skies. Is there another PC based game similar to that around?

CS doesn't like my laptop with Win7- 64 on it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at November 03, 2013 12:21 PM (0HooB)

24 Absolutely geeked about X:Com The Enemy Within. Like the idea of a good-old fashioned expansion pack, but done INSIDE the original game. Seriously looking forward to that. But I'll have to wait until after NaNoWriMo.

Posted by: Shawn at November 03, 2013 12:22 PM (/lltO)

25 23
I guess I'll wade in here with a question: the only game I ever played that I really liked was Crimson Skies. Is there another PC based game similar to that around?

CS doesn't like my laptop with Win7- 64 on it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at November 03, 2013 04:21 PM (0HooB)

Have you tried setting the .exe of the game to run in compatibility mode of an older version of windows?

Posted by: buzzion at November 03, 2013 12:25 PM (LI48c)

26 I guess I'll wade in here with a question: the only game I ever played that I really liked was Crimson Skies. Is there another PC based game similar to that around?

CS doesn't like my laptop with Win7- 64 on it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at November 03, 2013 04:21 PM (0HooB)

sadly not though Phil Spencer (head of Xbox Gaming) did say he would like to see it return. There are a lot of FASA IPs that I would love to see make a comeback

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:25 PM (vJdyz)

27 I made it to the gaming thread for once!!

The Blackwell promotion article reminded me that I was going to try to get a free copy of Civ 5 through the Golden Joystick voting thing, but it looks like I missed it.   Alas.

The NIS SRPG definitely shows the Disgaea influence. I really dug the guy driving a tank while swinging a sword.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 03, 2013 12:25 PM (0wHyk)

28 oh and if you were waiting for something gaming related to upgrade to W8, BF4 is the one to do it. It's not a minor bump either, it's an added 10-20 FPS

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:26 PM (vJdyz)

29 Yeah, Lord of Shadows sucked, didn't even finish the first play through. Wish they'd make another, though. Like Curse of Darkness or Symphony of the Night--damn that one was fun.

Posted by: RoyalOil at November 03, 2013 12:29 PM (VjL9S)

Have you tried setting the .exe of the game to run in compatibility mode of an older version of windows?

Yup. I spent a couple of hours trying to get it to run on this machine with no luck. It's a really old game from the XP era or before. The game's graphics just don't know what to do with this hi-res laptop, and vice-versa.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at November 03, 2013 12:29 PM (0HooB)

31 The exUS (and exCanada) under Crimson Skies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crimson_skies_map.png

It's fun to compare this with, say, Colin Woodard's "American Nations".

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 03, 2013 12:29 PM (d7tB2)

32 I've gotten a bit tired of the FPS point and twitch games. Is Reset supposed to be closer to Halo or Portal? IOW, I'd like to try some slower paced, more problem solving games. What do you recommend?

Posted by: pep at November 03, 2013 12:29 PM (6TB1Z)

the dude,

get the gold version

all the extra swag will be so worth the 20$

man, all I can say is this game is amazing,

when you pull up along side another ship,cut loose with a broadside of heavy shot and blow his ass right out of the water....well that just never gets old!

Posted by: rain of lead at November 03, 2013 12:30 PM (J/npG)

34 off topic, Charlie Schumer, via Weasel Zippers:

Â“2016 is HillaryÂ’s time. And our nation will be all the better for it,Â” he said. Â“With a strong platform and with Hillary leading the charge, we will vanquish the Ted Cruz, Tea Party Republicans in 2016 and create a generation of Democrats who will make sure the middle class gets what it needs, our country advances and the torch held by that beautiful lady in New YorkÂ’s harbor burns more brightly than ever.Â”

Posted by: Mallfly at November 03, 2013 12:31 PM (bJm7W)

35 Another Castlevania, I mean. Also, I still want a Resistance 4.

Posted by: RoyalOil at November 03, 2013 12:32 PM (VjL9S)

36 and create a generation of Democrats who will make sure the middle class gets what it needs Apparently that means a good ass-reaming.

