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Topic: Looks like I'm becoming a daddy! |
simplicio
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:23 pm Subject: Looks like I'm becoming a daddy! |
Wow, good luck and congratulations! |
Topic: What's Wrong with Resistance? |
simplicio
Replies: 4
Views: 18731
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:11 pm Subject: What's Wrong with Resistance? |
All I played of the first Resistance was the demo, which was simply awful. But yeah, the second one has been fun and far more imaginative. Running through a clearcut meadow full of invisible instagi ... |
Topic: Junk Link thread |
simplicio
Replies: 157
Views: 203119
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:57 pm Subject: Junk Link thread |
rhymes with "Hyphy"?
This coming exactly at the point they finish their one mature show, huh. |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
Views: 828724
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:30 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
Ooh. So that Aethenor gets to be my first favorite album of 2009. Delicious! And a perfect continuation of both their work and Tibet's. The free drumming that drove the last album gets far more tr ... |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:59 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
Hey, your game producer's good! I was surprised.
I'm not caring much for the new Antony, except the last 3 (i think) tracks.
Aethenor's new album with David Tibet should arrive any minute now! ... |
Topic: Ahh!! Magazines! |
simplicio
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Views: 56553
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:07 am Subject: Ahh!! Magazines! |
yes they were totally the wrong links.
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/bioshock?q=bioshock
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/fallout3?q=fallout%203
(when yo ... |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
Replies: 65
Views: 264894
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:05 am Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
Oh! I'm not sure. The server I was playing on just suddenly launched us into Dead Air. I didn't realize it might have been a hack. I'd heard they were doing that officially "soon" so I just assumed ... |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
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Views: 264894
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:05 pm Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
Well, looks like the second two maps are up on VS. Dead air is tricky! All those rooftops. |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:25 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
Which album? I picked up an older used one cause Young God, but resold it pretty promptly.
Give God's Money a chance before you write off Gang Gang Dance though.
I think Animal Collective's pre ... |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:37 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
Old or new? I thought Saint Dymphna was terribly boring, but I remember liking God's Money quite a bit.
Also boring: new Animal Collective. Looped to shit and back, boring trendy pseudo-hippy Bro ... |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
Views: 828724
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:38 am Subject: I can't stop listening |
I went back to that Flying Lotus and couldn't really find that range you speak of. It bored me a little, really.
Right now I'm listening to Nahvalr, which is the dudes from Deathconsciousness asse ... |
Topic: Level of the Year |
simplicio
Replies: 26
Views: 77511
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:03 pm Subject: Level of the Year |
I need to play more Dead Air. I always play random levels and it's only come up for me a couple times. |
Topic: Level of the Year |
simplicio
Replies: 26
Views: 77511
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:12 pm Subject: Level of the Year |
A couple from Left 4 Dead:
Stage 3 in No Mercy, with the gas station, which by the sewer section gets punishing, and then you have to jump out of the manhole outside the hospital where you're sudde ... |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
Replies: 65
Views: 264894
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:13 pm Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
There's a Gamers Quarter group you can join, though I haven't seen many of us on there. You can check the online ID thread up top too- I've compiled a list of Steam (and Live and PSN and Wii) account ... |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:30 am Subject: I can't stop listening |
Let Me Be A Woman (1995) is an Albini production, An Evil Heat (2002) is probably their best overall, but I think I prefer The Narcotic Story (2007) as I think the band's tightest there, even if it's ... |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
Views: 828724
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:13 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
Tons of African stuff- Analog Africa, Soundway, Strut, Vampi Soul and Sterns Africa have all put out FANTASTIC compilations this year. [url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/1635/]Here's a free mix f ... |
Topic: Shelves! Storage! |
simplicio
Replies: 5
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:28 pm Subject: Shelves! Storage! |
The biggest challenge is GameCube games. Oddly enough, no one in the history of the world seems to have made a binder for mini-CDs or mini-DVDs, other than that little Nintendo wallet that only hold ... |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
Replies: 65
Views: 264894
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:09 pm Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
1. Is it possible to chain xboxes (with separate TVs I guess) LAN-style?
2. Is there no "join game in progress" option on xbox?
3. There's a lot more teamwork and tactics involved in the full versio ... |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
Replies: 65
Views: 264894
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:52 pm Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
Also, the hunting rifle: great in open areas, completely fucking useless in a tight spot. Automatic shotgun all the way - basically guaranteed kills, and really ammo-efficient.
I still don't get ... |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:25 pm Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
It's not as useful in the swarms at the end of each chapter.
I've found the ability to kill two in one shot makes up for it, myself. |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
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Views: 264894
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:27 pm Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
Simplicio, are you playing pc or the box?
PC. I generally play with the hunting rifle, and I can't imagine it being effective with an analog stick. Is difficulty adjusted to compensate?
I po ... |
Topic: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
simplicio
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Views: 264894
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:16 pm Subject: All I know about FPS games I learned from George Romero |
Tried my hand at expert on a couple levels last night; got a really nice group and plowed through most of Blood Harvest before getting disconnected at the last stage.
Argh: Blood Harvest officially ... |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
simplicio
Replies: 1082
Views: 828724
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:21 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
I enjoyed Things That Go Bump in the Night, which was included on an Subconscious Communications compilation I stumbled upon about eight months back.
What LPD albums would anyone recommend? I remem ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
simplicio
Replies: 4229
Views: 3011285
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:28 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I plugged away at Valkyria Chronicles a bit. It's alright; even though I like the "book" format for presentation of cutscenes, they're still bad anime cutscenes. I'm such a total sucker for tactical ... |
Topic: a thread for the sacks |
simplicio
Replies: 13
Views: 16389
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:48 pm Subject: a thread for the sacks |
Just starting off the single player, and I'm finding this a little hard to enjoy. The controls are probably the first barrier; it's slow, too weighty and the multiple planes aren't very well handled. ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:23 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is pretty much ExciteTruck extreme.
