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koro
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Goat Simulator is pretty much 100% about the concept and being in the right place at the right time.
People care about Goat Simulator because it sounds wacky and fun at a time when wacky and fun sounding games are in vogue. That's really it. It's pure Youtuber bait, for the Pewdiepies and Markipliers of the world. Funky, buggy, jokey game comes out, these WILD AND CRAZY Youtube personalities make a bunch of videos about how WILD AND CRAZY it is using grossly over-exaggerated reactions, and they make bank off of ad revenue. |
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Count Nerfedalot
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Isn't it great, living in the era of Kickstarter and Early Access?
If we're going that route: Who here paid actual earth dollars for Minecraft? Not sure what your point is? I paid real earth dollars for Minecraft beta. Got a working game that I liked just fine as it was at the time, and as a bonus it got even better. Don't see how that relates to Kickstarter wherin devs seem to try to skip the whole hard part of coming up with a fun game FIRST, even if limited/unfinished, THEN ask for money, instead preferring to sell overpriced smoke and promises? |
Yes, I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
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Cyrrex
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In our household, we have paid for three copies of Minecraft. Granted, we were late to the party, but the paltry price is pretty easily justified.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Trippy
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schild
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God, I hope they didn't pay for it.
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Trippy
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It's a donation, apparently.
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schild
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A donation with the string attached that they make it seem important so Bartle can parlay his non-relevance into a paycheck for another half-decade I presume.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Welcome to academia.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Simond
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"You're really a good person, aren't you? So, there's no path for you to take here. Go home. This isn't a place for someone like you."
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Kail
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Ooh, awesome, thanks for that. That's a weird coincidence, though, going up just days after Motor Rock got pulled from Steam for copyright infringement of Rock N Roll Racing. edit: days, lol, months more like, never mind |
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« Last Edit: May 03, 2014, 02:34:06 PM by Kail »
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Falconeer
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a polyamorous pansexual genderqueer born and living in the wrong country
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IGN has free keys to beta test the steampunk MMORPG Black Gold. This is from Snail soft, the Chinese company that made Age of Wulin/Wushu. |
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Cadaverine
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Not really free, unless you're already a Prime member with IGN. Otherwise, it's $7. At least it's telling me I need to subscribe to Prime.
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
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Falconeer
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Uh? I am sorry then. But it's weird, I am not a member! Not that I know of...
Anyway, the download is 10 gigs (in browser) and keeps coming down corrupted. I think I'm done.
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schild
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I just got a PR Blast from 3D Realms about some bullshit called Bombshell. My gut reaction was to respond to the email with "YOU WALKING HUSK OF VINTAGE BULLSHIT, HOW DARE YOU INVADE MY EMAIL IN 2014. I DIDN'T INVITE YOU THERE AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT WOULD. GET OUT. PS I H8 U PPS I FORREALFORREAL H8 U"
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Stormwaltz
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« Last Edit: May 14, 2014, 09:38:00 PM by Stormwaltz »
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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Trippy
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Yegolev
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Recent thread about backward-compat or console emulation (forgot which one) led me to bother with setting up Dolphin and booting a Xenoblade ISO. I know it's trying but so far it looks worse than most PS2 games. I'll fiddle with the visuals and see if I can make things look better, but some things can't be fixed.
Xenoblade was a good choice because the controller emulation is kinda complex in that there aren't really enough buttons on a standard controller. However I was able to just set up the Classic section of the Wiimote config, since Xenoblade can be played solely with that unit.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Rendakor
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I tried to grab that but then Origin crashed.  Got it after a restart, thanks Sky. |
"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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Signe
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And Plants vs Zombies is free, too. I didn't have it! Yay. Two free games all at once! Xbox is having three freebies in June, too, because it's like their 100th birthday or something. I'm going to run out of xbox space, soon. Time to edit.
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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In xbox space, everyone can hear you scream.
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jakonovski
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So I just tried to buy Watch Dogs from Gamefly. They took my money, then said my purchase is "under review" and apparently I can't have my key until this mystery problem is resolved.
Is it just me or this incredibly shady? I'd understand not accepting the purchase, but taking money and then refusing to give the product?
edit: welp looks like they haven't charged it so I'll just cancel the whole thing. Which of course is not possible on their site.
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« Last Edit: May 30, 2014, 12:25:09 PM by jakonovski »
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schild
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That happened on my first purchase from them. Their fraud alert setting is too damn high.
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jakonovski
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I wonder how many lost sales they're suffering. I for one don't want start telling my personal info to a customer service rep calling from the US, just so I can get a video game that I can get from literally anywhere.
I guess the lesson is, even if Steam is more expensive, it's still the better choice.
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Trippy
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Hawkbit
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Like a Klansman in the ghetto.
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PSN is running a flash sale on RPGs; Mass Effect trilogy is $15. Hard to pass at that price. ME3 DLC isn't included, so you'll have to shell out for the final 4 dlc, too. But $15 base price is pretty stellar for 100-200 hours of game.
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schild
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Does that apply to PSP Vita games?
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Hawkbit
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Doesn't appear so. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/06/03/flash-sale-over-15-rpgs-add-ons-up-to-75-off/Title Sale Price Original Price Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists Of The Dusk Sky (PS3) $24.99 $49.99 Conception II: Children Of The Seven Stars (PS Vita) $29.99 $39.99 Dark Souls II (PS3) $38.99 $59.99 Demon’s Souls (PS3) $9.99 $19.99 Dragon Age: Origins (PS3) $4.99 $19.99 Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3) $19.99 $39.99 Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (PS3) $29.99 $39.99 Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (PS Vita) $29.99 $39.99 Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3) $4.99 $19.99 Mass Effect 3: Citadel (PS3) $7.49 $14.99 Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (PS3) $4.99 $9.99 Mass Effect 3: Leviathan (PS3) $4.99 $9.99 Mass Effect 3: Omega (PS3) $7.49 $14.99 Mass Effect Trilogy (PS3) $14.99 $29.99 Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch (PS3) $4.99 $19.99 Soul Sacrifice (PS Vita) $6.49 $26.99 South Park: The Stick Of Truth (PS3) $41.99 $59.99 Tales Of Graces f (PS3) $17.49 $34.99 Tales Of Xillia (PS3) $19.99 $39.99 Toukiden: The Age Of Demons (PS Vita) $19.99 $39.99 |
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schild
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But but, there's like 5 PS Vita titles in there. Soul Sacrifice was free last month on PSN. Also it's terrible.
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Cyrrex
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Shit, that's a pretty decent list. Will have to see if it applies here in Eurolandia.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Sky
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Any chance that you maroons have an in for a beta of the Firefly Online mobile game? I've got a friend who is not a huge gamer but a browncoat and way too excited about it. I'd like to snag a couple test slots to hopefully dash those hopes earlier than later.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Well, that's an answer, of sorts  |
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Ragnoros
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Owls are an example of evolution showing off. -Shannow
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Seraphim
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Haven't actually played Universe yet but bought the game and the first two expansions as they came out and it's a good game if a bit time consuming. Is it actually worth $50 though, no I'd wait for the inevitable discount now that they're on Steam. At 50% off I'll probably pick this latest one up as well. |
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Simond
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"You're really a good person, aren't you? So, there's no path for you to take here. Go home. This isn't a place for someone like you."
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