Posted by: t-bird at November 03, 2013 12:33 PM (FcR7P)

sadly not though Phil Spencer (head of Xbox Gaming) did say he would like to see it return. There are a lot of FASA IPs that I would love to see make a comeback

That's a shame. It's too bad someone can't make another version of it. FPS and flying is a blast. And my super-duper, high-tech joystick with all the buttons on it is just so ronery...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at November 03, 2013 12:33 PM (0HooB)

38 I have a couple of old machines (thanks cthulhu) I plan to become old-school gamers. Have been working on others recently and now it's NaNo so most of my time is on that. I did seriously luck out on a $10 Dell XPS 420 quad-core, had bad RAM and more critically some odd SATA expansion card (why? It has like six SATA ports built in!) that had failed and they never removed for testing (pop - boots). Right now I'm just burn-in testing, but everything looks solid - man, for a factory cooler, that thing is pretty burly. Can't overclock per se (too bad, the Q6600 was a huge overclocker) because Dell BIOS, and high-end 775 processors are still crazy expensive, but it ain't nothing. May be able to score an appropriate Xeon 3GHz but the real reason for that is overclocking again, and... well... I did OC my main system 17% - top temps on the CPU at full load? 48 degrees C. 17% over stock and not even breakin' a sweat. Some days you get the bear.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at November 03, 2013 12:34 PM (qyfb5)

39 so far I'm really underwhelmed at the next-gen graphics. I really want to be blown away. The improvements are so visually marginal.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 03, 2013 12:41 PM (ZPrif)

40 Yeah, Lord of Shadows sucked, didn't even finish the first play through.

Wish they'd make another, though. Like Curse of Darkness or Symphony of the Night--damn that one was fun.

Posted by: RoyalOil at November 03, 2013 04:29 PM (VjL9S)

someone needs to kidnap Iga out of Konami's basement

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:43 PM (vJdyz)

41 I've gotten a bit tired of the FPS point and twitch games. Is Reset supposed to be closer to Halo or Portal? IOW, I'd like to try some slower paced, more problem solving games. What do you recommend?

Posted by: pep at November 03, 2013 04:29 PM (6TB1Z)

well, they say it's a puzzler but they really haven't shown much outside of that trailer

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 12:44 PM (vJdyz)

42 Sort of related to the thread. I just saw the CoD Ghost ad with Megan Fox. She used to be pretty. Now she has that "finished" look that comes from too much surgery.

Posted by: no good deed at November 03, 2013 12:47 PM (k55Fc)

43 Hey gang. Beat Bioshock Infinite. I had fun. Nothing riled me up to bad. I plan on getting a season pass I'm just trying to save up some bing rewards to get an Xbox gift card first.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at November 03, 2013 12:54 PM (GaqMa)

44 Go outside and get some exercise! Those games have made you fat, docile and easily led but there is a limit.

Posted by: FLOTUS at November 03, 2013 12:56 PM (OP1M9)

45 Go outside and get some exercise! Those games have made you fat, docile and easily led but there is a limit. Posted by: FLOTUS at November 03, 2013 04:56 PM (OP1M9) Fuck you, I just trimmed my hedges and split some wood with a wedge and a hammer

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at November 03, 2013 12:57 PM (GaqMa)

#43

yeah, Bioshock I is a lot of fun

Posted by: rain of lead at November 03, 2013 12:58 PM (J/npG)

47 Oh hello pretty. *paws at screen*

I'm still dithering all over the place on what platform to do my Destiny pre-order. Right now I'm still at about 80% decided on going with a PS4 over the One but I don't know. *dithers all over the place*

My life. So hard.

I've mentioned before that I'm gong pretty much console only for gaming because I just do not have it in me anymore to try to keep up with hardware requirements for PC gaming. It's not just the money, though mainly that, it's just that I don't have the patience for fiddling about. Fuck it. I want to pop the disc in or finish the downloand and then play.

