In Age of Empires II, is there a way to play in "I just want to see what happens" mode without having the computer outbuild me on every single point? I just want to track the development of my community without getting my butt kicked all the time.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
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.
Connie Neil - Apr 25, 2008 10:11:55 am PDT #135 of 26133
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Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 25, 2008 10:14:41 am PDT #136 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I must have this!
Amych, as some have mentioned, the game is 'Burnout'. There are several editions of the game now, 'Revenge' being one of them, but I think the 'crash into shit for points' mini-game is a feature of most of them.
As revenge Pete routinely kicks the living shit out of anything and anybody at Halo. And just to grind it in, he's all gracious about it.
I think being gracious is a knee-jerk reaction to the kind of attitude one is subjected to on Xbox Live all the damn time by the multitudes of birth-control poster-children that foul up the place. Nasty little runts. It also scares the bejeezus out of many of my casual player friends when I explain to them that, yes, I can kick their ass seven ways til Sunday at Halo but I'm probably around average ability compared to the usual online players. Some of them are terrifying and I've come last in many a game.
And here I thought "Pulling a Pete" was being adorably loomy.
You're going on the new List called the Fraggin' List.
He's gonna come in here and be all, "Bloody hell! Adorable in the gaming thread too???"
Nope, you just get added to the Fraggin' List.
Goodness, the Games Thread is a-buzz, isn't it?
Aims - Apr 25, 2008 10:30:23 am PDT #137 of 26133
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Nope, you just get added to the Fraggin' List.
TWO lists, babee! *I'm* on two lists!!
t does the Two List dance
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 25, 2008 10:32:15 am PDT #138 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yes, Aims, but on the Fraggin List, you get to actually meet me in video combat!
Of course, today I am so tired I can barely see straight having just finished 460 odd hours of work in a 38 day period.
Aims - Apr 25, 2008 10:33:13 am PDT #139 of 26133
Shit's all sorts of different now.
As long as I get ta meetcha, sweetcheeks.
t /Mae West
Poor Tired Petey.
Simon - Apr 25, 2008 12:30:24 pm PDT #140 of 26133
Does anybody here play Oblivion on the PC, Xbox 360 or PS3? It's amazing.
I'm about to. It'll distract me from my marking. Anyone like the Silent Hill series? I just love those games apart from Silent Hill: The Room which I don't speak about ever.
amych - Apr 25, 2008 12:32:14 pm PDT #141 of 26133
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Does anybody here play Oblivion on the PC, Xbox 360 or PS3? It's amazing.
Yep, and agreed -- although, like Pete with GTA cities, I'm kind of sad to be about to finish it. It's been an incredibly rich world to play in, so the feeling that I'm running out of things to do and find there is weirdly disconcerting.
Sean K - Apr 25, 2008 3:37:40 pm PDT #142 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I haven't played Silent Hill, but I've long loved the Resident Evil games, and have been told that if I like those, I'd like the Silent Hill series.
NoiseDesign - Apr 25, 2008 3:40:50 pm PDT #143 of 26133
Our wings are not tired
I've played a little bit of the Silent Hill games, it was back on the PS1 I think. I really liked the game, but haven't had a chance to get back to the series.
Sean K - Apr 25, 2008 3:43:36 pm PDT #144 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I definitely have a thing for the horror/survival horror genre of video games. I get into them. I get scared. It's fun.