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Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:21 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Uncharted 2 online beta. I originally felt this game shouldn't have online, that it would just be tacked on and kind of lame. But then I downloaded the beta. And two of my buddies and I have been pl ... |
Topic: SuperWes |
silentmatt
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Forum: Staff Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:39 pm Subject: SuperWes |
I'm interested in your thoughts on Batman: AA. My main gripe with the game was that there were too many empty areas. I loved the fighting mechanics and I loved the stealth mechanics but there were j ... |
Topic: Lestrade |
silentmatt
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Forum: Staff Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:54 am Subject: Lestrade |
What make/model is your router? |
Topic: Lestrade |
silentmatt
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Forum: Staff Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:05 pm Subject: Lestrade |
Regarding your PS3 online problems... Have you tried putting the PS3 in your router's DMZ? If that isn't an option, I believe there are some standard ports that should be forwarded but I don't know t ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:47 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I have an iPod Touch and tried playing some NES ROMs... worst decision ever. The touch screen controls were just way too loose for any semblance of coordination. It was just frustrating.
I have a ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:01 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I know exactly how you feel. Fallout 3 recently consumed like 2 weeks of my life. I could hardly bring myself to do anything but continue playing. Personally, I loved every minute of it - even the ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:23 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I always wanted to play FEAR. I liked the demo a whole lot. I have an affinity for solid FPS games that I can buy on the cheap. Maybe I'll look for a used PS3 copy sometime.
DON'T!
I love my PS3 ( ... |
Topic: Lestrade |
silentmatt
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Forum: Staff Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:28 pm Subject: Lestrade |
woah, that is terrible. i had no idea that getting a repaired console woudl be such a hassle.
and what do you mean by pitch? its so bad you would actually get rid of the console? |
Topic: SuperWes |
silentmatt
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Forum: Staff Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:05 am Subject: SuperWes |
Agreed - I'm really hoping that is fixed in an upcoming patch.
At least it is more stable than the beta, whereby if someone joined the game while it was loading - it crashed for everyone.
As it ... |
Topic: SuperWes |
silentmatt
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Forum: Staff Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:33 am Subject: SuperWes |
Have you tried R2 online yet? I am a huge fan of the coop mode - so long as you are placed with some decent people - and looking forward to (but haven't tried yet) the competitive 60 player games.
... |
Topic: a thread for the sacks |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:06 pm Subject: a thread for the sacks |
I just published my second level. It is called "The Evil Dead" and is based upon the Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell film (there are references to 1 and 2 throughout the level).
Hopefully if you search f ... |
Topic: a thread for the sacks |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:27 am Subject: a thread for the sacks |
http://www.ripten.com/2008/11/03/littlebigplanet-gradius-level-video/
wow. |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:20 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I don't mean extreme in a cheesy sense - but in a wow, this feels like a HD version of ExciteTruck that is slightly less zany (no insta-barrel rolls, for instance) but makes up for it with ample amoun ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:44 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is pretty much ExciteTruck extreme.
I'm kinda hooked. |
Topic: a thread for the sacks |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:51 am Subject: a thread for the sacks |
Playing the beta, I became really frustrated with the different planes. I kept thinking that I could go further into the background/foreground and it didn't really seem intuitive to me.
However, t ... |
Topic: SuperWes |
silentmatt
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Forum: Staff Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:03 am Subject: SuperWes |
Wow, that is impressive.
I played for about 4 hours last night? I only got through the first two worlds but I went back and "Aced" each level before moving on. Still far from 100% on each, but I ... |
Topic: The Backloggery.com |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:22 am Subject: The Backloggery.com |
I actually started using PlayFire.com the other day... Which kind of does the same thing but is less "texty". |
Topic: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:16 pm Subject: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion |
Is it conceivable to play Mother 3 without having played Earthbound or any other prior games in the series?
With school, I don't have tons of time but with all of the hype around Mother 3's transla ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:20 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Wes - How did you manage to get an invite? I would LOVE to try it out but I can't seem to find the luck to get in yet.
On-topic: Wipeout HD is pretty fantastic. |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:27 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Yeah, I felt the same way... But! If you know someone from the same region who purchased the expansions, you can share them with each other (see http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/611680#369 ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:39 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Warhawk is actually really good! It's a 3rd person version of Battlefield apparently, but I never played that. There's a good mix of shooter skills and paper/rock/scissors gameplay. I've placed numb ... |
Topic: In this thread I post screens of Macintosh games |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:14 am Subject: In this thread I post screens of Macintosh games |
Unfortunately, most classic mac games haven't been updated to work on MAC OS X
I think he meant from your list of "recent Mac games" which, if they are recent, should work on OS X? |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
silentmatt
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:14 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
Top 5 songs at the moment:
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
The Hood Internet - Tambourine Reckoning
The Slits - Instant Hit
The Creatures - Standing There
The Black Lips - O Katrina! / Veni Vidi V ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:53 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Coop in Eden is offline only, unfortunately. Which pretty much means I will probably never get the 3-P trophy. Oh well.
Other than that - it is seriously a fantastic game. |
Topic: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:37 pm Subject: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
Yeah - it is a fantastic feature. If Boxer finds any kind of disk image file in the game folder, it automatically assumes it needs to be mounted. This will work with iso files, bin/cues, and even fo ... |
Topic: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:55 am Subject: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero |
I have it running perfectly... on a Mac. Using Boxer (a GUI for DosBOX).