Posted by: alexthechick - Mmmm Snickers at November 03, 2013 01:01 PM (Gk3SS)

48 Mario vs. Sonic in a Pac-Man maze. Discuss.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 03, 2013 01:02 PM (ZshNr)

49 Posted by: alexthechick - Mmmm Snickers at November 03, 2013 05:01 PM (Gk3SS) This is where I stand too. That and my monitor is 21 inches, my TV is 42. you know though queen, if you want to buy both and decide you don't want the One, I'd be happy to take it off your hands

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at November 03, 2013 01:04 PM (GaqMa)

50 Ahh... the final picture. Kill la Kill.

Go Nagi would be proud...

Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 03, 2013 01:08 PM (lJaja)

51 This is where I stand too. That and my monitor is 21 inches, my TV is 42.

you know though queen, if you want to buy both and decide you don't want the One, I'd be happy to take it off your hands . Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at November 03, 2013 05:04 PM (GaqMa)

Wow. There's nobility allllllll over the place, there is.

Posted by: alexthechick - Mmmm Snickers at November 03, 2013 01:11 PM (Gk3SS)

52 >> I just trimmed my hedges and split some wood with a wedge and a hammer Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at November 03, 2013 04:57 PM (GaqMa) That's the most horrifying euphemism I've ever heard.

Posted by: Stark DickflÃ¼ssig at November 03, 2013 01:15 PM (Gu7t9)

53 Where the hell is CAC?

This is two Sundays in a row without an astronomy thread.

Posted by: Turdblossum at November 03, 2013 01:16 PM (JAeAc)

hey y'all want to watch something fun

go to youtube and look up "the devils spear"

it's a live action version of blackflag

it's 12-13 minutes long and VERY VERY well done

Posted by: rain of lead at November 03, 2013 01:17 PM (J/npG)

55 Where the hell is CAC? This is two Sundays in a row without an astronomy thread. Posted by: Turdblossum at November 03, 2013 05:16 PM (JAeAc) He had the special post on the eclipse earlier this past week.

Posted by: Psychedelicat at November 03, 2013 01:17 PM (Vk2pI)

56 Oh and to get some politics in the gaming thread, I cannot help but note that Bungie is all please to be joining the beta so that everyone can hammer the servers so we can learn what to fix before we go live.

*taps chin* Gee, hmmm, gee, what comparison could I possibly be wanting to make here? *taps chin*

Posted by: alexthechick - Mmmm Snickers at November 03, 2013 01:19 PM (Gk3SS)

57 I didn't play 400 Days or whatever the half season Walking Dead thing was. I really enjoyed the Season 1. I will be buying Season 2 (On a Steam sale)

Posted by: Zakn at November 03, 2013 01:20 PM (zyaZ1)

58 Pack man just ate a dot!

Posted by: Stark DickflÃ¼ssig at November 03, 2013 01:21 PM (Gu7t9)

59 Are those supposed to be ghosts?

Posted by: Stark DickflÃ¼ssig at November 03, 2013 01:22 PM (Gu7t9)

60 Got my first level 90 toon on Wow and ValuRite Pudding is level 14. Had a rotten time getting the patch to update though since BitDefender hated it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 03, 2013 01:26 PM (Pexsc)

61
I just come here to look at more elbows, but the Miracle Network seems like a good cause so good for all the gamers. No go clean your rooms.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 03, 2013 01:32 PM (nKUHR)

62 I thought someone would political this thread by now..we are all being ganed by the Politico's..

Posted by: Kadinsky at November 03, 2013 01:35 PM (o1Tyj)

63 Why is the monkey throwing barrels at the plumber?

Posted by: Stark DickflÃ¼ssig at November 03, 2013 01:39 PM (Gu7t9)

64 Been finishing up Saint's Row IV and having a ton of fun. The superpowers are just awesome amounts of fun to muck about with. Hover in mid-air and then slam down onto your target in an earth-shattering crash that sends everyone flying? Then shoot any survivors - yes please. As for PC fiddling about, I have not tweaked anything on my machine in almost two years. Windows self-updates, my NVidia GPU self-updates its drivers, and Steam keeps all my games updated with the latest patches. Just my experience, but PC gaming is as close now to hassle-free as it has ever been.

