Useless Conversation

[MuffinMan]

Does anyone know of a similar site to Last Exit To Nowhere but based in the US? There's about 5 t-shirts from there I've been wanting for a long time but I never do it because of the exchange rate and shipping costs.

[Tale]

Random resume. GM Daegarmo, formerly of Verant, SOE, Mythic and Sigil, back to fighting fires.

[Nebu]

Random resume. GM Daegarmo, formerly of Verant, SOE, Mythic and Sigil, back to fighting fires.

Oakland Community College
Fire Science, Emergency Medical Science

1990 – 2011

Community college... the toughest 21 years of my life!

[Paelos]

21 years?

[MuffinMan]

It seems Nebu needs to take some community college courses himself.

[Nebu]

I need to get more sleep.  I can't even do simple math in my poor attempts to be snarky.

[Merusk]

Err..

That IS 21 years.  And it's under 'education' not 'experience' so ... yeah.

I get what the guy is trying to do, list 2 different certs from the same college, but he failed at it badly.   

At least I hope that's what he's trying to do and he's not really saying he was at community college all 21 years.

[MuffinMan]

Nebu's stealth edit makes us look like the dummies now. It was a setup!

[Paelos]

He knows what he did. 

[Cyrrex]

To be fair, Nebu's non-edited posts make most of you look like dummies.

 

[Nebu]

He knows what he did. 

I had originally put 11 years because I'm an idiot.  I confess.

[ghost]

Ah, the rigorous peer review process of f13.  Awesome.   

[IainC]

We are on Forbes.com. The article was also mostly ghost written by me.

[Merusk]

I assume this is the royal "we."

[bhodi]

What an odd place to have a gaming article. I... I don't even know. It's like you're in the game world itself:

The fundamental breakthrough that makes the show possible is the development of Synths. Through a revolutionary “Synth” technology, these reality stars will die, re-incarnate into a new body, and jump right back into the action until the episode is complete. While we are confident that the quality of the product will keep players coming back, the storyline is the shop window that we feel will intrigue players in the first place.

So... the game has respawns? Yay? It reads like an advertisement. Which I suppose it is. It really doesn't feel like an interview or first look, it feels like a pitch. It screams shill, which is not a good vibe.

I hope your game does something to distinguish itself from all the other FPSes, because I'm not sure 'taunt for points', outfits, black-ops style 'unlockable upgrades', and a BC2 stat tracker is enough to get me interested.

But hey, free to play. That's a barrier to entry I can get behind.

[Nebu]

But hey, free to play. That's a barrier to entry I can get behind.

Don't forget that your time has value.  Free to play can still net a loss... and does in most cases.

[bhodi]

Yeah, but it's only going to take me 15 minutes to discover I'm not going to like the game. Just like Tribes: Ascend.

Speaking of, that is the game they are competing with, so uh, good luck!

[Nebu]

Yeah, but it's only going to take me 15 minutes to discover I'm not going to like the game.

You need to teach me this skill.  I have a tendency to stick with games under the delusion that the endgame will magically become fun. 

[ghost]

Where did you get the idea that the endgame was going to magically be fun?  Has that ever happened?

[Nebu]

Where did you get the idea that the endgame was going to magically be fun?  Has that ever happened?

I'm like an abused spouse.  Every time I go back, I'm sure that it's going to be different THIS time.

[ghost]

I actually had a really good time with WOW's endgame about the time Karazhan was the big thing.  That lasted for about 20 minutes, I think.   

[Lantyssa]

I'm like an abused spouse.  Every time I go back, I'm sure that it's going to be different THIS time.

I'll give you the same advice I give my friends (imagine being said with half Texas drawl and half Southern twang*):  Hon, if it ain't fun now, it ain't gonna be fun later.

*Not my real accent, but one I can put on easily enough given my background, when in Diner-philosopher mode.

[HaemishM]

We are on Forbes.com. The article was also mostly ghost written by me.

I thought you were working on Hedone.

Also, what they said. If the game ain't fun or intriguing in the first 15 minutes, no amount of endgame is going to be worth slogging through.

[IainC]

Bullet Run is the game formerly known as Hedone.

[Ingmar]

I like the name change, FWIW. Hedone sounds like a medication.

[Paelos]

New from Pfizer: Do you feel depressed? Irritable? Lost confidence in your own abilities? Perhaps you're looking to take that next step in your life.

Be ready.

Be prepared.

Take your issues Hedone.

[Merusk]

I have not one but TWO franchisees I'm working with that have @aol.com as their professional business email address.

It's going as smoothly as you'd expect from that.

[Viin]

Bullet Run is the game formerly known as Hedone.

Congrats on the article. I won't endanger your family by asking how it is to work with SOE..

[WayAbvPar]

Had a Bloody Bacon Martini for the first time last night. As if I needed another reason to drink! I am a bloody mary fan anyway, but the bacon vodka and bacon salt (and very good bacon garnish!) made it even better.

[Mrbloodworth]

Apply directly to the forehead?



 

[ghost]

That sounds pretty decent.  How did they handle the bacon?

[Sky]

That sounds pretty decent.  How did they handle the bacon?

[MuffinMan]

WANT.

[ghost]

Oooh.  That's nice. 

[Paelos]

Is that cheese soup in there?