This is what happens when you move to Texas. IJS.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.
NoiseDesign - Jul 17, 2008 1:40:27 pm PDT #1109 of 26132
Our wings are not tired
omnis_audis - Jul 17, 2008 1:49:58 pm PDT #1110 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
how am I supposed to know a USB and HDMI don't look similiar. They didn't teach either in school.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 17, 2008 2:57:34 pm PDT #1111 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
If it's not an Xbox 360 Elite (newer, more expensive) it won't have HDMI. My Xbox has a USB connector just above the Ethernet jack. It's primary purpose is for connecting the Xbox Wifi adapter, which mounts on the back of the console. Older Xboxes use component input for HD, which works fine (mine gets 1080p).
Actually, that's not true. The Pro version was updated last summer with HDMI. Omnis (or whoever you actually are - I think I shall call you Faux-Omnis), if you bought your box before last summer then it's probably not HDMI.
IOXboxN; I've played very little of Halo recently. I played Halo 2 pretty consistently for 3 years and the game-play aspects that niggled me (primarily the over-powered punch and the general stupidity of a game that promotes bouncing everywhere instead of running) were not lessened but actually magnified by Halo 3. This all means I'm pretty damn tired of the game.
I am eager for Gears of War 2 because the campaign looks spectacular and the multiplayer not only has dealt with a few things I hated (shotgun charging) by adding stopping power to weapons, they've also added a 5-player "co-op" where it's the players against an endless horde of Locust. Sounds like a blast.
Anyway, for now, I'm actually playing Team Fortress 2 (found in the Orange Box package) and it's just damn fun. It has a more cartoonish style, 9 different classes you can play (scout, soldier, spy, demoman, medic, sniper, engineer, heavy & pyro) and while that variety may seem overwhelming, it means you can find the handful of classes that suit your play style and stick with them. You can also switch characters every time you spawn.
BUT, the biggest draw for me currently about Team Fortress 2 is that because the game is always Team v Team and the game hinges on cooperation, the people playing it are almost never abusive or confrontational. I played TF2 for an evening without meeting a single asshat, then played a couple of games of Halo 3 and ran screaming back to TF2. Halo just seems to attract some really aggressive racist misogynist mouth-breathers I'm afraid.
Anyway, those of you with the Xbox Orange Box, howabout meeting me sometime to try out TF2?
Atropa - Jul 17, 2008 2:59:52 pm PDT #1112 of 26132
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(An aside: the background noise of TF2 being played doesn't make me insane like the background noise of any of the Halo games did. I don't know why, because it's still all explosions and gunfire.)
omnis_audis - Jul 17, 2008 3:20:25 pm PDT #1113 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
:: hangs head in shame ::
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 17, 2008 3:21:30 pm PDT #1114 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Sod shame, Faux-Omnis. Just go buy yourself TF2!
billytea - Jul 17, 2008 5:16:46 pm PDT #1115 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Sod shame, Faux-Omnis.
No, bugger shame. It'll be mortified!
Volans - Jul 17, 2008 5:30:13 pm PDT #1116 of 26132
move out and draw fire
A friend just wrote me the following:
"Hey, X-Factor's going gaga over Diablo 3. You played Diablo 1 and 2, right? They look just like Baldur's Gate, so I'm thinking I might like Diablo. Is it turn-based, or RTS?"
I can't come up with any answer other than "No."
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 17, 2008 5:45:05 pm PDT #1117 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
"Hell no." seems thematically appropriate.
Ailleann - Jul 17, 2008 7:35:34 pm PDT #1118 of 26132
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Is it turn-based, or RTS?
::cackles ridiculously::