Posted by: Pilot141 at November 03, 2013 01:39 PM (nPwzA)

65 Posted by: Zakn at November 03, 2013 05:20 PM (zyaZ1) On one hand, it does lead into season 2 but on the other, at the end you want everyone to die

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 01:40 PM (vJdyz)

66 Video games are the opiates of "betas." You heard it here first. But women were thinking it. Even the ones who try to be nice and pretend otherwise. Furthermore, Japanese women are ugly (even Chinese women are better looking). You're welcome. Later.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 03, 2013 01:40 PM (wAloV)

#64

agreed

my desktop is an off the shelf 800$ midrange gaming asus

and it plays everything

Posted by: rainoflead at November 03, 2013 01:45 PM (J/npG)

68 agreed
my desktop is an off the shelf 800$ midrange gaming asus
and it plays everything Posted by: rainoflead at November 03, 2013 05:45 PM (J/npG)

For an extra $100, I can get both a PS4 and an Xbox One.

Look, I'm not actually trying to start a PC v. console war. I'm just pointing out that I'm lazy.

Posted by: alexthechick - Mmmm Snickers at November 03, 2013 01:53 PM (Gk3SS)

69 God I really miss Iga. You can say that again. Unfortunately Lords of Suck sold more than pretty much all of Iga's 2D games combined, and that's all the Konami execs hear. Shame, too, Ecclesia was an interesting different direction from the plain Symphony clones that preceded it.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2013 01:55 PM (102Hx)

70 No Xbone for me. It's all about PS4 and Wii U this gen.

Posted by: Jawknee at November 03, 2013 01:58 PM (kkxa3)

71 Poor troll is trying to rile up "betas". Wonder where that places him?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 03, 2013 02:03 PM (0wHyk)

72 http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/73377/arnold-rimmer-king-of-risk

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 03, 2013 02:03 PM (hO8IJ)

73 Yes, why yes, I am a bad enough dude to save the President. Thank you for asking.

Posted by: Stark DickflÃ¼ssig at November 03, 2013 02:05 PM (Gu7t9)

74 Ezekiel Emanuel, author of much of OCare, is on Fox News and spreading the most transparent BS possible as to why Obama's "keep your plan" pledge wasn't a lie, because you troglodytes are just to stupid to understand what was said.

I think that sounds like an electoral winner. You go with that, Zeke.

And yeah, he looks exactly like the kind of smug, pencil-neck geek you'd expect.

Posted by: pep at November 03, 2013 02:12 PM (6TB1Z)

75 66 Video games are the opiates of "betas." You heard it here first. But women were thinking it. Even the ones who try to be nice and pretend otherwise.

Troll says what?

Posted by: pep at November 03, 2013 02:14 PM (6TB1Z)

76 Internet computers are the opiate of the betas. You heard it here first. But shetland ponies were thinking it. Even the ones who try to be nice & pretend an orange-painted dick is actually a carrot. Furthermore, smurfette is ugly (even Gargamel is better looking). You're welcome. Later.

Posted by: Stark DickflÃ¼ssig at November 03, 2013 02:17 PM (Gu7t9)

77 Lol

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 02:17 PM (vJdyz)

78 55 Where the hell is CAC? ... He had the special post on the eclipse earlier this past week. Posted by: Psychedelicat at November 03, 2013 05:17 PM (Vk2pI) Don't you mean "last night"? Geez, we didn't set the clocks that far back.

Posted by: rickl at November 03, 2013 02:21 PM (sdi6R)

79 A self described Trekkie (NTTAWWT) calling guys who like video games betas. Okay.

Posted by: Adam at November 03, 2013 02:22 PM (Aif/5)

80 NBA 2k14 looks good but wtf http://bit.ly/1alEAii

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 02:24 PM (vJdyz)

81 I know some bronies who could kick the shit out of the entire internet.

Posted by: Stark DickflÃ¼ssig at November 03, 2013 02:29 PM (Gu7t9)

82 Had the Extra-Life thing been explained to Pooky better, we would've had an awesome, epic Pathfinder weekend. Oh well, maybe next year.....