All you need to do is put all of the Dark Forces installation files in a directory (e.g. \Dark\) and also include a bin/cue ... |
Topic: So, GTAIV |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:34 am Subject: So, GTAIV |
[url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/869/869381p1.html]Grand Theft Auto IV is the best game since Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
10/10.....?! |
Topic: Great scarf, Phil! |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:23 pm Subject: Great scarf, Phil! |
Link to the 1up video? |
Topic: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:03 pm Subject: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
Although the PDF will allow for multiple answers, I cannot actually include them in the analysis. So, nope. Try to pick what you think is the most appropriate response? |
Topic: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:08 am Subject: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
yeah i definitely see the issue - but why the tracking codes?
edit: there are also some pdf issues - the box checking segment has some of them irregularly bolded, while some are straight. it may be ... |
Topic: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:07 am Subject: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
Ahhhh, you are right. Stupid MediaFire. Changed to Rapidshare (which seems to work).
And you are probably also right about an online version... but this is the first time I've ever had to do an ... |
Topic: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:10 am Subject: My Thesis, Psychological Research and You! |
Hey TGQ!
As some of you may know, I am currently working on my thesis - the final project to complete my Honours in Psychology program at university. In this endeavor, I have to test pretty much a ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:51 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Hey, so like, PixelJunk Monsters is a much better game than Racers is!
Is this actual endorsement? Because, from what I remember of the demo, Racers was pretty horrendous.
I am actually interes ... |
Topic: Games, Drinking |
silentmatt
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:18 am Subject: Games, Drinking |
Ah! Man, that's awesome. I was making fresh orange juice for a while there, but I realized I was burning through them too quickly. Fresh juice is delicious. Do you do it by hand ever, or is there a bl ... |
Topic: Games, Drinking |
silentmatt
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:57 am Subject: Games, Drinking |
As far as "gaming drinks" go, White Russians are fairly relaxing on that front. Although, they definitely don't improve ones game any (especially if you replace the traditional cream with Bailey's). ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:36 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
So, No More Heroes is pretty awesome.
After my infatuation with Burnout: Paradise subsides, that is what I'll be playing next. I'm looking forward to it.
But, oh my god. Burnout: Paradise is a ... |
Topic: Bionic Commando |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:20 am Subject: Bionic Commando |
GOD I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS REARMED BUSINESS. SO EXCITED. ARRRRR.
My sentiments exactly. I am 50x more excited about Rearmed than the actual new game. It looks awesome. They've put up a FAQ o ... |
Topic: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:42 pm Subject: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs |
beautiful work, simplicio! |
Topic: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:02 am Subject: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
Your serious? The bundle isn't coming on the 18th?
That is nonsensical. How can anyone play the game without the instruments? (I'm mainly referring to the PS3 version which doesn't work with the ... |
Topic: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:48 pm Subject: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
Serious? It is a total rarity out here. My local EB said that, since launch, they have received less than 25 copies in TOTAL. Which is absurd.
I had previously checked, on a whim, 5 different st ... |
Topic: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:15 pm Subject: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
Dude, Toronto! We should fight the Combine.
Good news and bad news. I'm looking over the "schedule" (compiled based upon my family's demands and Arlie's family's plans) and it looks like this visit ... |
Topic: I want to appreciate horizontal scrolling shooters. |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:12 pm Subject: I want to appreciate horizontal scrolling shooters. |
Damn, my PS2 can't do the blue backed discs anymore. So no Gradius V for me. Also, is my PC just not beefy or is Progear supposed to be that SLOW?
Did you try the scotch tape around the middle tr ... |
Topic: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:56 am Subject: Guitar Hero III / Rock Band |
So, word is that Rock Band will be patched soon to improve "guitar compatibility". It is unknown what this really, in essence, refers to but many people are hoping it means that the GH3 guitar will w ... |
Topic: So, GTAIV |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:12 pm Subject: So, GTAIV |
I want. |
Topic: So no talk about the Creed? |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:12 pm Subject: So no talk about the Creed? |
Yeah, that is one of the biggest downfalls of the game in my opinion as well. And each of the four are just as bad. I can't imagine how the voice acting for those villagers ever got approved.
I ... |
Topic: So no talk about the Creed? |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:18 pm Subject: So no talk about the Creed? |
Altair shouldn't have anti-religious beliefs if he's a member of the Hashashin.
I don't know if I would go to the lengths to say that Altair holds anti-religious beliefs. First off, you aren't rea ... |
Topic: So no talk about the Creed? |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:51 am Subject: So no talk about the Creed? |
Alright, I didn't want to post here again til I had finished the game. So yeah, I have now finished the game (although I have only collected about half the flags or found about half of the hidden Tem ... |
Topic: a brief puppy thread for cycle |
silentmatt
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:05 am Subject: a brief puppy thread for cycle |
I've listened to Too Dark Park way too many times during my lifetime. But you are right, it is awesome.
I really should revisit Last Rites. |
Topic: So no talk about the Creed? |
silentmatt
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:56 pm Subject: So no talk about the Creed? |
I cannot imagine I was the only one here to get excited about and pre-order Assassin's Creed. So, anyone else get hold of a copy yet? What are your thoughts?
I picked up my copy yesterday and pla ... |
Topic: The Best Presidential Candiate: Lee L. Mercer, Jr. |
silentmatt
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:45 am Subject: The Best Presidential Candiate: Lee L. Mercer, Jr. |
Yeah, I don't know if this guy is for real or just phishing for money but seriously... This To Prove the government owes me Zillions of Dollars in money and is refraining to pay me and my business Eye ... |
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