I certainly didn't get that from the demo I played. Unless by extreme you mean the silly mindset of extreme sports and truckathons, b ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:38 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
So Crysis finally decided to work for me! But now that I've played a bit of it I'm not so sure how much in love with it I actually am. So far the environment seems less compelling to me than either ... |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
simplicio
Replies: 953
Views: 683273
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:15 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhqGQTmtVSE]Royal Shakespearean Sextape |
Topic: exclusively yours! |
simplicio
Replies: 28
Views: 23348
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:12 pm Subject: exclusively yours! |
I'm enjoying this pretty mightily. Just freeform driving around offroad is a lot of fun, loosely heading after the next objective, maybe stopping off at a safehouse or guardpost, maybe picking up a d ... |
Topic: exclusively yours! |
simplicio
Replies: 28
Views: 23348
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:27 pm Subject: exclusively yours! |
I never played the first Far Cry though. How similar was it, structurally, to this?
Not at all. Far Cry has a linear plot without side missions; it's got sort of an open environment with multipl ... |
Topic: exclusively yours! |
simplicio
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Views: 23348
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:21 pm Subject: exclusively yours! |
What it lacks in lean, I think it kinda makes up for in bushes. Crouching seems to be a pretty reliable tactic in the bush.
I can't tell yet if there's ever going to be people out in the wild who ... |
Topic: dhex |
simplicio
Replies: 2377
Views: 1420319
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Forum: Staff Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:37 pm Subject: dhex |
Nepal's pretty into it. |
Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
simplicio
Replies: 1215
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:15 pm Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
See, I prefer Meteos, though I never fell in love with it. I like the blastoff mechanic and use of physics there, and I thought the wild diversity helped the game, even if the music wasn't as good. |
Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:35 pm Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
I'm with the "not getting Lumines" camp. Some people are so into it that I assume it's worthwhile, but yeah, squares. |
Topic: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
simplicio
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:42 am Subject: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
Yeah, throw that shit on ebay right quick. |
Topic: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
simplicio
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:26 pm Subject: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
Added a whole bunch of stuff and had to work it up with prices to post over on Ars Technica, so I'm just cross posting that here:
PC: (PC games include discs, all original jewel/paper/dvd cases and ... |
Topic: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
simplicio
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:56 am Subject: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
PMs posted.
I should add that I'd be particularly interested in trading for Metroid 2, the GBC Motocross Maniacs, hard copies of Crysis or Warhead and maybe FFTA2 (maybe.) |
Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
simplicio
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Views: 870845
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:02 pm Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
[url=http://ds.ign.com/objects/142/14209935.html]Fire Emblem DS coming to America.
I think that's a remake of the first one? |
Topic: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
simplicio
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:08 am Subject: 2008 is a great year to sell and buy games (trading post) |
Here's some stuff. Cash preferred! Trades considered.
Misc.
A first party PSP case for the original large PSP
That Castlevania pack that came with Portrait of Ruin preorders, with Castlevania m ... |
Topic: my clear skies are all cloudy and grey |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:08 pm Subject: my clear skies are all cloudy and grey |
I never went back to playing after being machine gunned upon entering the Cordon, but I didn't find it buggy. Playing Far Cry though I've been used to autosave-only (I really like that!) so I've lost ... |
Topic: dhex |
simplicio
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Forum: Staff Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:51 pm Subject: dhex |
I'm sure there are some other rappers out there looking to transition into film careers.
I'd love to see Snoop as a Somalian pirate. I'd pay money for that. |
Topic: dhex |
simplicio
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Forum: Staff Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:20 pm Subject: dhex |
You could get Chiwetel Ejiofor and Djimon Honsou too I guess. Mos Def?
But maybe there's hope for Die Hard 5? |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:11 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
what's tages?
just got the Rockstar pack through Steam. I like these 50% off developer weekends; I'm bummed that I just missed out on the id one. |
Topic: Wii Must Have It! |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:09 pm Subject: Wii Must Have It! |
BLAST WORKS
I had no idea this existed. Just ordered from gamefly for $9. Thanks thread! |
Topic: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:54 pm Subject: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
the end of far cry, even less so. dear god there is a sequence that is maddeningly cheap in particular, but the whole thing is break your nails difficult.
the pre-volcano thing where you have to ... |
Topic: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:19 pm Subject: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
So continuing onward with Far Cry, as Crysis continues to fail me and reboot my computer:
I really love this game. Even when the trigens come in! Maybe even especially; there's so much space to p ... |
Topic: GOG.com (Great Old Games) = Weeee!! |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:51 am Subject: GOG.com (Great Old Games) = Weeee!! |
I just got into this with both Fallouts; no DRM makes me happy, running games from HDD makes me happy. I'm hoping these guys might take on Riven? Cause Gametap won't play nice on 64bit anything. |
Topic: Wii Must Have It! |
simplicio
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Views: 33818
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:59 pm Subject: Wii Must Have It! |
Excite Truck remains my favorite game on the system. |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:41 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I don't think it's even a "real world" thing. I just fail to derive enjoyment from them. I think the immediacy of a lethal headshot brings me into the action more than the beeswarm effect of Unreal ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
simplicio
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:00 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
And team fortress 2. Still. Was daphny's suggestion that we get a game together a threat or a promise?
I think I just don't get games where it takes a bunch of bullets to do someone in. Things ... |
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