Posted by: pookysgirl at November 03, 2013 02:32 PM (kMnHs)

83 Dunno if I could sit through Pathfinder for at least 25 hours straight

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 02:36 PM (vJdyz)

84 Thanks for the post, as usual. Still playing Path of Exile. Still can't believe it's free. The Passive Skill Tree is a thing of beauty.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 03, 2013 02:37 PM (IXrOn)

85 Internet computers are the opiate of the betas. do tell

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: alpha, beta, release at November 03, 2013 02:39 PM (IXrOn)

86 Still playing Path of Exile. Still can't believe it's free. I'm so looking forward to giving that a try once the LotRO bounder bounty event wraps up.

Posted by: Methos at November 03, 2013 02:42 PM (hO9ad)

87 Just remember to play it on Hardcore and treat it like true permadeath

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 02:49 PM (vJdyz)

88 83 Dunno if I could sit through Pathfinder for at least 25 hours straight

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 06:36 PM (vJdyz)

We probably would have swapped GMs partway through (half the guys are GMs), and We Be Goblins had a good chance of showing up.

Oh, and if you know how to knit, the hours of abilities/rules arguments just fly by......

Posted by: pookysgirl at November 03, 2013 02:51 PM (kMnHs)

89

These gamer threads are lame as fuck...

Posted by: thebronze at November 03, 2013 02:51 PM (SwoTJ)

90 This thread smells like an Obama speech.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 03, 2013 02:52 PM (oFCZn)

91 Just remember how The Last Starfighter got selected to stop Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada.

http://youtu.be/H7NaxBxFWSo

"Come on Alex!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 02:52 PM (uVVG+)

92 Hey AP!

Done any gaming of late, or successfully channeled all that time into writing?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 03, 2013 02:59 PM (0wHyk)

93 72 http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/73377/arnold-rimmer-king-of-risk

What a guy!

Posted by: Anachronda at November 03, 2013 03:06 PM (U82Km)

94 open thread up, Stoner thread to follow

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 03, 2013 03:07 PM (DmNpO)

95 Just a quick FYI- XCOM: Enemy Within won't be out until the 12th, so don't expect it this week.

Also in other news, EA shut down their development of the latest Command & Conquer game. EA had been designing it as a F2P title and the feedback they were getting basically boiled down to "Yeah, that's not a good idea." So rather than just redesign it to make it a more traditional release, EA shut down the game instead. Sadly, the current EA staff seems to think in terms of "If people buy lots of add-ons in Simpsons Untapped, they'll buy them in everything else too."

Posted by: Compound at November 03, 2013 03:18 PM (M9q8I)

96 Hmm some reason I was thinking it was coming out on friday

Posted by: The Dude at November 03, 2013 03:35 PM (vJdyz)

97 My nephew is getting into old-school gaming. Particularly games from the 16-bit era.

So I had him over for some Mortal Kombat II last night. I figured I had him (I was very good at that game long ago). He cleaned my clock nearly every match. Oh well.

Then we started playing Rampage together. One stage of the game takes place in Detroit, and at one point we are confronted with an ED-209. I start laughing hysterically; he doesn't get it. I ask him if he's ever seen "Robocop".

"No. From that title, it sounds pretty weak," he says. I feel old. Twice.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 03, 2013 03:37 PM (MMDO6)

98 Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at November 03, 2013 06:03 PM (hO8IJ) Lol. Although "Arnold Rimmer: King of *anything*" would be enough to get me to laugh.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 03, 2013 04:05 PM (Pexsc)

99 I like the pic. Yummy.

The pics are the onliest reason I visit this thread, as I don't game any more. If Diablo 3 couldn't lure me back in, nothing could. But I can admire the hard work that Dude puts into these posts.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 03, 2013 04:06 PM (wNF3N)

100 Star Citizen spacecraft "commercial" http://vimeo.com/77480949

Posted by: Eisenhorn at November 03, 2013 04:53 PM (OjQYm)

101 What's with the douchebaggy comments from people with familiar names? If you don't like video games, fuck off to another thread.

Posted by: Kensington at November 03, 2013 06:25 PM (uaEZS)

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