The Gamer's Quarter

A shame about the forums, too. Aside from Quarter To Three, this was the only place I would read regularly and the only one I actually posted in.

I've read that Fusion Publishing is having some pr ...

Finished up some work on supplemental materials for Bounty Bay Online and the new STALKER.

Hey Sergei, how's Japan treating you?

Back to working on the game this thread was originally about. The crazy has been removed from the translation though, which has helped out quite a bit. Hopefully some expansions or something are annou ...

Anyone pick up anything good lately? The last VC title I bought was Ys, though I think I'll pick up Suikoden on the PSN at some point.

Had this been a few weeks back, I could see myself buying the shit out of a lot of Lestrade's stuff. Punishment for not coming here more often. I accept it, Internet! I accept it!

Dhex still posts over at fort90's forum, along with drunkensamurai and a few others. I see updates from wes, sergei, thatbox and a few others on facebook. I check in with Matt every once and a while ...

If you taught yourself how to program, what books did you use? I've thought about it for years, and put a bit of effort into learning Python, but I always stall once the tutorials/books hit chapter 2 ...

Said game is now asking for its beta testers to spot and submit typos.

New game has been released and I read in a developer diary that they added shit after we went over it. Guh. The developer's er ...

Killzone 2: why the hell am I 3'6"? And why, after Resistance 2, am I having to fight with a dualshock controller when trying to aim in a first-person shooter? The game isn't bad, but the sluggish mov ...

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II. I need someone to play some co-op missions with. Anyone else have it?

I'm eying a stack of stuff I'm looking to get rid of. Here we gooo!

PC
1701 A.D. (aka Anon)
Act of War
Battlefield 1942
Call of Duty
Call of Duty 2
Doom - Collector's Edition (in rough shape ...

I'm trying to remember what exactly I did, but it involved cranking up luck to where I was going to win ~55% of the time in gambling. I rigged a system on my laptop involving a weight, a pencil, and s ...

If it's not too late to go for that drink, pal, I think I'll take you up on that now. HIGH-FIVE, CYCLE!

I've also been

Cute robot! How does XNA stuff work? Will you be able to release it for Windows or do we need an XNA account and download it via 360?

Is the repair too soon to do the migration? I had to do it recently. Aside from being a pain in the ass, I'm a little worried that they only let you do it once for every 12-month period.

I don't know. I mean, after TGQ started coming out, then HGM was like 'Oh! Well! Here's OUR magazine in PDF!' There is only one thing to do! TGQ: Engage the Strategy Guide Machine!

Castlevania II scared the hell out of me when I was growing up. My brother loved it and was one of two videogames he actually played (Mega Man 2 the other), so we would be dropped off at home and play ...

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe on the 360 is a good example of them doing weird things. 1UP gave the game a B- while MetaCritic transformed that into a 67. I don't even know how you would get something ...

Yeah, and the clerks get annoying about Game Informer. I told them that I didn't want the magazine and to just skip it and twice the employees tried to enter their address in for it. Now I get it, rea ...

MS supplied me with a 360. It broke, then I sent it in and paid $130 for it to be fixed. I got it back on the 26th or so day of the 30 days I had the new warranty, only to find out they fix-broke it. ...

What happens if it's your car that's burned or beaten to hell? I'm not sure how you could claim that on insurance.

Beautiful segway. I've graduated three times now, and each time it's been during a downturn. I would like to enjoy them just a little. I'm not asking for much, just a month before it went to shit woul ...

The only quotes I've read from Sam Kennedy were pulled from NeoGAF and mentioned that 1UP was pricey, since the podcasts didn't generate revenue. He mentioned that they plan on getting some of the sta ...

It sounds cheap to me as well, but I would also worry about the aftermath. The staff could up and leave en masse and the press contacts could stop responding. At that point, all you would have is a sh ...

Ha, yeah, but what he runs into most of the time are people in their early 20s that have it on them but aren't partaking. The ones who do smoke tend to be older folk who tend to be speeding from just ...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/03/police_balk_at_ticketing_marijuana_offenders/

hmmm.

A friend of mine in law enforcement has a certain phrase for dealing with p ...

Two pretty big items in the world of print this week: EGM closing and Hardcore Gaming Magazine for sale. EGM closing sucks more for childhood me, when the magazine was a mini event each month that I l ...

It's great that you have an official holiday until the 11th - the 11th?! good god - but you're over two months behind in payment. I would appreciate being paid back for the costs I paid for out of poc ...

Gah! Resistance 2 is way too dark. I can't see anything half the time, and the flashlight doesn't do any good. There is no option to adjust this in-game, so that leaves me fiddling with my TV's bright ...

Huh! I never skipped them.

It stings to be so wrong.

Does anyone know if Gears uses the broadcast time to load the levels? I don't recall the game have to load too much and those breaks do come frequent enough to serve as Epic's version of the door open ...

Oh!

Shit.

Huh? Epic helped define the shareware model of distribution for games , and titles like Jazz Jackrabbit and Jill of the Jungle were really popular and subsequently emulated. Then being when scrolling ...

I'm not sure what their definition of well known is, but I only know of two or three companies that would put that out. I think the best candidate would be CDV.

Trying to wrap up Valkyria Chronicles. I'm enjoying it, but it has some really annoying problems. One isn't so much a problem as it is a mixture of checks and balances offering enough wiggle room to c ...

Shaper is about the only person I see on there whenever I log in to Steam. I sign on every couple of days, but I don't play toooo much on it.

Ugh. Yes. A few semesters back a professor had us read about 15 journal articles a week. Not only was it grueling, but you also got a chance to see just how out of touch most of his contemporaries had ...

Ikea seems to only make one run of everything. I really like the heavy mounted unit; I wouldn't mind putting portfolio stuff in it. The T-Rex puppet is also awesome. The depth of the large unit is abo ...

I'm setting up my den as a media room/library. I was given some nice recliners that match some oak wood on the wall, so I think we're shooting for a study setting. A friend is going to help me run wir ...

I kind of screwed up my paladin from the original campaign, but I got my ass kicked in mask of the betrayer. I got through the first hour or so pretty well, one fight aside, and then I hit this fight ...

goddamn, reading the responses to the article made me want to punch them or myself. anything to make it stop.

King of Fighters: The Orichi Saga on PS2 is fun! After being humiliated in '94 - even more so after finding out the difficulty was on fucking 1 - I took Aderack's advice and skipped '94 and '95 and fo ...

Mortal Kombat vs DC is so ridiculous, but I love it all the same. They have timing down better this go around, but still some really cheap AI. Also, Superman can beat the hell out of you whenever he ...

haha - will do!

I've maxed out four skills already. I should be able to max out one more my next level up. If I choose the tag perk, then two more. From the achievements, I can tell there are a lot ...

I keep reading that. I'm putting it off as long as possible. Somehow, I've only managed to pick up a handful of the quests. I think I spend too much time wandering around and killing mercs.

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I'm your huckleberry. With a monocle. And an overly sassy pose.

As dhex said. You wander around and a little pop-up appears telling you that you're picking up a signal, then you select it from the radio portion of the pipboy. It depends on the signal as well. The ...

I've found some great stuff wandering around. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but there are some really cool unmarked locations. I found this really powerful pistol that kills super mutant mas ...

I've only ran into outcasts once. They were a shade rude, and then promptly ambushed by the brotherhood and then some super mutants. They left some nice loot though. I'm going to put off completing th ...